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5i Toyotomi Sutemaru stroyed, and Sutemaru's portrait was 52 Jigen Daishi
polychromed wood moved to Rinkain, a subtemple of polychromed wood
h. 56.0 (22) Myôshinji, a large Zen monastery in 11.75.1(291/2)
Momoyama period, c. 1591 Kyoto. The portrait was probably moved Edo period, c. 1644
there because this was the place where
Rinkain, Kyoto Nange Genkô, the first abbot of Shôunji, Enichiin, Shiga Prefecture
Important Cultural Property Important Cultural Property
lived in retirement.
Sutemaru sits on a pedestal wearing a The monk Tenkai (1536-1643), or Jigen
Toy boat long-sleeved kimono, tied in back with a Daishi, was a distinguished priest of Ten-
polychromed wood sash. The surface is richly polychromed in dai Buddhism who was active from the
1. 200 (783/4); w. 69.7 (27^2) white, vermilion, and gold. Perhaps be- Momoyama to the early Edo period. Born
Momoyama period, c. 1591 cause Hideyoshi loved his son very deeply, in Aizu Province (part of present-day Fu-
it is strikingly idealized and stylized, al- kushima Prefecture), Tenkai trained at
Gyokuhôin, Kyoto most doll-like.
Important Cultural Property The boat is said to have been one of Enryakuji, Onjôji, Kôfukuji, and other
Buddhist temples. He enjoyed the confi-
Sutemaru's toys. It was offered by Hide-
Toyotomi Sutemaru (Tsurumatsu, 1589- yoshi to Myôshinji, where Sutemaru's dence and favor of the first three Toku-
1591), the first son of the hegemon Toyo- funeral took place. It is now in the posses- gawa shoguns—leyasu, Hidetada, and
tomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), and Yodogimi, sion of Gyokuhôin, another subtemple of lemitsu—and, like many Zen monks of
died when he was just two years old. The Myôshinji. Resembling a real boat, it has a the Momoyama period, was often their ad-
grieving father, Hideyoshi, built Shôunji in small cabin at the helm and another at the visor in secular as well as religious matters.
eastern Kyoto as the child's memorial tem- stern. A board with wheels is attached to In 1624, by order of the shogun family, he
ple. This portrait was enshrined there. the bottom of the boat so that it can be constructed Kan'eiji, the headquarters of
When the Toyotomi family fell and the To- pulled. The hull of the boat is gilded, and Tendai Buddhism in the east, and became
kugawa ruled the nation, Shôunji was de- the rest is polychromed. NK its founding abbot. Tenkai is also famous

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