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Takuan Sōhō

Takuan Sōhō was a Japanese writer, calligrapher, painter, zen master, fencing master and scholar (1573–1646). He was born in Izushi and died in Edo.

Also recorded as Takuan Shūhō · Soho Takuan · Takuan Soho · Takuan Shuho

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Takuan Sōhō

Kimura Tokuō · The Japanese book "肖像画賛 ―人のすがた 人のことば―", Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts ( 大阪市立美術館 ), 2000 · Public domain

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Takuan Shūhō, Soho Takuan, Takuan Soho, Takuan Shuho and Takuan Souhou. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Rinzai school.

Identity

Takuan Sōhō is recorded with the occupation fencing master. Recorded with the occupation calligrapher. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation scholar. Recorded with the occupation writer.

Takuan Sōhō is recorded as writer, calligrapher, painter, zen master and fencing master.

沢庵宗彭 の墓

沢庵宗彭 の墓

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Dated record

Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1573

    Takuan Sōhō was born on 24 December 1573.

  2. 1646

    Takuan Sōhō died on 27 January 1646.

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Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Harusame-an

    Residences

  • Izushi

    Birth place

  • Edo

    Death place

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Fudōchi shinmyōroku; Taiaki.

  • Taiaki

  • Takuan Oshō Kamakura Junreiki. 沢庵禅師瓏子講話. 鎌倉物語. 沢庵. 澤庵和尚法語. 澤庵和尚全集. 澤庵と一絲. 澤庵. 沢菴和尚書簡集. Ha-Todaʻah ha-bilti kevulah

  • Sufletul Samuraiului

  • Takuan to Isshi

  • Rinzairoku shō

  • Takuan Oshō shokan-shū

  • Takuan

  • Takuan Oshō Kamakura no ki

  • Fudōchi shinmyō roku

  • Takuan Zenji itsuwasen

  • Takuan Oshō zenshū

  • Immovable wisdom

Literature

Literature

  • Takuan Sōhō (1573–1645), Zen Priest, Letters from Japan’s Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 1905

Literature

Scholarly footprint

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

authority file

reference work

Citations

References

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Further particulars

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Those registers additionally record the forms Seng, Ze'an, Sōhō, 澤庵禅師 (*), 澤庵宗彭 (*), Meister Takuan, 澤庵, 宗彭, Sōhō, Takuan and 沢庵宗彭.

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