Sodō Yokoyama | |
Dharma Name: | Sodō |
Birth Date: | 1907 |
Birth Place: | Sendai, Japan |
Death Date: | 1980 |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Religion: | Buddhism |
School: | Sōtō |
Rōshi | |
Teacher: | Kodo Sawaki |
Successor: | Jōkō Shibata |
was a Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. Also known as the, he was famous for residing in a public park in Komoro in Nagano Prefecture where he practiced zazen and played songs for travelers by whistling on a leaf. He had resided at Antai-ji for eight years from 1949 to 1957 as a student of Kodo Sawaki before moving to Komoro in 1959. He continued his life in the park until his death in 1980.