Tenkai

Tenkai (天海, Tenkai?, 1536 – 1643) was a Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk of the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. He achieved the rank of Daisōjō, the highest rank of the priesthood. His Buddhist name was first Zuifū (随風?), which he changed to Tenkai in 1590. Also known as Nankōbō Tenkai (南光坊天海?), he died in 1643, and was granted the posthumous title of Jigen Daishi (慈眼大師?) in 1648.