In this study, I focused on a Zen monk named Takuan Sōhō (1573-1645) who influenced the development of spiritual theories of Japanese martial arts. One of his human network was a relationship with Yagu Munenori (1571-1646)who was a master of swordman in Yagu Shin-kage-ryu, and that was well known in the history of Japanese martial. On the other hand,the incident that Takuan visited Korean scholars was not familiar in the history. I researched about the incident, and also the other opportunities that Takuan met Korean scholars. The results of the research are as below,
1. Takuan has been quite familiar with Yagu Munenori since 1632. Even before 1632, Takuan knew Yagu Munenori, and they recognized and respected each other.
2. Takuan visited a Koeran called Li-Bun-Cho in 1615 and 1616. He also might have contacted with some other Korean scholars at the Buddhism temple called Daitokuji in Kyoto around 1607.
In the second half of this article, the process of the development about spiritual theories were clarified with analyzing of some books such as Ri-ki-sabetsu-ron(the Chinese version and the Japanese version), Fu-dou-chi-shin-myou-roku, and Hei-hou-ka-den-sho. The author of the both version of Ri-ki-sabetsu-ron and Fu-dou-chi-shin-myou-roku was Takuan, however, the author of the book of Hei-hou-ka-den-sho was Yagu Munenori.
The conclusions of this study are as below,
1. Takuanʼs visiting to Korean scholars in 1615 and 1616 might have caused the establishment of the book titled Ri-ki-sabetsu-ron (The Chinese version) in 1621.
2. In the book of Ri-ki-sabetsu-ron (The Chinese version), the philosophical theories of existence and human nature were explained with using the Confucian concept of Ri and Ki. On the other hand, the idea of Ki that came from Zen Buddhism was explained in the book of Fu-dou-chi-shin-myou-roku. Those two books influenced to the spiritual theories in another book of Ri-ki-sabetsu-ron (The Japanese version), and also the theories were accepted in the book of Hei-hou-ka-den-sho through the human network between Takuan and Yagu Munenori.
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