Daichi Sokei
Painting on silk of Daichi Sokei dating from the Muromachi Period; from the temple Kakurinji in Kanazawa and now held at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art | |
| Title | Zen Master |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1290 |
| Died | 1366 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Kangan Giin Keizan Jōkin Meihō Sotetsu Gulin Qingmao |
| Predecessor | Meihō Sotetsu |
Daichi Sokei (大智祖継) (1290–1366) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen monk famous for his Buddhist poetry who lived during the late Kamakura period and early Muromachi period. According to Steven Heine, a Buddhist studies professor, "Daichi is unique in being considered one of the great medieval Zen poets during an era when Rinzai monks, who were mainly located in Kyoto or Kamakura, clearly dominated the composition of verse."