Soen Nakagawa

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Sōen Nakagawa
Title	Rōshi
Personal
Born	Motoi Nakagawa (1907-03-19)March 19, 1907 Keelung, Taiwan
Died	March 11, 1984(1984-03-11) (aged 76) Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Religion	Zen Buddhism
Nationality	Taiwanese-Japanese
School	Rinzai
Organization
Temple	Ryutaku-ji

Sōen Nakagawa (中川 宋淵, Nakagawa Sōen, born Motoi Nakagawa; March 19, 1907 – March 11, 1984)^[1] was a Taiwanese-born Japanese rōshi and Zen Buddhist master in the Rinzai tradition. An enigmatic figure, Nakagawa had a major impact on Zen as it was practiced in the 20th century, both in Japan and abroad.