Gotō Zuigan

Gotō Zuigan
TitleRōshi
Personal life
Born1879
Ogaki, Gifu, Japan
Died1965 (aged 85–86)
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolRinzai
Senior posting
Based inMyōshin-ji
Daitoku-ji
PredecessorTetsuo Sōkatsu
SuccessorOda Sessō

Gotō Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌, 1879–1965) was a Buddhist Rinzai Zen master the chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and Daitoku-ji temples, and a past president of Hanazono University of Kyoto, also known as "Rinzai University."

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