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Kōdō Sawaki

1880 - 1965

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Kodo Sawaki (沢木 興道, Sawaki Kōdō; June 16, 1880 – December 21, 1965) was a prominent Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. He is considered to be one of the most significant Zen priests of his time for bringing Zen practice, in particular meditation, into the lives of laypeople and popularizing the ancient tradition of sewing the kesa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōdō Sawaki is the 1,559th most popular religious figure (up from 1,653rd in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 741st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 1,559 out of 3,187. Before him are Hudson Taylor, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Polyeuctus, Catherine Eddowes, Gregory III Laham, and Saint Mercurius. After him are Thomas of Villanova, Beatus of Liébana, John Tong Hon, Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Eunomius of Cyzicus, and Sajah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 82. Before him are Harold Rainsford Stark, Leon Rupnik, Fethi Okyar, Hermann von Keyserling, Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Alfred J. Lotka. After him are Waldemar Bonsels, Osami Nagano, Johannes Aavik, Leonard Woolley, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, and Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster. Among people deceased in 1965, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 66. Before him are Humberto Delgado, Corrado Gini, Porfirio Rubirosa, Oskar R. Lange, Shirley Jackson, and Ladislas Starevich. After him are La Belle Otero, Harry Babcock, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Louis Harold Gray, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Leopold Figl.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 693 out of 6,245. Before him are Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Yuriko Koike (1952), Ishirō Honda (1911), Hideo Sakai (1909), Masaki Yokotani (1952), and Yoshihiro Togashi (1966). After him are Hiroji Imamura (1949), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), Emperor Sanjō (976), and Yoshida Kenkō (1283).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 17. Before him are Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), and Shunryū Suzuki (1904). After him are Hōnen (1133), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958), and Senhime (1597).

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