Sobin Yamada

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Sobin Yamada
Title Roshi
Personal
Born1920 (1920) [1]
Died2008 (aged 8788) [1]
Religion Buddhism
Nationality Japanese
School Rinzai
Education Hanazono
Ryukoku University

Sobin Yamada was the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the Rinzai Zen temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. [1] Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu. Yamada studied at Hanazono, a Rinzai university in Kyoto, and at Ryukoku University.[ citation needed ]

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There is a calligraphic work by Yamada in the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco); it was commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo for the museum. [1] [2]

Yamada was born in 1920 and died in 2008. [1]

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