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Oda Sessō (小田 雪窓 1901—1966) was a Rinzai Rōshi and abbot of the Daitoku-ji(大徳寺) in Kyoto Japan a Dharma successor of Gotō Zuigan. He was elected abbot of Daitoku-ji upon Goto’s retirement from that post in 1955. At Goto’s request Oda opened Daitoku-ji to foreigners. His western students included Gary Snyder Janwillem van de Wetering Irmgard Schloegl and Philip Yampolsky.