Dōgen

Dōgen Zenji was a priest, writer, poet, philosopher from Japan. He founded the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. Dōgen was born 26 January, 1200 and died 22 September, 1253.^[1][2]

Dōgen
Title	Zen Master
Personal
Born	26 January 1200 Kyoto, Japan
Died	22 September 1253(1253-09-22) (aged 53) Kyoto, Japan
Religion	Buddhism
School	Sōtō
Senior posting
Predecessor	Rujing

References

1. Dōgen at the Encyclopædia Britannica
2. Bodiford, William M. (2006). "Remembering Dōgen: Eiheiji and Dōgen Hagiography". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 32 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1353/jjs.2006.0003. JSTOR 25064606. S2CID 144431743. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.