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Also Known As Kigen Dōgen • Jōyō Daishi
Born January 19, 1200 • Kyōto • Japan
Died September 22, 1253 (aged 53) • Kyōto • Japan
Founder Sōtō
Subjects Of Study Sōtō • zazen
Keizan Jōkin
Buddhist priest
Kōami Nagashige
Japanese artist
Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
Kōami Michinaga
Japanese artist
Ichikawa Danjūrō I
Japanese actor
Nakamura Utaemon III
Japanese actor
Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
Sakaida Kakiemon I
Japanese potter
Danjūrō VII
Japanese Kabuki actor
Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-born actress
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
Japanese businessman
Tsutsumi Seiji
Japanese businessman
Nishida Kitarō
Japanese philosopher
Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan