Kokan Shiren
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Kyoto |
| Books | Genkō Shakusho |
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| ID | 1864086 |
Kokan Shiren Life story
Kokan Shiren, 1278–1347, Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated poet in Chinese, was the son of an officer of the palace guard and a mother of the aristocratic Minamoto clan. At age eight he was placed in the charge of the Buddhist priest Hōkaku on Mt. Hiei.
