Takuan Sōhō: Quick Facts

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Hakuin

Buddhist priest

Nishida Kitarō

Japanese philosopher

Sesshū

Japanese artist

D.T. Suzuki

Japanese Buddhist scholar

Bunsei

Japanese artist

Suzuki Shōsan

Japanese Zen priest

Alan Watts

British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer

Philip Kapleau

American religious leader

Bodhidharma

Buddhist monk

Hui-neng

Buddhist patriarch

Kazuyo Sejima

Japanese architect

Ryue Nishizawa

Japanese architect

Miyoshi Umeki

Japanese-born actress

Momofuku Ando

Japanese executive

Ichikawa Danjūrō I

Japanese actor

Kōami Michinaga

Japanese artist

Ichikawa Danjūrō XI

Japanese Kabuki actor

Kōami Nagashige

Japanese artist

Tsutsumi Seiji

Japanese businessman

Tsutsumi Yasujiro

Japanese politician