Jakutan Shunryū

Place: Mikawa Province

Born: 1797

Death: 1869

Biography:

Jakutan Shunryū was a Sōtō Zen monk of the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He was also known as Dokusondōjin. In Tenpō 12 (1841), he succeeded to Fūgai Honkō and became the 26th head of Kōjakuji Temple in Mikawa Province. In Kaei 6 (1853), he succeeded to Kyokai Tōryū and became the 23rd resident priest of Gōtokuji Temple in Musashi Province. Gōtokuji Temple is the family temple of the Ii clan. In Bunkyū 1 (1861), he became the 25th resident priest of Seiryōji Temple in Ōmi Province, which is also the family temple of the Ii clan. Along with Fūgai Honkō, Kyokai Tōryū, and others, he was a Zen monk who excelled in calligraphy and painting, representing the last days of the Tokugawa shōgunate, and excelled at depicting paintings of Buddhist patriarchs including Śākyamuni Buddha and landscapes.