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Born 1573 • Japan
Died 1645 (aged 72) • near Tokyo • Japan
Subjects Of Study Zen
Hakuin
Buddhist priest
Nishida Kitarō
Japanese philosopher
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
D.T. Suzuki
Japanese Buddhist scholar
Bunsei
Japanese artist
Suzuki Shōsan
Japanese Zen priest
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
Philip Kapleau
American religious leader
Bodhidharma
Buddhist monk
Hui-neng
Buddhist patriarch
Kōami Nagashige
Japanese artist
Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
Ichikawa Danjūrō I
Japanese actor
Sakaida Kakiemon I
Japanese potter
Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
Kōami Michinaga
Japanese artist
Nakamura Utaemon III
Japanese actor
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-born actress