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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
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Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
Japanese businessman
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Keizan Jōkin
Buddhist priest
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Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
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Kōami Nagashige
Japanese artist
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Kōami Michinaga
Japanese artist
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Ichikawa Danjūrō I
Japanese actor
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Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-born actress
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Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
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Momofuku Ando
Japanese executive
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Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
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Sakaida Kakiemon I
Japanese potter
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Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
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Tsutsumi Seiji
Japanese businessman
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Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
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Nakamura Utaemon III
Japanese actor
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Danjūrō VII
Japanese Kabuki actor
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Nishida Kitarō
Japanese philosopher
Bronze statue of samurai Saigo Takamori standing with his dog on a stone pedestal in Ueno Park, Tokyo, with yellow autumn trees in the background.
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan