普ふ化け宗しゅう

noun

Fuke school; Fuke sect

A defunct sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, known for its komusō monks who played the shakuhachi. Historical term; no longer extant.

• 普ふ化け宗しゅうは江え戸ど時じ代だいに栄さかえた禅ぜん宗しゅうの一いっ派ぱです。

  The Fuke school was a Zen sect that flourished in the Edo period.

• 普ふ化け宗しゅうの僧そう侶りょは虚こ無む僧そうと呼よばれ、尺しゃく八はちを吹ふきながら旅たびをしました。

  Monks of the Fuke school were called komusō and traveled while playing the shakuhachi.