Minato Sodo

ID 12189

Minato Sodo

1912-2006

Zen Rinzai. The abbot of ken’nin-ji. The 238th abbot of Kencho-ji.

Paper 27.3*24.2

Price 12,000JPY

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Dharma transmission from Takeda Ekiju Roshi in Ken’nin-ji monastery. He also practiced Zen under Tesshu Chisei in his school days. He entered Ken’nin-ji monastery in 1942 and practiced Zen under Takeda Eisen at first. He was invited to be the chief abbot and Zen master of the Kencho-ji branch in Kamakura in 1964. He moved to Ken’nin-ji and became the Zen master by his master Takeda Ekiju’s order. He was recommended to be the chief abbot of Ken’nin-ji in 1989. He retired in 1999.