, originally , is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the
Rinzai
The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of ...
school of
Japan
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ese
Zen
Zen (; from Chinese: ''Chán''; in Korean: ''Sŏn'', and Vietnamese: ''Thiền'') is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka phil ...
, founded in 1300 by the monk
Jiun Myoi in
Toyama, Japan. In 1327
Emperor Go-Daigo
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')後醍醐天皇 (96) retrieved 2013-8-28. according to the traditional order o ...
gave the temple the name Kokutai-ji, and Jiun Myoi became Seisen Zenji.
[Head Temples]
Kokutai-ji was once also a temple of the
Fuke sect The term "Fuke" is Japanese and may refer to:
* Fuke, known as Puhua, in Chinese, the legendary precursor to the eponymous Fuke Zen school of Buddhism in Japan
* Fuke Zen, a distinct and ephemeral sect of Zen Buddhism that once flourished in Jap ...
(as many Rinzai monasteries in Japan once were), and housed
komusō
The ("priest of nothingness" or "monk of emptiness") were wandering non-monastic lay Buddhists from the warrior-class (samurai and rōnin) who were noted for wearing straw basket hats and playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute, nowadays called ' ...
. Rinzai monks and priests still dress and practice ''
suizen'' as komusō during memorial ceremonies in remembrance of Jiun Myoi.
See also
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Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period (1185－1333). During the Edo period (1603–1868), Buddhism was cont ...
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References
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Buddhist temples in Japan
Buddhist temples in Toyama Prefecture
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