Shōkai (聖戒) (1261 - March 22, 1323) was a Buddhist monk of the
Ji-shū school, disciple and close relative (younger brother or nephew) of
Ippen
1234–1289 also known as Zuien was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (''hijiri'') who founded the branch of Pure Land Buddhism.
Life
Ippen was born at Hōgon-ji, a temple in Iyo Province (modern Ehime Prefecture) on the island of Shikok ...
, the first patriarch of Ji shū. He was also considered the founder of the Rokujō-ha (六条派) branch of the school.
After Ippen's death in 1289, he founded the
Kankikō-ji temple in 1291, and most importantly wrote the text of the ''
Illustrated Biography of the Itinerant Monk Ippen'' (''Ippen hijiri-e''). This is the oldest biography of the patriarch known today, so it has a very strong historiographical value.
References
1261 births
1323 deaths
Buddhist clergy of the Kamakura period
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