Yosuke - Raijo

Japanese: 頼助 - らいじょ

Year of death: 6/9/1119 (7/18/1119)
Year of birth: Tenki 2 (1054)
A Nara Buddhist sculptor from the late Heian period. He is said to have been the grandson of Jocho and the son or disciple of Kakusuke. He is recorded as the "Temple (Kofuku-ji) Buddhist sculptor" when he restored and repaired the statues at Kofuku-ji Temple that were burned down in 1096, and was ordained as Hokkyo at the time of the memorial service for the reconstruction in 1103. He is also known to have been involved in the creation of many other statues, including repairing statues at the temple in 1110 and creating the Kasuga West Pagoda Buddha in 1116. On the other hand, during the curse on Emperor Shirakawa by the Kofuku-ji monks in 1118, he was suspected of creating a statue of Acalanatha Bodhisattva for the curse, but was later found innocent. Since he was mainly active in Nara, mainly at Kofuku-ji Temple, the lineage following Yosuke is called the Nara Buddhist sculptor.

(Kazuharu Asai)

Yosuke

Year of death: Eijin 4.2.28 (1296.4.2)
Year of birth: 1246
A Shingon Buddhist monk of the late Kamakura period. Son of the regent Hojo Tsunetoki. Sasame Daisojo. In 1283, he became the first monk of Hojo descent to be appointed as the head priest of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, a position he held until his death. In 1294 (according to one theory, the 5th year of Shoo), he was appointed head priest of Todaiji Temple, and rose to the rank of Daisojo, but he remained in Kamakura, based at Sasame Ishin-in Temple in Kamakura, which he inherited from his teacher, Moriumi. In his later years, he devoted himself to rituals at the residence of regent Sadatoki, and in 1293 (the 1st year of Einin), he performed the Daihokuto-ho ritual in the palace, with his disciple Shingen acting as a substitute, and his activities are detailed in the Shingen Sojo Diary. <References> Yuyama Manabu, "Yorisuke and His School" (Kamakura, No. 39)

(Megumi Tsuchitani)

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Japanese:

没年：元永2.6.9(1119.7.18)
生年：天喜2(1054)
平安後期の奈良仏師。定朝の孫で覚助の子,または弟子と伝えられる。永長1(1096)年に焼失した興福寺諸像の復興修理に当たって「御寺(興福寺)仏師」と記され,康和5(1103)年の落慶供養に際して法橋に叙せられた。このほか天永1(1110)年にも同寺諸像を修理し,永久4(1116)年には春日西塔仏を造顕するなど,多数の造像に携わったことが知られている。一方,永久1年の興福寺大衆による白河法皇の呪咀事件の際に,呪咀のための不空羂索観音像を造ったと疑われたが,のちに無罪となっている。興福寺を中心に主に奈良で活躍したため,頼助以後の系統を奈良仏師と呼んでいる。

(浅井和春)

頼助

没年：永仁4.2.28(1296.4.2)
生年：寛元4(1246)
鎌倉後期の真言宗僧。執権北条経時の子。佐々目大僧正。弘安6(1283)年に北条氏出身の僧にして初めて鎌倉鶴岡八幡宮の別当に任ぜられ,没年まで勤める。弘安10年東寺長者,永仁2(1294)年(一説に正応5年)東大寺別当に任ぜられ,大僧正に上るが,師の守海から継承した鎌倉佐々目遺身院を拠点として,鎌倉に在った。晩年は執権貞時邸での修法に明け暮れる日々で,ことに永仁1(1293)年鎌倉大地震のときには,殿中で大北斗法を修し,手替を弟子の親玄が勤めたことなど,その活動は『親玄僧正日記』に詳しい。<参考文献>湯山学「頼助とその門流」(『鎌倉』39号)

(土谷恵)

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