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Gangoku Kankei

Gangoku Kankei
Religion Chán/Zen
School Caodong/Sōtō
Personal
Born 1683
Hizen Province, Japan
Died 1767
Senior posting
Title Chán master
Predecessor Mokushi Soen
Religious career
Students Gentō Sokuchū
Kokoku Soryu

Gangoku Kankei (Japanese: ) was a Sōtō Zen priest of the Edo Period. He was the founding abbot of Shinpo-ji temple (新豊寺) in Nagoya Prefecture. The prominent modern Zen teachers Dainin Katagiri and Sawaki Kodo both trace their lineages back to Gangoku.



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