Joten Soko Miura

Jōten Sōkō Miura (1871–1958) was a towering figure in modern Japanese Rinzai Zen, serving as the 624th kanchō (chief abbot) of Myōshin-ji, the largest branch of Rinzai Zen. A student of Banryō Zensō, he embodied the Inzan line's rigorous approach to koan training.

From 1936 to 1949, Miura served as roshi at Zuigan-ji monastery in Hokkaido, where he trained the young Joshu Sasaki. His demanding teaching style left a lasting imprint on Sasaki, who would later carry the Rinzai tradition to America. Miura's position as head of Myōshin-ji gave him broad influence over the institutional direction of Rinzai Zen in the twentieth century.