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Sobin Yamada was the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the
Rinzai The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of ...
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temple of
Daitoku-ji is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan. Its ('' sangō'') is . The Daitoku-ji temple complex is one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto, covering more than . In addition to ...
in
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. Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu. Yamada studied at Hanazono, a
Rinzai The Rinzai school (, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of ...
university in Kyoto, and at
Ryukoku University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary m ...
. There is a
calligraphic Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...
work by Yamada in the
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture"About"
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; it was commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo for the museum. Yamada was born in 1920 and died in 2008.


Bibliography

* ''Zen at Daitoku-ji'' (1974), with Dr. Jon Carter Covell * ''Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyu's Controversial Way'' (1980), Dr. Jon Carter Covell and Abbot Sobin Yamada, 1980, HollyM International, Elizabeth, New Jersey,


See also

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Buddhism in Japan Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period (1185－1333). During the Edo period (1603–1868), Buddhism was cont ...
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List of Rinzai Buddhists {{short description, None Founder *Linji Yixuan A *Ankokuji Ekei * Sōgen Asahina *Ashikaga Yoshimitsu B *Bassui Tokushō * George Bowman C * Sherry Chayat * Chō Tsuratatsu *Chūgan Engetsu *Leonard Cohen D *Watazumi Doso *Ji Gong * Ogino Do ...


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Zen Buddhist abbots 20th-century abbots Rinzai Buddhists Japanese Zen Buddhists 1920 births 2008 deaths {{japan-reli-bio-stub