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[[File:Jikai.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Jikai's grave at [[Kan'ei-ji]], ornamented with a statue of [[Kannon]]]]
*''Born: [[1624]]''
*''Died: [[1693]]/2/16''
*''Japanese'': 慈海 ''(Jikai)''
Jikai was a 17th century monk who served as head priest of Ryôun-in (a branch temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]]), and head scholar (''gakutô'') at Kan'ei-ji, among other notable positions.
Born in the Meguro neighborhood of [[Edo]] in [[1624]], Jikai spent time at the Gokoku-in of Kan'ei-ji, Meguro [[Fudo Myoo|Fudô]], Saitô-hôen-in at [[Mt. Hiei]], and Kita-in in [[Kawagoe]], before settling at Ryôun-in at Kan'ei-ji, in Edo. As ''gakutô'' of Kan'ei-ji, he held a position second only to the abbot, an Imperial prince known as Rinnôji-no-miya. He oversaw most if not all educational and scholarly matters at the temple, as well as effecting the publishing of a number of documents, including the ''Jikai-ban'' ("Jikai version" or "Jikai printing") of the [[Lotus Sutra]] and [[Yakushi]] Sutra.
Jikai died at the age of 70, and was buried at Ryôun-in. However, when the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo Cultural Hall) was built in 1958, his grave was moved to Kan'ei-ji, where it remains today.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529653864/#]
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%85%88%E6%B5%B7-1079772 Jikai]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
*''Born: [[1624]]''
*''Died: [[1693]]/2/16''
*''Japanese'': 慈海 ''(Jikai)''
Jikai was a 17th century monk who served as head priest of Ryôun-in (a branch temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]]), and head scholar (''gakutô'') at Kan'ei-ji, among other notable positions.
Born in the Meguro neighborhood of [[Edo]] in [[1624]], Jikai spent time at the Gokoku-in of Kan'ei-ji, Meguro [[Fudo Myoo|Fudô]], Saitô-hôen-in at [[Mt. Hiei]], and Kita-in in [[Kawagoe]], before settling at Ryôun-in at Kan'ei-ji, in Edo. As ''gakutô'' of Kan'ei-ji, he held a position second only to the abbot, an Imperial prince known as Rinnôji-no-miya. He oversaw most if not all educational and scholarly matters at the temple, as well as effecting the publishing of a number of documents, including the ''Jikai-ban'' ("Jikai version" or "Jikai printing") of the [[Lotus Sutra]] and [[Yakushi]] Sutra.
Jikai died at the age of 70, and was buried at Ryôun-in. However, when the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo Cultural Hall) was built in 1958, his grave was moved to Kan'ei-ji, where it remains today.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at Kan'ei-ji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/13529653864/#]
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%85%88%E6%B5%B7-1079772 Jikai]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]