Kojun Kishigami
Kojun Kishigami (* 1941 ) is a Japanese Zen master in the Soto lineage .
Life
Kishigami was born in 1941 on the island of Shikoku as the eldest son of a farming family. In 1957 he met Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965) and became his student. In 1962 he was ordained a monk. He was a classmate of Taisen Deshimaru . As the last of five students (Shuyu Narita, Kosho Uchiyama , Sodo Yokoyama, Sato Myoshin, Kishigami Kojun) he received Shiho , the transmission of Dharma, from Kodo Sawaki in 1965, one month before his death . After practicing at the temples of Eihei-ji , Hokyoji , Daieji, and Seisuiji , he established a hermitage in Jinkoan in Mie Prefecture in 1983 . There he practices and teaches zazen and the sewing of kesa . In 2006, 2008 and 2009 he traveled to Europe (Sweden, France, Germany).
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| SURNAME | Kishigami, Kojun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Zen master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shikoku |