Kokan Shiren

Calligraphy by Kokan Shiren; a poem about sugar. Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Born: 1278
• Died: 1346
• Japanese: 虎関師錬 (Kokan Shiren)

Kokan Shiren was a prominent figure in 14th c. Zen.

Born into an aristocratic family in Kyoto, Shiren studied Zen in Kamakura under the Ming monk Yishan Yining.

References

• Gallery labels, Metropolitan Museum.[1]