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Ishin Suden (?? ??, 1569-1633), also known as Konchiin Suden, was a Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 Rinzai monk and advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
, and later to Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu....
 and Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu

Tokugawa Iemitsu , sometimes Romanisation Iyemitsu, was the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate who reigned from 1623 to 1651. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 on religious matters and foreign affairs. He played a significant role in the initial development of the Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the , and the , was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family....
.

He oversaw the administration of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in the country alongside Itakura Katsushige
Itakura Katsushige

was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to early Edo period. Katsuhige's daimyo family claimed descent from the Shibukawa branch of the Seiwa-Genji....
, and was involved in a great many diplomatic affairs along with advisors Hayashi Razan
Hayashi Razan

Hayashi Razan , also known as Hayashi Doshun, was a Japanese Neo-Confucianism philosopher, serving as a tutor and an advisor to the first four shoguns of the Tokugawa shogunate....
 and Honda Masazumi
Honda Masazumi

was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He later became a daimyo, and one of the first roju of the Tokugawa Shogunate....
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Ishin Suden (?? ??, 1569-1633), also known as Konchiin Suden, was a Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 Rinzai monk and advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
, and later to Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu....
 and Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu

Tokugawa Iemitsu , sometimes Romanisation Iyemitsu, was the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate who reigned from 1623 to 1651. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 on religious matters and foreign affairs. He played a significant role in the initial development of the Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the , and the , was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family....
.

He oversaw the administration of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in the country alongside Itakura Katsushige
Itakura Katsushige

was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to early Edo period. Katsuhige's daimyo family claimed descent from the Shibukawa branch of the Seiwa-Genji....
, and was involved in a great many diplomatic affairs along with advisors Hayashi Razan
Hayashi Razan

Hayashi Razan , also known as Hayashi Doshun, was a Japanese Neo-Confucianism philosopher, serving as a tutor and an advisor to the first four shoguns of the Tokugawa shogunate....
 and Honda Masazumi
Honda Masazumi

was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He later became a daimyo, and one of the first roju of the Tokugawa Shogunate....
. Suden made his home at the Konchi-in temple he founded in Sunpu, and founded another one by the same name in Edo
Edo

, literally: Headlands and bays-door, "estuary", ), also Romanization of Japanese as Yedo or Yeddo, is the Geographical renaming of the Capital of Japan Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868....
 in 1618. He played an important role in negotiations with the Chinese Ming
Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
 court over the reopening of trade and the problem of piracy
Wokou

Wokou or Japanese pirates were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the thirteenth century onwards. Originally, the Wokou were mainly soldiers, ronin, merchants and smugglers from Japan, but became predominantly from China two centuries later....
. Suden was also involved in communications with the Spanish authorities in Manila
Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
 and in organizing and receiving Korean embassies to Japan. He drafted a great many communications during this period, some of the more notable ones being rejections of the notion that the shogun
Shogun

is a military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces of Japan. The Japanese word for "general", it is made up of two kanji characters: sho, meaning "commander", "general", or "admiral", and gun meaning military troops or warriors....
 should be referred to as a "king" (?, o), as this would imply subordination to the Emperor of China
Emperor of China

The Emperor of China refers to any monarch of Imperial China reigning since the founding of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912....
 and tributary
Tribute

A tribute is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance....
 status within the Sinocentric world order
Sinosphere

Sinosphere, also known as East Asian Cultural Sphere, Chinese world, Chinese cultural sphere or Chinese-character cultural sphere , a term coined by linguist James Matisoff, is a grouping of countries and regions that are currently inhabited with a majority Han Chinese population or were historically under heavy Cultu...
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Among his other works was the drafting in 1615 of the Buke shohatto
Buke shohatto

The buke shohatto was a collection of edicts issued by Japan's Tokugawa shogunate governing the responsibilities and activities of daimyo and the rest of the samurai warrior aristocracy....
, which he then read at an assembly of daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 at Fushimi
Fushimi

Fushimi can refer to:*Emperor Fushimi of Japan*Fushimi, Kyoto, a ward of Kyoto City*Fushimi-no-miya, a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, and the drafting of the edict banning Christianity in the previous year. In 1616, he oversaw the funeral services for Tokugawa Ieyasu, along with priests Tenkai
Tenkai

was a Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk of the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period periods. He achieved the rank of Daisojo, the highest rank of the priesthood....
 and Bonshun.

Suden compiled all the diplomatic records of his period of service into the Ikoku nikki (Chronicle of Foreign Countries), and also wrote the Honko kokushi nikki (Chronicles of Master Honko), both of which remain valuable primary sources on the nature of diplomacy of the time, and on specific events.