Lineage of Niwa Bukkan Myōkoku

12 generations above

• Kokei Shojund. 1555

11 generations above

• Sesso Yuhod. 1576

10 generations above

• Kaiten Genju

9 generations above

• Shuzan Shunsho1590–1647

8 generations above

• Chozan Ginetsu1581–1672

7 generations above

• Fukushu Kochi

6 generations above

• Meido Yuton

5 generations above

• Hakuho Genteki1594–1670

4 generations above

• Gesshu Soko1618–1696

3 generations above

• Tokuzui Tenrin

2 generations above

• Shogaku Rinzui

1 generation above

• Masuda Zuimyō

1 generation below

• Niwa Butsuan Emyō1864–1937

2 generations below

• Niwa Rempō Zenji1905–1993

3 generations below

• Gudo Wafu Nishijima1919–2014
• Daigyō Moriyamab. 1938
• Roland Rech1944–2024
• Etienne Mokusho Zeisler1946–1990
• Stephane Kosen Thibaut1950–2025