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The [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of Zen was introduced to Japan in the 17th century, as [[Chinese in Nagasaki]] helped to bring a group of monks from China to help establish the first Japanese Ôbaku temple, the [[Manpuku-ji]] in [[Uji]].<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 10.</ref> Its presence in Japan was first established by Yǐnyuán Lóngqí, known as [[Ingen]] in Japanese, head of the temple of Wanfu-si (J: Manpuku-ji) on Mt. Huangbo (J: Ôbaku) in [[Fujian province]] at that time; invited by Japanese Rinzai monks to come to Japan to help revive Rinzai, which had fallen into decline, Ingen initially refused, but was later invited to come to Japan by members of the Nanjing temple in Nagasaki, at which time he came, arriving in Japan in [[1654]]. He and his disciples introduced a new revised ordination ceremony, and taught a more literal interpretation of Buddhist scriptures. After being granted audiences with [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], Ingen was granted permission to establish a Manpuku-ji temple in Japan, which he did, employing mostly Chinese workers and completing the project in [[1669]]. The temple remains today likely the finest surviving example of Ming Dynasty architecture in Japan today.<ref>Jansen, 55-56.</ref>

The [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] sect of Zen was introduced to Japan in the 17th century, as [[Chinese in Nagasaki]] helped to bring a group of monks from China to help establish the first Japanese Ôbaku temple, the [[Manpuku-ji]] in [[Uji]].<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 10.</ref> Its presence in Japan was first established by Yǐnyuán Lóngqí, known as [[Ingen]] in Japanese, head of the temple of Wanfu-si (J: Manpuku-ji) on Mt. Huangbo (J: Ôbaku) in [[Fujian province]] at that time; invited by Japanese Rinzai monks to come to Japan to help revive Rinzai, which had fallen into decline, Ingen initially refused, but was later invited to come to Japan by members of the Nanjing temple in Nagasaki, at which time he came, arriving in Japan in [[1654]]. He and his disciples introduced a new revised ordination ceremony, and taught a more literal interpretation of Buddhist scriptures. After being granted audiences with [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], Ingen was granted permission to establish a Manpuku-ji temple in Japan, which he did, employing mostly Chinese workers and completing the project in [[1669]]. The temple remains today likely the finest surviving example of Ming Dynasty architecture in Japan today.<ref>Jansen, 55-56.</ref>

The sect was strongly supported by Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and ''daimyô'' [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]], and quickly became closely associated with and involved in the ''[[kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies) movement in Japan. Tsunayoshi and Yoshiyasu frequently invited Ôbaku monks and Japanese ''kangaku'' scholars such as [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] to discuss the Chinese classics, practice Chinese language, and so forth.<ref>Jansen, 56-57.</ref>

The sect was strongly supported by Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and ''daimyô'' [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]], and quickly became closely associated with and involved in the ''[[kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies) movement in Japan. Tsunayoshi and Yoshiyasu frequently invited Ôbaku monks and Japanese ''kangaku'' scholars such as [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] to discuss the Chinese classics, practice Chinese language, and so forth.<ref>Jansen, 56-57.</ref> Though long considered a branch or offshoot of Rinzai, Ôbaku was recognized by Japanese religious authorities as its own independent sect in [[1876]].<ref>Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 609.</ref>

The first Sôtô Zen temple in [[Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii|Hawaii]] was established in [[1903]].<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 77-78.</ref> Beginning in the 1920s or '30s, but particularly in the 1950s, Zen was first introduced in a prominent way to Americans, through a series of lectures delivered by [[D.T. Suzuki]]. The conception of Zen, and of Japanese culture, introduced by Suzuki continues to have a profound impact upon conventional wisdom and stereotypical popular understandings among Americans about Japan today.

The first Sôtô Zen temple in [[Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii|Hawaii]] was established in [[1903]].<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985), 77-78.</ref> Beginning in the 1920s or '30s, but particularly in the 1950s, Zen was first introduced in a prominent way to Americans, through a series of lectures delivered by [[D.T. Suzuki]]. The conception of Zen, and of Japanese culture, introduced by Suzuki continues to have a profound impact upon conventional wisdom and stereotypical popular understandings among Americans about Japan today.