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06/12/2016

Hanabusa Itcho

富士山図 Mount Fujisan seen from river 相模川 Sagamigawa

Hanabusa means "Flower Bouquet"
Itcho means "One Butterfly"

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Hanabusa Itchō (英一蝶, 1652 – February 7, 1724)
was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names.

Born in Osaka and the son of the physician Taga Hakuan, he was originally named Taga Shinkō. Hakuan was the official doctor for Lord Ishikawa of the Kameyama Clan in the Ise region.
Itcho studied Kanō painting with Kano Yasunobu, but soon abandoned the school and his master to form his own style, which would come to be known as the Hanabusa school.

In 1693 was arrested and thrown into jail.
He was exiled in 1698, for parodying one of the shogun's concubines in painting, to the island of Miyake-jima; he would not return until 1710. That year, in Edo, the artist would formally take the name Hanabusa Itchō.
In 1709 Shogun Tsunayoshi died, and in honor of the new government, Itcho was granted pardon to come back to Edo.

Most of his paintings depicted typical urban life in Edo, and were approached from the perspective of a literati painter. His style, in-between the Kanō and ukiyo-e, is said to have been "more poetic and less formalistic than the Kanō school, and typical of the "bourgeois" spirit of the Genroku period".
Hanabusa was the master of the later painter Sawaki Suushi.
Hanabusa
was a friend of haiku poet Kikaku and studied poetry under the master Matsuo Bashō, his haikai name was Gyoun.
He was an excellent calligrapher as well.
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Daruma 達磨

. Who is Daruma ?　達磨　だるまさん .
We have the story of a curtesan who commented about Daruma
"Well, he was sitting in quiet meditation for nine years, but we here have to sit and suffer in the Noisy Pleasure Quarters for more than ten years!"
The painter Hanabusa Itcho made a picture of the courtesan, which became the model of the Princess Daruma Dolls.

. Fujisan 富士山 Mount Fuji, Fuji-San .
Inrō in the Shape of Mount Fuji
18th–early 19th century - by Kajikawa School, based on a design by painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet Hanabusa Itchō (英一蝶, 1652–1724).

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The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itchô, Artist-Rebel of EDO
(Japanese Visual Culture)
by Miriam Wattles

Miriam Wattles recounts the making of Hanabusa Itchô (1652-1724), painter, haikai-poet, singer-songwriter, and artist subversive, in The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itcho, Artist-Rebel of Edo.
Translating literary motifs visually to encapsulate the tensions of his time, many of Itch s original works became models emulated by ukiyo-e and other artists. A wide array of sources reveals a lifetime of multiple personas and positions that are the source of his multifarious artistic reincarnations. While, on the one hand, his legend as seditious exile appears in the fictional cross-media worlds of theater, novels, and prints, on the other hand, factual accounts of his complicated artistic life reveal an important figure within the first artists biographies of early modern Japan."
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I have worked extensively on Hanabusa Itchô, someone lauded from the Edo period through to Taisho for being the father of giga, and so spent some time excavating “giga” as a genre of the Edo period. (Discused in my book, The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itchô, 2013,
and in my essay “From Adverb to Noun: Some Thoughts on Hanabusa Itchô and the Instability of the ‘Giga’ Genre”
in Ota Shôko, ed, Edo no shuppan bunka kara hajimatta imeeji kakumei,” 2007)
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Twelve Months: New Year
英一蝶十二カ月の内正月　Hanabusa Iccho Jūnikagetu no Uchi Shōgatsu
Painted by Hanabusa Icchō / Hanabusa Itcho

nunozarashi 布晒し Nuno Sarashi Mai-zu - Dancing with Cloth

"The Falling Thunder God"

. kaminari 雷と伝説 Legends about Thunder and Lightning .

一休和尚酔臥図 Ikkyu, the priest, lying down drunk

寝並んで小蝶と猫と和尚哉
ne narande kochoo to neko to oshoo kana

sleeping in a row ...
the little butterfly, the cat
and this old priest

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

. oshoo 和尚　Buddhist priests in Haiku .

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02/12/2016

Kasane and Yoemon

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Kasane and Yoemon　累と与右衛門

A piece of real life, about a husband killing his wife and her revenge as a ghost.
This story later became a Kabuki play.

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Meiboku Kasane Monogatari
The drama "Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki"
was premiered in the 7th lunar month of 1778 at the Nakamuraza [casting]. It had an influence on the evolutions of "Meiboku Sendai Hagi". Many scenes from "Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki" were integrated within "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".
"The play is based on a real event involving the Date clan of Sendai during the 1660's, but censorship prevented contemporary incidents being dramatized, so the drama was set during the Muromachi period (1336-1568), and names were changed to disguise the protagonists' identity."
(text courtesy of Jean Wilson 1998)
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Kinugawa Tanizô, a sumôtori patronized by Lord Ashikaga Yorikane, assassinated the courtesan Takao, Yorikane's lover, in order to save him from his scandalous love affair about to bring ruin to his household. Kinugawa Tanizô succeeded in escaping and hid himself in the village of Hanyû. Disguising himself as a farmer and calling himself Yoemon, he married Kasane, the younger sister of both Takao and the tôfu maker Saburobei. Soon after their wedding, Kasane was cursed by Takao's evil spirit and her face was horribly disfigured. Kasane was not aware of the change, however, as Yoemon forbade her to use any mirror at home.
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Dobashi - The Earthen Bridge
When she arrives at the river bank near the earthen bridge, Kasane notices the approach of Kingorô and Princess Utakata. So she hides in a bush and overhears their conversation in which Kingorô persuades Princess Utakata to marry Yoemon. Yoemon arrives and asks Kingorô to hand over Princess Utakata. As he has not brought the 100 ryô, however, Kingorô refuses to comply and, being convinced that Yoemon is in fact Kinugawa Tanizô, threatens to betray him to the magistrate's office. As Kingorô runs off in the direction of the magistrate's office, Yoemon follows him in hot pursuit.

Kasane appears from the bush and, jealous of Princess Utakata who is going to marry her husband, attacks her with a sickle. Yoemon comes back and tries to stop Kasane and in so doing accidentally cuts her wife's throat with her sickle. When she dies her face miraculously recovers its original beauty.

The tôfu maker Saburobei, Kasane's elder brother, who has been hiding in a bush, appears and goes near his sister's body. Yoemon attempts to kill himself with the sickle to atone for the horrible murder of Kasane but is dissuaded by Saburobei. He cuts off Kasane's head and takes it to the magistrate's office to pass it off as that of Princess Utakata, who is wanted by the magistrate.
- source : kabuki21.com/kasane2

Utagawa Kunisada

「与右衛門 - 松本幸四郎」Yoemon - Matsumoto Koshiro
「累 - 尾上菊五郎」Kasane - Onoe Kikugoro

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Unuma: Yoemon and His Wife Kasane,
from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi)
「木曾街道六十九次之内　鵜沼　与右ヱ門　女房累」
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1852

. Nakasendoo　中山道 Nakasendo Road - Kiso .
Gifu Prefecture / 52. Unuma-juku 鵜沼宿 (Kakamigahara)

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Unuma-juku 鵜沼宿
was the fifty-second of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō.
It was also the last post station on the Inagi Kaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The eastern and western portions of the old post town joined together to become a formal post town in 1651.
Unuma-juku is approximately six kilometers from the preceding post town, Ōta-juku.

print by Keisai Eisen

The old post town contains such historical treasures as Kuan-ji Temple, the ancient tomb of Ishozuka, and haiku-engraved monuments left by Matsuo Bashō.
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Kasane カサネ / かさね
On the 11th day of the 8th month in 1647, Kasane was killed by her husband Yoemon at the river Kinugawa.
He later married again, but his wives were all killed by the jealous Yurei ghost-spirit of Kasane. His 6th wife bore him a child named 菊 Kiku, but this wife was also killed in September of 1671.

When Kiku was 13 years old, Kasane tried to possess Kiku, but was finally enlightened, healed from her jealousy and could pass on to the Buddhist Paradise.

- reference : nichibun yokai database -

死霊解脱物語聞書 - 江戸怪談を読む
小二田誠二 Konita Seiji (1961 - )

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rui, kasane 累（るい、かさね）

Yurei Attack!: The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide
By Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt
O-Rui (Orui)　お塁　(another reading for Kasane)
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30/08/2016

Akkamura Shunsaku

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Akkamura Shunsaku 安家村俊作 "Shunsaku from Akkamura village"
佐々木俊作 Sasaki Shunsaku
(1810 - 1837)
Also known as 茂右衛門　Moemon, he later changed his name to Shunsaku.
He was the eldest son of the village leader 佐々木茂右衛門.

安家村 Akkamura is a small remote village in 岩手県 Iwate prefecture. In 1956 it became part of Iwaizumi 岩泉町安家.

Shunsaku was the leader of two farmer's rebellions in the Nanbu Domain 南部三閉伊一揆.
He kept a diary about the events in his village, its bad treatment by the Nanbu regents and the ongoing famine for about 19 years, from 1830 till 1848.
He was one of the leaders of the two
Sanhei Ikki 三閉伊一揆 Sanhei Rebellions of 1847 and 1854
after a severe famine, walking with about 16000 farmers and fishermen all the way to the domaine of the Date　伊達 in Sendai, asking for help.

It all begun with blowing a horagai ほら貝 conch shell from a small hill in 田野畑村 Tanohata village. The sound was heard and passed on and the people begun to move South. They wore a small straw bags with food and even took a bowl with them.
Every village carried their own flag.
Some even had fire weapons (the matagi hunters), others bamboo spears and swords.

They went South along the Tohoku coast, via 宮古 Miyako, 大槌 Otsuchi, 釜石 Kamaishi and finally to the domaine of Sendai.
This was just three days after Perry had shown up with four "black ships" in Uraga, near Edo.
The rebels had a long list of demands they wanted to be granted from their new regent, not only including the farmers and fishermen, but also merchants, salt producers, cloth dyers and other businesses.
Eventually their 49 demands 四十九カ条の要求 were granted in written, 「安堵状」, 「御百姓」
At first, nobody was punished for the rebellion. But eventually just one, Shunsaku, had to be punished to "keep the law".

Shunsaku was punished with exile to 下北半島 Shimokita Hanto.
He was later pardoned and went to Hokkaido, where he lived under the name of
菊池政美 Kikuchi Masami.

Shunsaku had also been to Shikoku in 1842, and took the chance to walk the Henro pilgrimage, writing another diary, 西国巡礼道中記 .

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安家村俊作三閉伊一揆の民衆像 Akkamura Shunsaku : Sanhei ikki no minshūzō
Chadani Jūroku 茶谷十六 Chadani Juroku (1941 - )

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佐々木俊作 Sasaki Shunsaku
1810－1873　江戸時代後期の農民。
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"安家村俊作とは　
安家村（あっかむら）は、昭和31年（1956年）まで岩手県下閉伊郡にあった村。現在の岩泉町安家にあたる。
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南部三閉伊一揆とは
四十九カ条の要求を実現
勤労人民の自覚と誇りが
一揆支えた自治と協同の力
- reference source : nouminren.ne.jp/dat - 新聞「農民」2002.9.16付

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俊作（菊地氏先祖代々）のお墓 Grave of Shunsaku and the Kikuchi family

安家村俊作 with photos (5)
俊作（菊地氏先祖代々）のお墓。
俊作の生家は安家村川口
『安家村俊作』　茶谷十六
『一揆の奔流』『一揆の奔涛』『いわいずみふるさとノート』　佐々木京一
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湯川松堂筆『達磨図』Standing Daruma

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02/08/2016

Keichu Priest

However, he disliked the worldly duties of his work and, after wandering around the Kinki region for a while, made his way back to Mount Kōya. Deeply influenced by the thinking of Kūkai, he also read widely in the Japanese classics under the patronage of Fuseya Shigeta (伏屋重賢), a patron of the arts in Izumi Province. After serving as chief priest at Myōhōji, Keichū spent his last years at Enju’an in Kōzu in the Province of Settsu.

His prolific works set a new standard in the study of the classics, though building on recent revivals of interest in the subject. When the daimyo of Mito, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, decided to sponsor an edition of the Man'yōshū, he commissioned Shimonokōbe Chōryū, heir to the learning of the great poet and Man’yō expert Kinoshita Chōshōshi (木下長嘯子:1569 – 1649), to undertake the project. However his dilatory approach, combined with illness, and finally death, impeded his work and the task fell to Keichū, a close friend.
The result was the latter’s Man’yō Daishōki (万葉集大匠記:1687-1690), which had a profound effect on kokugaku scholarship.

Manyo Daisho-Ki 万葉集代匠記 / 萬葉代匠記

Similarly his Waji Seiranshō 　　和字正濫鈔　(1693: A Treatise on the Proper way to Write Japanese Words) challenged the standard orthographical conventions set by Fujiwara Teika and reconstructed distinctions in the old Japanese lexicon based on the earliest texts. In addition to these Keichū wrote the
Kōganshō 厚顔抄 1691 A Brazen-faced Treatise, the Kokin Yozaishō, the Seigodan, the Genchū Shūi, and the Hyakunin Isshu Kaikanshō.
- source : wikipedia

kokugaku 国学 Japanese studies

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Keichū
a commentary to the Nara-period poetry collection Man’yōshū (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, mid-8th c.).
Keichū’s aim in writing this work was to reconstruct as closely as possible the original meaning of the text by looking at a wide range of contemporary and near-contemporary sources. Within the work, Keichū discusses the basic principles of his approach to the study of the past, which can be summarized as follows:

Reconstruct the contemporary meaning of the work and avoid at all costs any interference from the modern reader’s expectations and beliefs.
Make use only of sources from the same time period or thereabouts.
Do not take for granted the theories contained in later commentaries, including traditionally authoritative ones, because they may not be accurate or not apply directly to the age of the Man’yōshū.

Keichū applied these principles not only to the Man’yōshū, but also to the Kokinshū and other important works of the past. Through his method he made a number of important breakthroughs that forever changed the face of scholarship on the classics.

Although Keichū’s method may seem obvious today, no one before him had used such a rigorous philological approach in waka studies. Traditionally, waka scholars studied under a master and the emphasis was on amassing the transmitted teachings of one’s school or “house” (ie) rather than on textual study. Keichū never studied under a specific master, and so was never bound by a master-disciple type of relationship. Even more important was the boom of book publishing, which enabled Keichū to obtain the texts he needed for his research with ease.

As sources for his commentary to the Man’yōshū, Keichū names the Nihon shoki (Chronicles of Japan, 720), the Kaifūsō (Collection of Fond Recollections, 751), the Shoku Nihongi (Later Chronicles of Japan, 797), the Kogo shūi (Gleanings of Ancient Words, 807), the Shinsen Man’yōshū (Newly Edited Man’yōshū, 894), and the Wamyō ruijūshō (Japanese Words by Category, ca. 938), all of which were written between the 8th and 10th centuries, and all of which were available in print when Keichū wrote Man’yō daishōki in 1683.
None of them had ever been printed prior to the late 17th century, so it can be said that Keichū’s text-based scholarship would have been impossible in earlier periods. That Keichū’s approach relied heavily on printed editions of the texts he studied can be seen from the many notes and comments that he personally wrote on his own printed editions of the classics. Keio University Library owns one such book (Fig.2).
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. Man'yōshū 万葉集 / 萬葉集 Manyoshu Poetry Collection .
Manyoo-Shuu, Manyo-Shu, Manyoo'shuu, Manyōshyū
"Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves"

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Keichuuki, Keichuu Ki 契沖忌 Memorial Day for Keichu
契沖の忌日 / 正月二十五日 / 25th day of the first lunar month
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一扇の軸を上座に契沖忌
issen no jiku o jooza ni Keishuu Ki

a scroll
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Keichu Memorial Day

. Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏 .

. Memorial Days of Famous People - Saijiki .

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31/07/2016

Chiyo no Fuji

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Chiyonofuji Mitsugu 千代の富士貢
Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元貢 Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. He was the stable master of Kokonoe stable.

Chiyonofuji was one of the greatest yokozuna of recent times, winning 31 yusho or tournament championships, second at the time only to Taihō. He was particularly remarkable for his longevity in sumo's top rank, which he held for a period of ten years from 1981 to 1991. Promoted at the age of twenty-six after winning his second championship, he seemed only to improve with age and won more tournaments in his thirties than any other wrestler, finally retiring in May 1991 just short of his thirty-sixth birthday. This is in contrast to most recent yokozuna who have tended to retire around 30.

During his 21-year professional career Chiyonofuji set records for most career victories (1045) and most wins in the top makuuchi division (807). This caused him to be listed by Guinness World Records Both of these records were later broken by Kaiō Hiroyuki.

He won the Kyushu tournament, one of the six annual honbasho, a record eight consecutive years from 1981 until 1988, and also set the record for the longest postwar run of consecutive wins (53 bouts in 1988). That record stood for 22 years until Hakuhō broke it with his 54th straight win in September 2010.

In a sport where weight is often regarded as vital, Chiyonofuji was quite light at around 120 kg (260 lb). He relied on superior technique and muscle to defeat opponents. He was the lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960s. Upon his retirement he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name
Kokonoe Oyakata 九重親方.

Kokonoe underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in July of 2015, and was noticeably weak when speaking to reporters at the Aki basho in September of that year. Having reportedly told associates that the cancer had spread to his heart and lungs, he had been hospitalized since the fourth day of the Nagoya tournament in 2016.
He died in Tokyo on July 31, 2016 at the age of 61.
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Chiyo no Fuji
the long-time hero of all
Chiyo no Fuji

. Sumo wrestling 相撲 .
sumo wrestler, sumotoori 相撲取（すもうとり）

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His Kanreki dohyō-iri. One of only 10 performed ever.
九重親方（第58代横綱) - 還暦土俵入り！
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30/07/2016

Buddhist Priests List

日本の名僧・高僧 88人

doogoo 道号 "Name of the Way" after a person entered priesthood

Some priests have their name as a kigo for Haiku.
. Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets and People .

Many of them already have their own page and are mentioned in boldface.
Check the ABC-List of this BLOG.
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Abutsu ni 阿仏尼　あぶつに Nun Abutsu-Ni　（？ - 1283)

Ankokuji Ekei 安国寺恵瓊 (1539 – 1600)

Baisan Monpon 梅山聞本 (?- 1417)

Bankei Yōtaku 盤珪永琢 Yotaku (1622 - 1693)

Banna　鑁阿 (ばんな)　(1144 - 1199) (262)

Benkei, Musashibō Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 Musashibo Benkei (1155–1189)

Chōgen, Choogen 重源 (1121 - 1206), Chogen, also known as Shunjōbō Chōgen 俊乗坊重源

Doogen 道元　Dogen Zenji （1200 - 1253）

Dookyoo 道鏡　Dokyo (? - 772)

Dooshoo 道昭　Dosho (629 - 700)

Eji 恵慈えじ Eji （？～623？), Korean: Hyeja 　
He was a tutor of Buddhism to Shōtoku Taishi.

Eikan 永観　Eikan (1032 - 1111)

Eisai (Yoosai) 栄西　Eisai 1141 - 1215）

Eizan Shookin 瑩山紹瑾 Eizan Shokin (1268 - 1325)

Eizon 叡尊　Eizon (1201 - 1290)

Enchin 円珍　/ 圓珍 Enchin (814 - 891)

Enkan 円観　 Enkan　慧鎮 Echin （1281 - 1356）

Enkuu, Enkū 円空 Enku (1632 – 1695)

Enni 円爾　Enni （1202 - 1280）

Ennin 円仁　Ennin Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 (794 - 864)

En no Ozune, Gyōja 役小角　En no Gyoja (634 - 706)

Ensai 円載　Ensai (? - 877)

Eshin Ni 恵信尼 Nun Eshin-Ni （1182 - ?1268）

Fukuda Gyookai 福田行誡 Fukuda Gyokai (1806 - 1888) (366)

Ganjin 鑑真　Ganjin / Jianzhen （688 - 763) Chinese monk

Gasan Jōseki, Jooseki 峨山韶碩 Gasan Joseki (1275 – 23 November 1366)

Genboo 玄肪　Genbo (? - 746)

Genshin 源信　Genshin (942 - 1017) (124)

Gesshoo 月照 Gessho (1813 - 1858) (354)

Getsushoo 月性 Getsusho (1817 - 1858) (352)

Gidoo Shuushin 義堂周信　Gido Shushin（1325 - 1388）

Gien　義淵（ぎえん） (? - 728)

Gudō Toshoku, Gudoo 愚堂東寔 Gudo Toshoku (1577 – 1661)

Gyooki 行基　Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749)

Gyooson, Gyōson 行尊 Gyoson (1057 - 1135) (136)

Hakuin Zenji 白隠禅師 Hakuin Ekaku (1686 - 1768)

Henjoo 遍昭　Henjo (816 - 890)

Hoonen 法然　Honen (1133 - 1212)

Hōzōin In'ei, Hoozoo-in 宝蔵院胤栄 Hozoin In-Ei (1521 – October 16, 1607)

Ikkyuu Soojun 一休宗純　Ikkyu Sojun　（1394 － 1481）

Ingen 隠元 Eisai Zenji 栄西禅師　(1141 - 1215)

Ippen 一遍　Ippen （1239 - 1289）

Issan Ichinei 一山一寧　 Issan（1247 - 1317）

Isshi Monju 一糸文守 Monju (1608 - 1646)

Jakuren 寂蓮　Jakuren (1139 - 1202)

Jakushin　寂心 Jakushin (? - 1001) (120)

Jien 慈円　 Jien (1155 - 1225)

Jitchū, Jitchuu 実忠 Jitchu (? - 824)

Jiun 慈雲 Jiun (1718 - 1804)

Junjoo 俊ジョウ（草冠にイ乃） (1166 - 1227)

Juubin 守敏　Jubin (? around 800)

Juugen 重源　Jugen (1121 - 1206) - see Choogen

Kaisen Jooki 快川紹喜 Kaisen Joki (? - 1582) (268)

Kakuban 覚鑁　Kakuban (1095 - 1143)

Kakunyo 覚如　Kakunyo （1270 - 1351）

Kakushin Ni 覚信尼　Nun Kakushin Ni （1224 - 1283）

Kakuyuu 覚猷　Kakuyu (1053 - 1140) (鳥羽僧正 Toba Sojo)

Kangan Giin 寒巌義尹 Kangan (1217–1300)

Kanjoo 寛朝 Kanjo (?916 - 998)

Kawaguchi Chiekai 河口慧海 Kawaguchi Chiekai (1866 - 1945) (370)

Keichuu 契沖阿闍梨 Keichu Ajari (1640 - 1701)

Kanzan Egen 開山慧玄　Kanzan（1277 - 1360）

Kenkai 兼海 Kenkai (1107 - 11 June 1155)

Kennyo 顕如 Kennyo (1543 - 1592) (276)

Kinkoku Shoonin 金谷上人　Saint Kinkoku Shonin (1761 - 1832) (316)

Kokan Shiren 虎関師錬　Kokan（1278 - 1346）

Kookei, Koogei, Kōkei 皇慶 Kokei (?977 – 1049)

Kooen 皇円　Koen (? - ?1169) 肥後阿闍梨 - Higo Ajari

Koogon 光厳法皇　Kogon Ho-O（1313 - 1364）

Kōsai, Koosai 幸西 Kosai (1163 – May 20, 1247)

Koun Ejō 孤雲懐奘 Ko-Un (1198 - 1280)

Kuukai 空海　弘法大師 Kukai Kobo Daishi (774 - 835)

Kuuya 空也　Saint Kuya (903 - 972)

Kyoonyo 教如 Kyonyo (1558 - 1614)

Mansai 満済　Mansai (1378 - 1435) (246)

Minchuu 明兆　Minchu　（1351 - 1431）　

Mokujiki 木喰五行 Mokujiki Gogyo (1718 - 1810)

Mokujiki Oogo　木食応其 Mokujiki Ogo (1536 - 1608)

Mokujiki Tanshoo 木喰但唱 Mokujiki Tansho (? - 1641)

Mongaku 文覚　Mongaku (?1193 - ?1205)

Monkan 文観　　Monkan （1278 - 1357）

Mugaku Sogen 無学祖元　Mugaku, Wuxue Zuyuan （1226 - 1286）

Mujū Dōkyō, Mujuu Dookyoo 無住道曉 Muji Dokyo (1 January 1227 - 9 November 1312)

Musoo Soseki 無窓疎石　Muso Soseki （1275 - 1351）

Myooe, Myōe 明恵 Myoe, Myo-E (1173 - 1232)

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. boozu　坊主 priest, お坊さん　O-Bo-San .

oshoo 和尚　priest
nyuudoo 入道　Nyudo priest
shoonin, shônin 上人 saint, head priest of a temple
daitoko 大徳（だいとこ）daitoku だいとく priest of high standard
soojoo. sôjô 僧正 high-ranking priest, "archbishop"
meisoo 名僧 famous priest / monk
koosoo 高僧 high-ranking priest

Photo by Tamamura Kōzaburō (1856 - 1923)

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- - - many priests with names starting with NICHI belong to the Nichiren sect - - -

Nichigen, Buzen Nichigen 豊前日源 (?1263 – 1315)

Nichiji 日持 (Kaiko) (February 10, 1250 – ?1304)

Nichijin 日陣 Nichijin (May 30, 1339 - June 14, 1419)

Nichiken, Awaji Nichiken(淡路日賢 (1243–1338)

Nichimoku 日目 Nichimoku (1260 – 1333)

Nichiō, Nichioo 日奥 Nichio, NichiO (1565 – 1630)

Nichiren 日蓮　Saint Nichiren　（1222 - 1282）

Nichiroo, Nichirō 日朗　Nichiro （1243 - 1320）

Nichizoo, Nichizō 日像　Nichizo（1269 - 1342）

Nikkō, Nikkoo 日興 Nikko (1246 –1333)

Nikoo, Minbu Nikō 民部日向 Mibu Niko (1253 - 1314)

Ninshoo 忍性　Ninsho (1217 - 1303)

Nisshin 日親　Nisshin（1407 - 1488）

Nisshō, Nisshoo 日昭 Nissho, (?1221 – 1323)

Nitchō, Nitchoo 日頂 Nitcho (1252 – April 19, 1317)

Nomura Moto Ni 野村望東尼 Nun Nomura Motoni (1806 - 1867) (350)

Noonin, Dainichibō Nōnin 大日房能忍 Nonin ( ? 1190)

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Ootagaki Rengetsu, Ōtagak 太田垣蓮月 Nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 - 1875)

Ootani Kooen Kubutsu 大谷光演 / 大谷句仏 Otani Koen (1875 - 1943)

Raigoo 頼豪 Raigo (1002 - 1084)

Rankei Dooryuu 蘭渓道隆　Rankei Doryu （1213 - 1278）

Rennyo 蓮如　Rennyo （1415 - 1499）

Rensei / Renshoo 蓮生　れんせい・れんじょう　 Rensho / Renjo (1141 - 1208)

Rooben, Rōben 良弁　 Roben (689 - 773)

Ryoogen 良源　 Ryogen (912 - 985) (116)

Ryookan 良寛 Ryokan, Taigu 大愚 (1758 - 1831)

Ryoonin 良忍　 Ryonin (1073 - 1132)

Ryuukoo 隆光 Ryuko (1649 - 1724)

Saichoo, Saichō 最澄　伝教大師 Saicho Dengyo Daishi (767 - 822)

Saigyoo Hooshi 西行法師　Saigyo Hoshi (1118 - 1190)

Sakuden 策伝 Sakuden (1554 - 1641)

Sengai 仙厓義梵 Sengai Gibon (175 1– 1837)

Sengaku 仙覚 Sengaku (?1203 - 1273)

Sesson Shuukei 雪村周継　Sesson (1504 - 1589)

Sesshuu 雪舟等楊　Sesshu Toyo （1420 - 1506）

Setouchi Jakuchō, Jakuchoo 瀬戸内寂聴 Nun Setouchi Jakucho (May 15, 1922 - )

Shimaji Mokurai 島地黙雷 Shimaji (1838 - 1911) (368)

Shinnyo 真如　 Shinnyo 親王 (799 - 865) (132)

Shinran 親鸞　 Shinran (1173 - 1262)

Shinshō, Shinshoo 真紹 Shinsho (797 – 873)

Shooboo 聖宝 Shobo (832 - 909)

Shoodoo 勝道　Shodo (735 - 817)

Shōkū, Shookuu 証空 Shoku (1177 - 1247), Seizan 西山

Shunkan 俊寛 Shunkan (c. 1143 – 1179)

Shunoku myooha 春屋妙葩　Shunoku Myoha（1311 - 1388）

- - soohei, sōhei 僧兵 Sohei, lit. "monk warriors", fighting monks

Suuden, Konchi-In Suuden 金地院崇伝 / Ishin Sūden 以心崇伝 Suden （1569 - 1633）

Suzuki Shosan 鈴木正三 Shosan (1579 - 1655) (288)

Suzuki Shunryū, Shunryuu 鈴木俊隆 Suzuki Shunryu (1904 - 1971) Zen

Taichō, Taichoo 泰澄 Taicho (682 – 767) - Tengu from Mount Hakusan
Etsu no Daitoku 越の大徳 - Great Man of Virtue from Etsu
Unpen Shoonin 雲遍上人 Saint Unpen Shonin
Shiramine Daisoojo 天狗白峰大僧正 Tengu Shiramine Daisojo

Taigen Suufu 太原崇孚, 太原雪斎 Taigen Sessai (1469 - 1555) (266)

Taihan 泰範 (?817 )　disciple of Kukai (96)

Takeda Motsugai 武田物外 Takeda Motsugai (1795 - 1867)

Takuan, Takuan Sōhō 沢庵宗彭 Takuan Soho (1573 – 1645)

Tenkai 天海 Tenkai (1536 – 1643) / Nankōbō Tenkai 南光坊天海

Tettsū Gikai, Tettsu 徹通義介 Tetsu Gikai (1219 - 1309)

Tokuitsu 徳一 Tokuichi, Toku-Itsu (781? - 842?)

Uda Hoo-oo 宇多法皇　Uda Ho-O (879 - 931)

Yasutani Hakuun 安谷白雲 Yasutani Haku-Un (1885 - 1973) Kamakura Zendo

Yootaku, Bankei Yōtaku 盤珪永琢 Yotaku (1622 - 1693)

Yuien　唯円 Yuien,Yui-En (1222 - 1289)　

Yuukai 宥快　Yukai (1345 - 1416)

Yuuten 祐天 Yuten (1637 - 1718)

Zekkai Chuushin 絶海中津　Sekkai Chushin（1336 - 1405）

Zenjin ni 善信尼　Nun Zenjin-Ni (? sixth century)

Zenkai 禅海 (?1691 / ?1687 - 1774) - 福原市九郎 Fukuhara Ichikuro

Zenran 善鸞　Zenran (1217 - 1286)

Zooga、Sooga　増賀　Zoga, Soga (917 - 1003) (122)

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知っておきたい日本の名僧 / 瓜生中 Uryu Naka

日本名僧列伝 / 柏原祐泉 (編集), 薗田香融 (編集)

事典日本の名僧 / 今泉淑夫 (編集)
180人の僧を没年順に収載した

名僧でたどる日本の仏教 / 末木文美士

名僧１００人
- reference : ne.jp/asahi/kiwameru/kyo -

more books about 日本の名僧 - 16 pages
日本名僧辞典 1976
日本をつくった名僧一〇〇人
日本の名僧入門―日本人の心を創りあげた二十人の素顔と生きざま
- source : www.amazon.co.jp -

List with books about the priests
- reference : yoshikawa-k.co.jp-

"Japanese Buddhist monks" - ABC-list
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20/07/2016

Kamada Matahachi Kamata

source : museums.fivecolleges.edu/detai
Katsushika Hokusa　葛飾北斎

Kamada Matahachi Chikara [Kamada Matahachi (has) strength]
鎌田又八ちから
from the book Ehon Wakan Homare [Picture Book of Noted Japanese and Chinese (Heroes)]

A vertical print of a half-naked man sitting on the floor with a box to his right and a pipe container and a small box to his left. Grabing his left leg with his left hand and smoking a kiseru pipe, he inserts a brush in his sandal and uses it to write inscriptions to the left. The expert brushman, Kamata Matahachi, demonstrates his deftness with the brush. He is seated smoking a kiseru pipe, a brush is inserted in his sandal.

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Here Matahachi is shown killing a monstrous nekomata cat in the mountains of Ise Province.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川邦芳

Kamada Matahachi of Matsuzaka fighting off wolves with a huge iron bar in the Ashigara Mountains of Izu

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Sadashige aratame Kuniteru 貞重改国輝

The immensely strong man Kamata Matahachi lifts up a huge temple pillar to put his sandal under it, in order to demonstrate his strength. A flock of disturbed pigeons fly up in front of the temple altar.
This scene happened in Karuizawa.

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source : artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork
Torii Kiyonobu I　鳥居清信

The Actors 市川団十郎 Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and
市川門之助 Ichikawa Monnosuke I as 久松 Hisamatsu
in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori,"
performed at the Morita Theater, 1720, 1720

Osome Hisamatsu tamoto no chirachibori (Story of Osome and Hisamatsu, 1711)
A play written by Ki no Kaion.

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Utagawa KUNISADA

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The ghost of Kamata Matahachi
This print represents a scene from the kabuki play True record of the famous song for hand-balls, which was performed in the Nakamura Theatre in the seventh month of 1855.

The tragedy of the play concerns the Mari family. Mari Yashiro made love to his brother's widow, who had become a nun after her husband's death. When his wrong-doing came to be known to his servant Kamata Matahachi and his dead brother's concubine Kikuno, Yashiro had them both killed.

In this print, Kamata Matahachi and Kikuno appear as ghosts tied facing in opposite directions, accompanied by their spirit fires. Both are identified by the inscriptions in the cartouches.
The print is signed 'Toyokuni', the name of his teacher who Kunisada had adopted in 1844.
- source : ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvschools -

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source : ukiyo-e.org/image/mfa/sc

Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Kanemitsu (R),
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ghost of Kamada Matahachi (Kamada Matahachi bôrei) and
Ghost of Kikuno (Kikuno ga bôrei) (C),
Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Nun Kyôdai (L)

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OSOME NO NANAYAKU - "Osome's seven roles"
Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Act I, scene 1: within the precincts of the Myôken Shrine in Yanagishima
Act I, scene 2: the zashiki of the Hashimotoya
Act I, scene 3: the Koume Tobacco Shop
Act II, scene 1: at the Aburaya in Kawara-machi
Act II, scene 2: on the 2nd floor behind the Aburaya in Kawara-machi
Act III, scene 1: the michiyuki at Mukôjima
- Read the full text here:
- source : kabuki21.com/osome_no_nanayaku-

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. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters .

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