Kōshō Uchiyama
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Kosho Uchiyama (内山 興正, Uchiyama Kōshō, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was a Sōtō priest, origami master, and abbot of Antai-ji near Kyoto, Japan.
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Kōshō Uchiyama | |
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Title | Rōshi |
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Born | 1912 |
Died | March 1998 (aged 85–86) |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
Nationality | Japanese |
School | Sōtō |
Education | M.A. (Waseda Univ.) |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Antai-ji |
Predecessor | Kodo Sawaki |
Successor | Koho Watanabe Shohaku Okumura Joichi Yamamoto Shusoku Kushiya |
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Uchiyama was author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami, [1] of which Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice is best known.