His father, who was a foreigner possibly from India, Java or Arabia, came to Japan as a merchant in the days of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA and lived in Shokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, under the aegis of Chushin ZEKKAI. |
父の天竺人(この天竺がどこを指すかは不明。インド、ジャワもしくはアラビアの可能性もあり)の商人・ヒジリは足利義満の時代に来日し、京都の相国寺に居住して絶海中津の庇護を受けていた。 |