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[[File:Ryoo-zenji.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A statue of Ryôô at [[Kan'ei-ji]], in Ueno, Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1630]]''
*''Died: [[1707]]''
*''Japanese'': 了翁 ''(Ryouou)''
Ryôô was an [[Edo period]] priest of the [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of [[Zen]] Buddhism.
Born into a family with the name of Suzuki, in Ogachi district, [[Dewa province]], in [[1630]], he entered the monastic life from a very young age. He later came to study directly under [[Ingen|Yǐnyuán Lóngqí]] (J: Ingen), the Chinese monk credited with first introducing Ôbaku Zen to Japan, and took the monastic name Ryôô.
At one point during his travels around the realm, Ryôô had a dream which led him to producing and distributing a medicine called ''kintaien''. He had his nephew Daisuke open a pharmacy near Shinobazu Pond (in the Ueno district of [[Edo]]), and spent the profits on helping the needy, including victims of the [[1657]] [[Great Meireki Fire]], and on building a library at the temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]], also in Ueno. For these acts, he was granted honorary titles and rank by the head of Kan'ei-ji, Rinnôji-no-miya.
Upon his death in [[1707]], Ryôô was buried at Tenshin-in, a [[branch temple]] of [[Manpuku-ji]]. A small statue of Ryôô, and a stele in his honor, inscribed during his lifetime, stand today at Kan'ei-ji, though it is unclear where they might have previously stood, or when they were moved to the temple.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529423693/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Born: [[1630]]''
*''Died: [[1707]]''
*''Japanese'': 了翁 ''(Ryouou)''
Ryôô was an [[Edo period]] priest of the [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of [[Zen]] Buddhism.
Born into a family with the name of Suzuki, in Ogachi district, [[Dewa province]], in [[1630]], he entered the monastic life from a very young age. He later came to study directly under [[Ingen|Yǐnyuán Lóngqí]] (J: Ingen), the Chinese monk credited with first introducing Ôbaku Zen to Japan, and took the monastic name Ryôô.
At one point during his travels around the realm, Ryôô had a dream which led him to producing and distributing a medicine called ''kintaien''. He had his nephew Daisuke open a pharmacy near Shinobazu Pond (in the Ueno district of [[Edo]]), and spent the profits on helping the needy, including victims of the [[1657]] [[Great Meireki Fire]], and on building a library at the temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]], also in Ueno. For these acts, he was granted honorary titles and rank by the head of Kan'ei-ji, Rinnôji-no-miya.
Upon his death in [[1707]], Ryôô was buried at Tenshin-in, a [[branch temple]] of [[Manpuku-ji]]. A small statue of Ryôô, and a stele in his honor, inscribed during his lifetime, stand today at Kan'ei-ji, though it is unclear where they might have previously stood, or when they were moved to the temple.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529423693/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]