Koun Ejō
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| Gender | Female |
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| Born | Kyoto |
| Kyoto Prefecture | |
| Japan | |
| Died | Eiheiji |
| Fukui Prefecture | |
| Japan | |
| Titles | Zen master |
| Successor | Tettsū Gikai |
| Books | Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki |
| Teacher | Dōgen |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1579804 |
Koun Ejō Life story
Koun Ejō was the second patriarch of the Japanese Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism who lived during the Kamakura period. He was initially a disciple of the short-lived Darumashū sect of Japanese Zen founded by Nōnin, but later studied and received dharma transmission under the Sōtō schools founder Dōgen.
