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*''Born: [[1279]]''
*''Died: [[1355]]/11/18''
*''Other Names'': 妙覚禅師 ''(Myoukaku zenji)''
*''Japanese'': 象外禅鑑 ''(Zougai Zenkan)''
Zôgai Zenkan was a Japanese [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk of the 13th-14th centuries.
Originally from [[Hizen province]], in Kyushu, he studied under [[Tokei Tokugo|Tôkei Tokugo]] of the [[Engaku-ji]] in [[Kamakura]], and eventually succeeded him. He then established [[Taizo-ji|Taizô-ji]] in [[Kazusa province]], and later became chief priest of Engaku-ji and [[Kencho-ji|Kenchô-ji]], two of the top Zen temples in Kamakura.
Following his death in [[1355]], Zôgai was granted the posthumous name Myôkaku Zenji, or Zen Master Myôkaku.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B1%A1%E5%A4%96%E7%A6%85%E9%91%91-1085682 Zôgai Zenkan]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2015.
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*''Died: [[1355]]/11/18''
*''Other Names'': 妙覚禅師 ''(Myoukaku zenji)''
*''Japanese'': 象外禅鑑 ''(Zougai Zenkan)''
Zôgai Zenkan was a Japanese [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk of the 13th-14th centuries.
Originally from [[Hizen province]], in Kyushu, he studied under [[Tokei Tokugo|Tôkei Tokugo]] of the [[Engaku-ji]] in [[Kamakura]], and eventually succeeded him. He then established [[Taizo-ji|Taizô-ji]] in [[Kazusa province]], and later became chief priest of Engaku-ji and [[Kencho-ji|Kenchô-ji]], two of the top Zen temples in Kamakura.
Following his death in [[1355]], Zôgai was granted the posthumous name Myôkaku Zenji, or Zen Master Myôkaku.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B1%A1%E5%A4%96%E7%A6%85%E9%91%91-1085682 Zôgai Zenkan]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2015.
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]