Gotō Zuigan | |
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Title | Rōshi |
Personal | |
Born | 1879 |
Died | 1965 |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Senior posting | |
Based in |
Myōshin-ji Daitoku-ji |
Predecessor | Tetsuo Sōkatsu |
Successor |
Oda Sessō Sōkō Morinaga |
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Gotō Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌, 1879–1965) was a Buddhist Rinzai Zen master [note 1] the chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and Daitoku-ji temples, [3] and a past president of Hanazono University of Kyoto, also known as "Rinzai University." [4] [note 2]
Zuigan was influential in the development of Buddhism in America in the early 20th century. He was a student of the Zen master Tetsuo Sōkatsu and followed him to California in 1906 with a group of fourteen who went to the US with Tetsuo Sōkatsu in 1906, attempting strawberry farming in Hayward, California, and founding a branch of Ryomo Kyokai on Sutter Street in San Francisco. [5] [note 3]
Zuigan returned to Japan in 1910. In 1916 Sōkatsu bestowed upon him the Inka Shōmei. [note 4] He then spent fifteen years as a missionary in Seoul. [3]
Later, he returned to Japan and taught at the temple Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. [3]
Among Zuigan's notable students were:
Gotō Zuigan | |
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Title | Rōshi |
Personal | |
Born | 1879 |
Died | 1965 |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Senior posting | |
Based in |
Myōshin-ji Daitoku-ji |
Predecessor | Tetsuo Sōkatsu |
Successor |
Oda Sessō Sōkō Morinaga |
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Gotō Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌, 1879–1965) was a Buddhist Rinzai Zen master [note 1] the chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and Daitoku-ji temples, [3] and a past president of Hanazono University of Kyoto, also known as "Rinzai University." [4] [note 2]
Zuigan was influential in the development of Buddhism in America in the early 20th century. He was a student of the Zen master Tetsuo Sōkatsu and followed him to California in 1906 with a group of fourteen who went to the US with Tetsuo Sōkatsu in 1906, attempting strawberry farming in Hayward, California, and founding a branch of Ryomo Kyokai on Sutter Street in San Francisco. [5] [note 3]
Zuigan returned to Japan in 1910. In 1916 Sōkatsu bestowed upon him the Inka Shōmei. [note 4] He then spent fifteen years as a missionary in Seoul. [3]
Later, he returned to Japan and taught at the temple Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. [3]
Among Zuigan's notable students were: