Ōbaku
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Ōbaku Zen or the Ōbaku school is one of three main schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism, in addition to the Sōtō and Rinzai schools. The school was founded in Japan by the Chinese monk Ingen Ryūki, who im
Manpuku-ji in Uji, head temple of the Ōbaku sect.
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Daiyū Hōden (Mahavira Hall) at Kōfuku-ji in Nagasaki.
Meditation Hall at Sōfuku-ji in Nagasaki.
Ingen
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Ingen Ryūki was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China. He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan.
Ōbaku
…is one of three main schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism, in addition to the Sōtō and Rinzai schools. The school was founded in Japan by the Chinese monk Ingen Ryūki, who immigrated to Japan during the Manchu conquest of China in the 17th century. It had a strong influence on Japanese Rinzai, which partly adopted…
Portrait of Ingen Ryūki from 1671