Lineage of Yamada Koun

12 generations above

• Gudo Toshoku1577–1661
• Hakuho Genteki1594–1670

11 generations above

• Shido Bunan1603–1676
• Gesshu Soko1618–1696

10 generations above

• Shoju Rojin1642–1721
• Tokuo Ryoko1649–1709

9 generations above

• Hakuin Ekaku1686–1769
• Hogen Soren

8 generations above

• Gasan Jito1727–1797
• Sekiso Tesshu

7 generations above

• Takuju Kosen1760–1833
• Ryuko Ryoshu

6 generations above

• Myoki Soseki1774–1848
• Renzan Soho

5 generations above

• Karyo Zuika1790–1859
• Motsugai Shido

4 generations above

• Tankai Gensho1811–1898
• Gukei Youn

3 generations above

• Dokutan Sosan1840–1917
• Harada Sodo Kakusho1844–1931

2 generations above

• Harada Daiun Sogaku1871–1961

1 generation above

• Yasutani Hakuun1885–1973

1 generation below

• Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle1898–1990
• Robert Aitken1917–2010
• Willigis Jäger1925–2020
• Taizan Maezumi1931–1995
• Kubota Ji'un1932–2023
• Yamada Ryōunb. 1940
• Ruben Habitob. 1947
• Migaku Satob. 1948
• Joan Rieck

2 generations below

• Charlotte Joko Beck1917–2011
• John Daido Loori1931–2009
• Bernie Tetsugen Glassman1939–2018
• Gerry Shishin Wickb. 1943
• Dennis Genpo Merzelb. 1944
• Jan Chozen Baysb. 1945
• Henry Shukmanb. 1962
• Alfred Jitsudo Ancheta
• Anne Seisen Saunders
• Charles Tenshin Fletcher
• John Tesshin Sanderson
• Nicolee Jikyo McMahon
• Susan Myoyu Andersend. 2020
• Valerie Forstman
• William Nyogen Yeo