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Takuan Sōhō

Japanese priest

Nishida Kitarō

Japanese philosopher

Sesshū

Japanese artist

Alan Watts

British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer

Philip Kapleau

American religious leader

Bodhidharma

Buddhist monk

D.T. Suzuki

Japanese Buddhist scholar

Bunsei

Japanese artist

Suzuki Shōsan

Japanese Zen priest

Nichiren

Japanese Buddhist monk

Shinran

Japanese Buddhist philosopher

Hōnen

Buddhist priest

Taishi Shōtoku

Japanese regent and author

Shōmu

emperor of Japan

Ennin

Buddhist priest

Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Japanese shogun

Watsuji Tetsurō

Japanese philosopher and historian

Keizan Jōkin

Buddhist priest

Anezaki Masaharu

Japanese scholar

Dōkyō

Japanese Buddhist priest