Gotō Zuigan
| Gotō Zuigan | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Rinzai |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1879 Japan |
| Died | 1965 |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in |
Myōshin-ji Daitoku-ji |
| Predecessor | Tetsuo Sōkatsu |
| Successor |
Oda Sessō Sōkō Morinaga |
Gotō Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌?, 1879–1965) was a Buddhist Rinzai Zen master the chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and Daitoku-ji temples, and a past president of Hanazono University of Kyoto, also known as "Rinzai University."
Zuigan was influential in the development of Buddhism in American in the early 20th century. He was a student of the Zen master Tetsuo Sōkatsu and followed him to California in 1906 with a group of fourteen who went to the US with Tetsuo Sōkatsu in 1906, attempting strawberry farming in Hayward, California, and founding a branch of Ryomo Kyokai on Sutter Street in San Francisco.
Zuigan returned to Japan in 1910. In 1916 Sōkatsu bestowed upon him the Inka Shōmei. He then spent fifteen years as a missionary in Seoul.
Later, he returned to Japan and taught at the temple Daitoku-ji in Kyoto.
Among Zuigan's notable students were:
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