John Kaizan Neptune

John Kaizan Neptune

male, 58 years old
John Kaizan Neptune (b. Oakland, California, November 13, 1951) is an American player and builder of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is...
Kodo Sawaki

Kodo Sawaki

male
Kodo Sawaki is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century. His parents died early and he grew up being...

Nene

female, deceased (1624)
or One (おね) (1546-1624) was an aristocratic lady during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history known for her beauty, intelligence, and marr...
Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

male, deceased (1924)
was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in Meiji period Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the "Bunjinga" tradition and one...
Yamanami Keisuke

Yamanami Keisuke

male, deceased (1865)
Yamanami Keisuke(山南敬助) (1833 - March 20 1865) was a Japanese samurai. He was the General Secretary (Vice Commander) of the Shinsengumi, a special...
Ashikaga Yoshinori

Ashikaga Yoshinori

male, deceased (1441)
Ashikaga Yoshinori was the 6th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshinori was...
Ike No Taiga

Ike No Taiga

male, deceased (1776)
Ike no Taiga was a Japanese painter and calligrapher born in Kyoto during the Edo period. Together with Yosa Buson, he perfected the "bunjinga" (or...
Niwa Nagahide

Niwa Nagahide

male, deceased (1585)
Niwa Nagahide was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as a retainer to the Oda clan,...
Kawakami Hajime

Kawakami Hajime

male
Kawakami Hajime, 1879 - 1946, was a Japanese Marxist economist of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. Born in Yamaguchi, he graduated from Tokyo Un...
Kosho Uchiyama

Kosho Uchiyama

male, deceased (1998)
Kosho Uchiyama roshi (1912-1998) was a Soto Zen priest who served as head abbot of Antai-ji temple, a Soto Zen monastery established in 1923 by Oka...