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Itsunen Shoyu (1601 in Hangzhou Zhejiang China – 1668 in Nagasaki Japan) is famous as a Buddhist monk and painter who helped to establish Chan (Zen) in Japan.In 1642 he travelled to Nagasaki as a trader in Chinese medicine and in 1644 entered Kōfuku-ji becoming its 3rd abbot in 1645.

birth date
1601-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
death date
1668-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Japan, Nagasaki
title
Ch'an master

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