Sesso Hoseki

Dates uncertain

Sesso Hoseki 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 · enSesso Hoseki

Disciples of Sesso Hoseki 1 named

Taiei Zeshoprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Sesso Hoseki

Teacher / root master:

Nenshitsu YokakuRoot teacher / master · 1440 – 1516

Full lineage of Sesso Hoseki →

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)
?-1538
Reliability: authoritative
nameSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Sesso Hoseki
Reliability: authoritative
schoolSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Soto
Reliability: authoritative
teachersSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Nenshitsu Yokaku
Reliability: authoritative