Chōzen
Scholar monk who kept the first complete diary of the circuit of Shikoku, in 1653
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Chōzen (澄禅) was a scholar monk of the Shingon school. In 1653 he walked around Shikoku and kept a diary, the Shikoku henro nikki (四国辺路日記): the oldest complete account of the pilgrimage that has come down to us.
He mostly slept in temples, and was not always welcome: turned away by a greedy monk here, refused at nightfall at temple 28 there. On the way he bought a small booklet of the temples, which he found full of mistakes; no copy of it is known. Thirty-four years later came the guide by Shinnen.
- In English
- Monk who kept the first full diary of the pilgrimage (1653)
- Other spellings
- Chozen · 澄禅
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