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Aug 03, 1816 Settsu Province, Japan Died on 16 Jan 1892 (aged 75)
Japanese confucianist
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About Imakita Kosen
- Imakita Kosen (?? ??, 3 August 1816 - 16 January 1892) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen roshi and Neo-Confucianist. Kosen did his Zen training under Daisetsu Shoen (1797–1855) at Sokoku-ji and received inka from Gisan Zenkai at Sogen-ji in Okayama.
- Kosen was instrumental in bringing Zen to lay practitioners and to the west.
- Kosen's Dharma heir Soyen Shaku participated in the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, which introduced Soyen Shaku's student D.T.
- Suzuki to Paul Carus and western Theosophy.
- Kosen's dharma descendant Tetsuo Sokatsu established Ningen Zen Kyodan, an independent lay-Rinzai school.As one-time head abbot of Engakuji in Kamakura, Japan, he was known as a government loyalist and is remembered for his support of Emperor Meiji—in the 1870s serving as Doctrinal Instructor for the Ministry of Doctrine.
