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Lineage of Dōshō Saikawa

Dharma transmission

Lineage of Dōshō Saikawa

2 teachers and ancestors, 0 students and descendants traced through transmission.

Dōshō Saikawa stands 2 generations from Koho Hakugan in the Sōtō line, receiving transmission from Keido Chisan (1879–1967). The line above runs back through to Koho Hakugan.

This line belongs to Sōtō. Every name below links to that master’s own record, with the sources for each transmission.

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Line of succession to Dōshō Saikawa

The single line of formal transmission, root first. Where a master had several teachers this follows the one carrying the succession; the fuller set of ancestors is listed below.

  1. 1. Koho Hakugan
  2. 2. Keido Chisan1879–1967
  3. 3. Dōshō Saikawa

Ancestors of Dōshō Saikawa

  1. 2 generations above

  2. 1 generation above

Successors of Dōshō Saikawa

Dōshō Saikawa transmitted the dharma onward, but this atlas charts the ancestral lineage up to the teachers who carried these traditions out of Asia. Their successors continue a living tradition we do not attempt to chart here, so no descendants are shown.