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| 3, 5-chome, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku near the side of NTT Nakanoshima Bld |
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[ Tamaebashi ] by bus, about 50m to the west |
| The prominent priest Jiunsonja was
born around here at the warehouse of Takamatsu-clan
in the 3rd year of Kyohou(1718). He entered the
Buddhist priesthood at the Hourakuji temple(Higashi
Sumiyoshi-ku) aged 13 and trained himself
in the Kinki region. He studied not only Buddhism but also Confucianism by Ito Togai. He intended that Buddhism of those days should be restored to the time of Buddha, so he interpreted the Sutras by the original text of Sanskrit without other interpretations. He studied Sanskrit and wrote 10 volumes of the Bongakushinryo, which is now said to be a wonder of the world. Juzen Hougo was one of his famous works. He studied Shintoism too and he died in the first year of Bunka(1804). |
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| to the top page of The Nakanoshima・Tsurumi Course |