Nōnin

Dainichibō Nōnin
TitleZen Master
Diedca. 1196
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolZen
LineageDaruma School
Senior posting
PredecessorZhuóān Déguāng
SuccessorKakuan
Students
  • Kakuan

Dainichibō Nōnin (大日房能忍) (fl. 1190s) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who started the first Zen school in Japan called the Darumashū, or "Bodhidharma school."