Taiga Tankyo (大極曇鏡)

Taiga Tankyo

Dates uncertain

Taiga Tankyō is recorded in the post-Hakuin Rinzai documentation as an abbot in the Inzan or Takujū sub-line of modern Rinzai Zen. The surviving record preserves his lineage placement; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in the modern Rinzai-shū historiography^[1].

Names

dharma · enTaiga Tankyo

alias · zh大極曇鏡

Disciples of Taiga Tankyo 1 named

Koho Genkunprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Taiga Tankyo

Teacher / root master:

Toyo EichoRoot teacher / master · 1428 – 1504

Full lineage of Taiga Tankyo →

Other masters in Rinzai

Myoan Eisai1141 – 1215
Shinchi Kakushin1207 – 1298
Koho Kakumyo1271 – 1361
Kanzan Egen1277 – 1360
Shuho Myocho1282 – 1337
Tetto Giko1295 – 1369

Master Record Sources

nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Taiga Tankyo
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schoolZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Rinzai
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teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Toyo Eicho
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