Ikkyū Sōjun

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Ikkyū Sōjun was a 15th-century Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet famed for his iconoclastic behavior, irreverent verse, and influential role in shaping later Zen culture.

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instanceOf Buddhist monk
Japanese person
Zen Buddhist monk
historical figure
poet
birthName Sōjun NERFINISHED
centuryActive 15th century
countryOfCitizenship Japan
criticized formalism in Zen institutions
hypocrisy in Buddhist clergy
culturalContext Muromachi-period Japan NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Japanese
gender male
genre Chinese-style kanshi poetry
Zen poetry
waka
givenName Sōjun NERFINISHED
hasReputation eccentric Zen master
iconoclast within Rinzai Zen
honorificName Ikkyū NERFINISHED
influenced Zen poetry tradition
later Japanese Zen aesthetics
tea culture aesthetics
knownFor association with artists and commoners
unconventional teaching methods
wandering lifestyle
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Chinese
Classical Japanese
movement Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
nativeName 一休宗純 NERFINISHED
nativeNameLanguage ja
notableFor critique of monastic corruption
erotic and satirical poetry
iconoclastic behavior
influence on later Zen culture
irreverent verse
occupation Buddhist monk
calligrapher
poet
philosophicalFocus direct experience of enlightenment
impermanence
non-duality
practiced calligraphy
meditation
poetic composition
religion Buddhism
religiousSchool Rinzai Zen NERFINISHED
tradition Rinzai school of Zen NERFINISHED

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Japanese Buddhism associatedWith Ikkyū Sōjun