Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki (1882 - 1945) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest who was the first Zen Master to take residence on United States soil. Sokei-An went to college and graduated from the Imperial Academy of Art in Tokyo, Japan. He did mandatory military service in the Japanese Imperial Army starting in 1905 where he was sent to Manchuria. Upon release from military service in 1906, Sokei-An left for Hayward, … Wikipedia
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