Nichiren

Nichiren

male, deceased (1282)
13th century, Religious leader, Buddhist, Buddhism, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, Zeshō-bō Renchō…Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist, Japanese, Nichiren buddhist
Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 - October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是聖房蓮長), and finally Nichiren (日蓮), was a Bu...
Shinran

Shinran

male, deceased (1262)
Religious leader, kyoto, shogun, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, kamakura period, heian period…Japanese, Japanese Buddhism
Shinran(親鸞) (1173-1263) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the close of the Heian Period and live...

Eisai

male
Dōgen, Okayama, Okayama, okayama, Tiantai, Japanese, Rinzai Zen…Zen Buddhist monk, Buddhist, JapaneseBuddhistmonk
Myōan Eisai was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan. He is o...
Saichō

Saichō

male, deceased (822)
buddhist monk, kyoto, Dengyō Daishi, tendai, tea, Mt. Hiei…Japanese, JapaneseBuddhistmonk
(767-822) was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school in Japan, based around the Chinese Tiantai tradition he was exposed...
Shunryu Suzuki

Shunryu Suzuki

male, deceased (1971)
Buddhism in the United States, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, Zen Buddhist monk, D.T. Suzuki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Soto Zen
Shunryu Suzuki (May 18, 1904 - December 4, 1971) was a Soto Zen priest born in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Suzuki was occasionally mistaken...
Taizan Maezumi

Taizan Maezumi

male, deceased (1995)
Buddhism in the United States, Buddhist, zen, Buddhism, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, Japanese…Zen Buddhist monk
The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (known as Taizan Maezumi) (February 24, 1931-May 14, 1995), was a Zen Buddhist monk who had a seminal...

Myōe

male, deceased (1232)
mandalas, Pure Land, buddha, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, kamakura period, shingon…Buddhist
Myōe (1173-1232), was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name "Kōben". He was originally ordained in th...
Kūkai

Kūkai

male, deceased (835)
Yoshito Hakeda, Shingon Buddhism, calligraphy, Religious leader, Inventor of writing systems, artist…JapaneseBuddhistmonk, monk, Japanese, Japanese language
Kūkai or also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi, 774-835 CE was a Japanese monk, scholar, poet, and artist, founder of the Shingon or "True Wor...
Sokei-An

Sokei-An

male
Anglophone Japanese writer, Zen Buddhist monk, zen, priest, Pearl Harbor, JapaneseBuddhistmonk…Japanese, Japanese American internment, Buddhist, Japanese language, Japanese Imperial Army
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....
Soen Nakagawa

Soen Nakagawa

male, deceased (1984)
zen, Buddhism, JapaneseBuddhistmonk, Japanese, Rinzai Zen, Zen Buddhist monk
"Sõen Nakagawa" was a Japanese teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Rinzai tradition. An enigmatic figure, Soen's life can be told in a number of ways d...