Chozan Ginetsu

Chozan Ginetsu was a Soto Zen master who served in the transmission lineage of the school during the Edo period. He contributed to the maintenance of the Soto tradition's contemplative practices and institutional structures during a period of relative stability in Japanese history.

Ginetsu's teaching continued the Soto emphasis on zazen as the foundation of Buddhist practice. The Edo period saw the Soto school consolidate its position as one of the major Buddhist denominations in Japan, and teachers like Ginetsu ensured that the school's contemplative core was maintained alongside its institutional growth.