Kōan (disambiguation)

Kōan stands for:

• Kōan , an exemplary statement in Zen Buddhism
• Kōan (Tennō) , the 6th Tennō of Japan (392–291 BC)
• Kōan (myth) , a Japanese annual motto (Nengō) from the 4th century BC. Chr.
• Kōan (Kamakura time) , a Japanese annual motto in the Kamakura time
• Kōan (Muromachi period) , a Japanese annual motto in the Muromachi period
• Kōanchōsa-chō , Public Security Intelligence Agency, an intelligence agency of the Japanese Ministry of the Interior

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.