Sobin Yamada
Appearance
Sobin Yamada | |
---|---|
Title | Roshi |
Personal life | |
Born | 1920[1] |
Died | 2008 (aged 87–88)[1] |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Hanazono Ryukoku University |
Religious life | |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Sobin Yamada was the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the Rinzai Zen temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto.[1] Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu. Yamada studied at Hanazono, a Rinzai university in Kyoto, and at Ryukoku University.[citation needed]
There is a calligraphic work by Yamada in the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco); it was commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo for the museum.[1][2]
Yamada was born in 1920 and died in 2008.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Zen at Daitoku-ji (1974), with Dr. Jon Carter Covell[3]
- Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyu's Controversial Way (1980), Dr. Jon Carter Covell and Abbot Sobin Yamada, 1980, HollyM International, Elizabeth, New Jersey, ISBN 0-930878-19-1[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Calligraphy, In the Mist (Muchu)". The Asian Art Museum. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Mellott, Richard (2017). "Yoshiko Kakudo (1934—2016): Curator, Artist, Philanthropist". Impressions. 38: 176–87. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Zainie, Carla M (1977). "Zen at Daitoku-ji. by Jon Covell, Yamada Sōbin". The Journal of Asian Studies. 36 (2): 361–62. doi:10.2307/2053746. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Kodera, T James (1985). "Review: [Untitled] Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyū's Controversial Way. by Jon Carter Covell, Abbot Sobin Yamada". The Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (4): 838–40. doi:10.2307/2056479. Retrieved 24 July 2024.