Shūhō Myōchō

Shūhō Myōchō / Daitō Kokushi
TitleZen Master, National Daitō Teacher
Personal life
Born1283
Hyogo, Japan
Died1 January 1338(1338-01-01) (aged 55)
Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolRinzai
Senior posting
TeacherNanpo Shōmyō
PredecessorRujing
SuccessorKanzan Egen

Shūhō Myōchō (宗峰妙超; ur. 1283, zm. 1338), aka Daitō Kokushi (大燈 國 師), was a Japanese Zen master of the Rinzai school. He was the second patriarch of the Ōtōkan-lineage, and founder and first abbot of the Daitoku-ji (大德寺) in Kyōto, one of Japan's most important temples.

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