Enmei-in Nichido

Japanese: 延命院日道 - えんめいいんにちどう

1764?-1803 A monk from the mid to late Edo period.
Born in the first year of the Meiwa era. Head priest of Enmei-in temple in Yanaka, Edo. He was sentenced to death on July 29, 1812, for seducing a woman who was visiting the temple and committing an abortion. He was about 40 years old? He was a handsome man, and was rumored to be the biological son of the first Onoe Kikugorou. In 1878, Kawatake Mokuami wrote "The Sun, Moon, and Stars: Kyowa Political Discussion" based on this incident.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1764?－1803　江戸時代中期-後期の僧。
明和元年？生まれ。江戸谷中の日蓮宗延命院の住職。参詣(さんけい)の女性を誘惑,堕胎もしたとして享和3年7月29日死罪となる。40歳？美男子で,初代尾上(おのえ)菊五郎の実子とうわさされた。明治11年河竹黙阿弥がこの事件を題材に「日月星(じつげつせい)享和政談」をかいた。

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