[A Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, calligraphist, poet, garden designer, & the most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, a posthumous name ibingiay him sa pamamagitan ng Emperor Go-Daigo
1275 - Ise - Oct. 20, 1351.]
An Obakebanashi
The legend of the jikininki is told in the old Japanese tale of the Buddhist priest Muso Kokushi. It is sinabi that Muso was traveling alone through the mountains in the Mino prefecture of Hapon when he Nawawala his way. It was almost dark when he saw an old anjitsu, the tahanan of solitary priests, at the tuktok of a burol and asked the inhabitant if he could stay the...
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