Tessan Shikaku (徹山旨廓)

Tessan Shikaku

Unknown – 1376

Tessan Shikaku (d. 1376) is recorded in the historiography of the medieval / early-modern Japanese Sōtō branch-temple network as an abbot in its transmission lineage. The surviving record preserves his lineage placement; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enTessan Shikaku

alias · zh徹山旨廓

Disciples of Tessan Shikaku 1 named

Keigan Eishoprimary · 1321 – 1412

Teachers and lineage of Tessan Shikaku

Teacher / root master:

Shugan DochinRoot teacher / master · Unknown – 1387

Full lineage of Tessan Shikaku →

Other masters in Sōtō

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

Master Record Sources

datesZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
d. 1376
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nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Tessan Shikaku
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schoolZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Soto
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teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shugan Dochin (Terebess Harada profile - Dharma lineage)
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