Keido Chisan (瑩堂智璨)

Keido Chisan

1879 – 1967

Keido Chisan is recorded in the historiography of the medieval / early-modern Japanese Sōtō branch-temple network as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enKeido Chisan

dharma · ja瑩堂智璨

alias · enKeido Chisan Koho Zenji

alias · enKoho Keido Chisan

Disciples of Keido Chisan 2 named

Jiyu-Kennettprimary · 1924 – 1996
Dōshō Saikawadisputed · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Keido Chisan

Teacher / root master:

Koho HakuganRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Keido Chisan →

Other masters in Sōtō

Koun Ejō1198 – 1280
Dōgen1200 – 1253
Jakuen1207 – 1299
Tettsū Gikai1219 – 1309
Keizan Jōkin1264 – 1325
Gasan Joseki1275 – 1366

Master Record Sources

datesOrder of Buddhist Contemplatives - Founding Teachers
1879-1967
Reliability: authoritative
nameOrder of Buddhist Contemplatives - Founding Teachers
Keido Chisan
Reliability: authoritative
schoolOrder of Buddhist Contemplatives - Founding Teachers
Soto
Reliability: authoritative
teachersOrder of Buddhist Contemplatives - Founding Teachers
Koho Hakugan
Reliability: authoritative