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*''Born: [[1593]]''

*''Born: [[1593]]/1/22''

*''Died: [[1668]]''

*''Died: [[1668]]/8/24''

*''Japanese'': 鳳林承章 ''(Hôrin Jôshô)''

*''Japanese'': 鳳林承章 ''(Hôrin Jôshô)''

Hôrin Jôshô was the 95th abbot of the [[Kyoto]] [[Zen]] temple of [[Shokoku-ji|Shôkoku-ji]].

Hôrin Jôshô was the 95th abbot of the [[Kyoto]] [[Zen]] temple of [[Shokoku-ji|Shôkoku-ji]] and [[Rokuon-ji]] (Kinkaku-ji).

A son of Kanshûji Harutoyo, he took the tonsure in [[1625]]. While a monk at [[Kinkaku-ji]], from [[1635]] to [[1668]], he compiled a diary entitled ''Kakumeiki'', which serves as a highly valuable historical source today.

A son of ''[[kuge]]'' [[Kajuji Harutoyo|Kajûji Harutoyo]], he became a disciple of [[Saisho Shotai|Saishô Shôtai]] at age seven (in [[1600]]), and then took the tonsure in [[1625]]. He served as a monk at Rokuon-ji and elsewhere before becoming abbot of Shôkokuji, and became a member of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo|Emperor Go-Mizunoo's]] salon, as well as various other social circles. His extensive interactions with members of the ''[[kugyo|kugyô]]'' court aristocracy, tea masters such as [[Kanamori Sowa|Kanamori Sôwa]], and Confucian scholars such as [[Hayashi Razan]], make his diary, ''Kakumeiki'', which he kept from [[1635]] to [[1668]], a highly valuable source today on the political and cultural scene of early [[Edo period]] Kyoto.

 

The ''Kakumeiki'' was published in a modern type version by Rokuon-ji in 1958.

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