Ingen Ryūki | |
|---|---|
Yinyuan Longqi | |
 Portrait of Ingen Ryūki from 1671 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Lin Zengbing December 7, 1592 |
| Died | May 19, 1673 (aged 80) Uji, Kyōto, Japan |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Chan |
| Lineage | Linji school |
Ingen Ryūki (traditional Chinese: 隱元隆琦; pinyin: Yǐnyuán Lóngqí; Japanese: 隠元隆琦) (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.[1] He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 387., p. 387, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.