Kyudo Nakagawa

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Kyudo Nakagawa

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Birth name:  Myosho Nakagawa
Other name(s): Kyudo (Dharma name)
Born: February 12, 1927(1927-02-12)
Place of birth: Ichijima-cho, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Died: December 29, 2007 (aged 80)
Nationality: Japanese
Religion: Zen Buddhism
School(s): Rinzai
Title(s): Roshi
Workplace: Soho Zen Buddhist Association
Education: Komazawa University
Predecessor(s): Soen Nakagawa
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Kyudo Nakagawa (中川 球童, February 12, 1927December 29, 2007), or Nakagawa Kyudo, was a Japanese-born Rinzai roshi who for many years led Soho Zen Buddhist Association in Manhattan's Lower East Side. A Dharma heir of the late Soen Nakagawa[1]—who is of no familial relation—Kyudo first became a Zen monk at age eight. He undertook Buddhist studies at Japan's renowned Komazawa University and entered Gukei-ji.[2] Then, at age thirty, Kyudo entered Ryutaku-ji and trained under Soen Nakagawa. In 1968 he moved to Jerusalem to lead a center Soen had opened in Israel called Kibutsu-ji, where he stayed on for thirteen years. Kyudo then returned to Ryutaku-ji briefly and moved to New York City, where he led the Soho Zen Buddhist Association. He also made occasional trips to England now and then to lead the London Zen Society.[3] Following Soen Nakagawa's death, Kyudo became abbot of Ryutaku-ji. He died on December 29, 2007 at the age of eighty.[2]

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  1. ^ Brazier, 171
  2. ^ a b Fisher; 35
  3. ^ Snelling, 205

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