Sokuhi Nyoitsu

male, deceased (1671)
Sokuhi Nyoitsu (1616 - 1671) was a Buddhist monk of the Ōbaku Zen sect, and was also an accomplished poet and calligrapher. His teacher Ingen R...
Muyan

Muyan

male, deceased (1684)
Muyan (1611-1684) was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654. Together they founded the Ōbaku Zen school and M...
Ingen

Ingen

male, deceased (1673)
Ingen Ryuki was a Chinese Linji Chan Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher. Ingen's father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching...