Shibayama, Zenkei, 1894-1974
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Name (Latin)
Shibayama, Zenkei, 1894-1974
Other forms of name
Shibayama, Zenkyō, 1894-1974
柴山全慶, 1894-1974
Date of birth
1894-11-30
Date of death
1974-08-29
Gender
male
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- Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶, Shibayama Zenkei; 1894 - 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji ( (Wikipedia, viewed March 18, 2026) )
- Zenrin kushū. Polyglot. Selections. The book of the Zen grove, 1984:t.p. (Shibayama Zenkei; late abbot of Nanzen-ji, Kyōto, Japan & kanchō of the Nanzenji-ha)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Shibayama, Zenkei, 1894-1974; variant: Shibayama Zenkyō)
Wikipedia description:
Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶, Shibayama Zenkei; 1894 – 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples. Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America.
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