Muyan (1611–1684) was a Chinese

China

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 Chan

Zen

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...

 monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan

Japan

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 in 1654.
Together they founded the Ōbaku

Obaku (school of Buddhism)

The , is , one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.-History:Often termed the third sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, it was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and their Japanese students at Manpuku-ji in Uji, Japan.Today Manpuku-ji serves as the Ōbaku's head temple,...

 Zen

Zen

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...

 school and Mampuku-ji

Mampuku-ji

is a temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect, named after Wanfu Temple in Fujian, China. The mountain is likewise named after Mount Huangbo, where the Chinese temple is situated.-History:...

, the school's head temple at Uji in 1661. In 1664, Muyan succeeded his master as chief of the temple and in 1671 established another temple called Zuishō-ji at Shirokane

Shirokane

Shirokane is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Currently it consists of six chōme. According to Minato, as of November 1, 2007, the population in the neighborhood is 14,840. The postal code is 108-0072...

, Edo

Edo

, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...

. He is honored as one of the Ōbaku no Sanpitsu

Obaku no Sanpitsu

is a name given to a group of three famous Chinese calligraphers who lived in Japan:* Ingen Ryūki, 隱元隆琦 1592-1673* Mokuan Shōtō,木庵性瑫 1611-1684* Sokuhi Nyoitsu, 即非如一 1616-1671...

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See also

• Egoku Dōmyō
  Egoku Domyo
  Egoku Dōmyō was an Ōbaku priest, ordained at the age of nine into the Rinzai sect. In 1650 he met Tao-che—the Abbot of Sofuku-ji—in Nagasaki, Japan and subsequently joined his temple. Later he joined the assembly at Mampuku-ji in 1663, following the death of Tao-che. There he trained under his...
  
  
• Japanese Buddhism
• Obaku no Sanpitsu
  Obaku no Sanpitsu
  is a name given to a group of three famous Chinese calligraphers who lived in Japan:* Ingen Ryūki, 隱元隆琦 1592-1673* Mokuan Shōtō,木庵性瑫 1611-1684* Sokuhi Nyoitsu, 即非如一 1616-1671...