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Sobin Yamada is the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the important Rinzai Zen

Zen

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...

temple of Daitoku-ji

Daitoku-ji

is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" , who is known by the title Daitō Kokushi, or "National Teacher of the Great Lamp," that he was given by Emperor Go-Daigo...

in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

. Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu

Ikkyu

was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.-Childhood:...

. Yamada studied at Hanazono

Hanazono

Hanazono is a Japanese surname, which can refer to:*Emperor Hanazono, the 95th emperor of Japan*Hanazono University in Kyoto, Japan*Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, Japan*Hanazono, Saitama, former town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan...

, a Rinzai university in Kyoto, and at Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University

is a private university located in Kyoto, Japan.It was founded as a school for Buddhist monks of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. Professors and students of the university established the famed literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three...

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