Soyen Shaku (釈 宗演 January 10 1860 – October 29 1919; written in modern Japanese Sōen Shaku or Kōgaku Sōen Shaku) was the first Zen Buddhist master to teach in the United States. He was a Roshi of the Rinzai school and was abbot of both Kenchō-ji and Engaku-ji temples in Kamakura Japan. Shaku was a disciple of Imakita Kosen.
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