In 1627, he was born in Chotoku-ji Temple as a child of Myokaku (the fourth heir of the Chotoku-ji Temple), who was the chief priest of Chotoku-ji Temple (a branch temple of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple) at the present Nihonmatsu, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City. |
寛永4年(1627年)、東本願寺末寺である京都上京二本松長徳寺の住職明覚(長徳寺四世)の子として長徳寺に生まれた。 |