Sobin Yamada Explained

Sobin Yamada
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Religion:	Buddhism
School:	Rinzai
Roshi
Education:	Hanazono Ryukoku University

Sobin Yamada was the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the Rinzai Zen temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto.^[1] Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu. Yamada studied at Hanazono, a Rinzai university in Kyoto, and at Ryukoku University.

There is a calligraphic work by Yamada in the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco); it was commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo for the museum.^{[1] [2]}

Yamada was born in 1920 and died in 2008.^[1]

Bibliography

• Zen at Daitoku-ji (1974), with Dr. Jon Carter Covell^[3]
• Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyu's Controversial Way (1980), Dr. Jon Carter Covell and Abbot Sobin Yamada, 1980, HollyM International, Elizabeth, New Jersey, ^[4]

See also

• Buddhism in Japan
• List of Rinzai Buddhists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calligraphy, In the Mist (Muchu) . The Asian Art Museum . 24 July 2024.
2. Mellott . Richard . Yoshiko Kakudo (1934—2016): Curator, Artist, Philanthropist . Impressions . 2017 . 38 . 176-87 . 24 July 2024.
3. Zainie . Carla M . Zen at Daitoku-ji. by Jon Covell, Yamada Sōbin . The Journal of Asian Studies . 1977 . 36 . 2 . 361-62 . 10.2307/2053746 . 24 July 2024.
4. Kodera . T James . Review: [Untitled] Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyū's Controversial Way. by Jon Carter Covell, Abbot Sobin Yamada ]. The Journal of Asian Studies . 1985 . 44 . 4 . 838-40 . 10.2307/2056479. 24 July 2024.