Tetsugen

male, deceased (1682)
Kan'ei, Higo Province, sutras, Japanese, zen master, Zen Buddhist monk
Tetsugen Dōkō was a Japanese Zen Master, and an important early leader of the Ōbaku school of Buddhism. Tetsugen was born in the seventh year of the...

Sokuhi Nyoitsu

male, deceased (1671)
Qing Dynasty Buddhist, Ming Dynasty Buddhist, Japanese, Schools of Buddhism, Buddhism, chinese…Obaku no Sanpitsu
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)
Qing Dynasty Buddhist, Ming Dynasty Buddhist, Yinyuan Longqi, edo, Japanese Buddhist monk, uji…Obaku no Sanpitsu
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...

Itsunen Shoyu

male
Buddhist, zen, abbot, Buddhism, chan, ming dynasty
Itsunen Shoyu is famous as a Buddhist monk and painter who helped to establish Chan (Zen) in Japan. In 1642 he travelled to Nagasaki as a trader in...
Ingen

Ingen

male, deceased (1673)
Qing Dynasty Buddhist, zen, Ming Dynasty Buddhist, Chen Xian, Ōbaku, Obaku no Sanpitsu
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...
Huangbo Xiyun

Huangbo Xiyun

male, deceased (850)
Tang Dynasty Buddhist, Zen Buddhist monk, Buddhism, chan, fujian, Japanese…Obaku Kiun
Huangbo Xiyun (Japanese: "Obaku Kiun") (died 850) was an influential Chinese master of Chan Buddhism. He was born in Fujian, China in the Tang...