Monshu
The 25th Head Priest OHTANI Kojun (Dharma name: Shaku Sennyo)
【Biography】 |
June 13, 1977 |
Born in Kyoto |
August 4, 1992 |
Ordained as Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha priest and designated as Shimmon (Heir Apparent to Monshu) |
April 18, 1993 |
Officiated the Commemoration of Successor Installment as Shimmon |
March 2000 |
Graduated from Hosei University, Faculty of Law |
March 2002 |
Completed the Shin Buddhism Master's Program at Ryukoku University |
March 2005 |
Fulfilled credit requirements for the Shin Buddhism Doctoral Program at Ryukoku University |
【Posts】 |
April 1, 2003 |
Honorary President, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Young Buddhist Association |
April 1, 2008 |
Vice Resident Priest, Tsukiji Hongwanji, Tokyo |
April 1, 2010 |
Special Adviser, Scouts Association of Japan |
December 31, 2013 |
Retired from Vice Resident Priest, Tsukiji Hongwanji |
During his tenure as Vice Resident Priest of Tsukiji Hongwanji, he actively engaged in propagation in the Tokyo metropolitan area while officiating a number of Buddhist services at the temple. He also served as lecturer at the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Buddhist seminaries, namely, Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin (Central Buddhist Seminary) and Tokyo Bukkyo Gakuin (Tokyo Buddhist Seminary), as well as Ryukoku University's Graduate School of Practical Shin Buddhist Studies, and REC (Ryukoku Extension Center) Community College.
Buddhist Services officiated |
1991 |
The 400th Memorial for Kennyo Shonin and the 400th Anniversary of Hongwanji's Relocation and Return to Kyoto |
1998 |
The 500th Memorial for Rennyo Shonin |
2009 |
The Service to Commemorate the Completion of the Great Restoration of the Hongwanji Founder's Hall |
2011 |
The 750th Memorial for Shinran Shonin |
2012 |
The 750th Memorial for Shinran Shonin Goshoto* *The 750th Memorial was conducted throughout most of 2011 ahead of the actual anniversary of Shinran Shonin's passing on January 16. The final session of memorial services is called Goshoto 御正当 (lit., "actual") and concluded on January 16, 2012. |