Sessan Tetsuzen

Dates uncertain

Sessan Tetsuzen 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 · enSessan Tetsuzen

Disciples of Sessan Tetsuzen 1 named

Fuzan Shunkiprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Sessan Tetsuzen

Teacher / root master:

Tenrin KanshuRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Sessan Tetsuzen →

Other masters in Sōtō

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

Master Record Sources

datesSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
?-1720
Reliability: authoritative
nameSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Sessan Tetsuzen
Reliability: authoritative
schoolSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Soto
Reliability: authoritative
teachersSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Tenrin Kanshu
Reliability: authoritative