The nun Bunchi (1619–97) was the eldest daughter of the sovereign Go-Mizunoo (1596–1680). After a brief marriage, she took the tonsure in 1640 and two years later founded the Rinzai Zen convent Enshōji, which is still active today. An accomplished calligrapher, artist, and ritualist, Bunchi made regulations the foundation of communal life at Enshōji and built a precept platform, a ritual space essential for legitimate ordination, on its grounds.