Sûden was a [[Zen Buddhism|Zen]] [[Rinzai]] monk who acted as an advisor to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] on both religious matters and on foreign affairs. As a result, he played a notable role in those spheres in the foundation of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] shogunate. | Sûden was a [[Zen Buddhism|Zen]] [[Rinzai]] monk who acted as an advisor to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] on both religious matters and on foreign affairs. As a result, he played a notable role in those spheres in the foundation of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] shogunate. |