Imakita Kosen

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Imakita Kosen
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Born:	1816
Place of birth:	Settsu, Japan
Died:	1892
Religion:	Zen Buddhism
School(s):	Rinzai
Title(s):	Zen Master
Predecessor(s):	Gisan
Successor(s):	Soyen Shaku
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Imakita Kosen (今北洪川, Imakita Kosen^? 1816 — 1892) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen roshi and Neo-Confucianist. As one-time head abbot of Engakuji in Kamakura, Japan, he was known as a government loyalist and is remembered for his support of Emperor Meiji—in the 1870s serving as Doctrinal Instructor for the Ministry of Doctrine. He did his Zen training under Daisetsu Shoen and received inka from Gisan. Kosen's own Dharma heir was Soyen Shaku.^[1][2][3]

Contents 1 See also 2 Successors 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] See also

• Buddhism in Japan
• List of Rinzai Buddhists

[edit] Successors

• Kawajiri Hokin
• Soyen Shaku

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Dumoulin, Heinrich (2005). Zen Buddhism: A History. World Wisdom, Inc.. ISBN 0941532909. 
• Sawada, Janine Anderson (1993). Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth-Century Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824814142. 
• Victoria, Daizen (2002). Zen War Stories. Routledge. ISBN 0700715800. 

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