is a
Japanese 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 ...
Rōshi
(Japanese language, Japanese: "old teacher"; "old master") is a title in Zen Buddhism with different usages depending on sect and country. In Rinzai Zen, the term is reserved only for individuals who have received ''inka shōmei'', meaning the ...
, a successor in the
Tenryū-ji line of Rinzai
Zen
Zen (; from Chinese: ''Chán''; in Korean: ''Sŏn'', and Vietnamese: ''Thiền'') is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka phil ...
, a teacher of
Jikishinkage-ryū swordsmanship, and a
calligrapher.
Sasaki Roshi founded the Ryu-Un-Zendo in Tokyo in 1984
and since 1992 he has been teaching at the Asahi Cultural Centre,
also located in Tokyo.
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Ryū-Un Zendō
21st-century Japanese calligraphers
Rinzai Buddhists
Zen Buddhist spiritual teachers
Japanese Zen Buddhists
Japanese religious leaders
Living people
1947 births
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