Ingen
Ingen Ryūki (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.[2] He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan. Said to have introduced, from China into Japan, the common bean, which is named after him (隠元豆; Ingen itself is also short for Ingen mame[4]).[3] Robes worn by Ōbaku monks are called Ingengoromo.
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Ingen
喜多元規 Kita Genki · 宮次男『ブック・オブ・ブックス 日本の美術３３ 肖像画』 小学館 1975 · Public domain
- Born
- 1592. · Fuqing.
- Died
- 1673. · Manpuku-ji Temple.
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.
- Occupation
- painter, calligrapher, poet and monk.
- Teachers
- Miyun Yuanwu and Feiyin Tongrong.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Ingen Ryūki (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.[2] He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan. Said to have introduced, from China into Japan, the common bean, which is named after him (隠元豆; Ingen itself is also short for Ingen mame[4]).[3] Robes worn by Ōbaku monks are called Ingengoromo.
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Biography
Training under Miyun Yuanwu and Feiyin Tongrong is recorded. Mu'an, Sokuhi Nyoitsu and Erin Shōki are recorded as having studied under Ingen. The recorded working language is Chinese. Residence is recorded at Wanfu Temple and Sōfuku-ji Temple. Positions recorded include abbot and monk. Work by Ingen is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria.
Ingen was born on December 7, 1592, in Fuqing, Fujian, during China's Ming dynasty. Ingen's father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching for him, Ingen arrived at Mount Putuo off Zhejiang province, where he served tea to monks. At 28, after the death of his mother, he was ordained as a monk at his family temple - Wanfu Temple, Mount Huangbo, Fujian. Ingen's teachers there were Miyun Yuanwu and Feiyin Tongrong. In 1633 he received dharma transmission from the latter, and in 1637 served his first term as abbot. His second term as 33rd abbot of the temple began in 1646 and at this time he is credited with helping Mount Huangbo to develop into a thriving Buddhist centre. In 1654, after repeated requests of Itsunen Shoyu, he went to Nagasaki, Japan with around 30 monks and artisans, including his disciple Mu'an. He founded the Ōbaku school of Zen. He established the Ōbaku head temple Manpuku-ji at Uji, Kyoto in 1661. On May 21, 1673 (Enpō 1, 5th day of the 4th month), he died at Mampuku-ji.[6]
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Ingen was a skilled calligrapher, introducing the Ming style of calligraphy to Japan. Along with his disciples Mu'an and Sokuhi Nyoitsu, he was one of the Ōbaku no Sanpitsu ("Three Brushes of Ōbaku"). He is known to have carried paintings by Chen Xian with him to Japan.
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Selected work
Ingen's published writings encompass 35 works in 46 publications in 4 languages and 226 library holdings.[7] • 1979 — OCLC 019817244
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1592
Ingen born at Fuqing.
1673
Ingen died at Manpuku-ji Temple.
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Wanfu Temple, Sōfuku-ji Temple and Fumon-ji Temple.
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Fuqing.
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Manpuku-ji Temple.
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Notes ==== References
Notes ==== References
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.; OCLC 48943301 • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 251800045; see also Imprimerie Royale de France,
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- 1.Sanseidō. 10 March 2025.
- 2.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File .
- 3.ja:コトバンク. ja:隠元豆. ja.
- 4.ja:コトバンク. ja:隠元. ja.
- 5.ja:コトバンク. ja:隠元衣. ja.
- 6.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).
- 7.WorldCat Identities : 隱元 1592-1673
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