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Takuan Sōhō

Overview

Takuan Sōhō (沢庵 宗彭; December 24, 1573 – January 27, 1645) was a Japanese Buddhist prelate during the Sengoku and early Edo Periods of Japanese history. He was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. Noted for his calligraphy, poetry, and tea ceremony, he is also popularly credited with the invention of the takuan pickled radish.

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Philosophers who discussed Takuan Sōhō

• Bodhidharma

Related ideas

• Rinzai school
• Japan
• Christians
• Samurai
• Zen
• Buddhism
• Dream
• Tokugawa shogunate
• Sengoku period
• Chinese characters
• Miyamoto Musashi
• The Unfettered Mind

Place in the tradition

Part of Zen.

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