Banryū

Banryū (播隆) (1786 - November 14, 1840) was a Jōdo-shū Buddhist monk and mountaineer in the latter half of the Edo period.

In 1826, through the mediation of the priest at Genkō-ji Temple in Shinano, he came to Ogura Village, Azumi County (present-day Misato District, Azumino City) and stayed at the home of village official Nakata Kuzaemon, where he told him of his intention to climb Mount Yari.

In his later years, he lived at a temple and engaged in missionary activities and climbed Mount Yari again, but fell ill on his fifth attempt.

In 1840, he died at Ichizaemon Hayashi's house in the side main camp in Ota-juku, Mino (now Minokamo City, Gifu Prefecture).

His tomb and a monument to his poem, “The tip of the spear that the world fears will soon rise, I have begun to climb it."