Manjiyamashita is said to have its roots in the new Meiji surname of a monk in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, and is an unusual name as it is the only surname in which the kanji ``manji'' is used. Although there are some uncertainties, it seems that he lives in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, and Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Manzan, from which his surname derives, is thought to have been an Edo-period monk who worked to restore the Soto sect, a sect whose principal image is Shakyamuni Buddha, and it has the meaning of ``gate school of Manzan.'' The Soto sect is said to have its origins in the Kamakura period, when Dogen Zenji brought the orthodox Buddhism from China to Japan, and when Keizan Zenji spread throughout Japan, it became the foundation of the Soto sect. It seems that it was built.
Manzanshita = Manzanka
``Mansanshita'' is a surname that can be read as Manzan. It is said that there are only a few dozen people in Oita Prefecture and Shizuoka, and it is a very rare surname that is sometimes pronounced ``Manjiyamata.''
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