Mu'an
Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Mu'an (Template:Zh; Japanese Mokuan Shōtō) (1611–1684) was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Ingen to Japan in 1654. Mokuan was from Chuanchow in what was then Fukien Province.<ref name=":0">Template:Citation</ref> He and Sokuhi Nyoitsu were the two disciples most involved in spreading Ingen's teachings.<ref name=":0" />
History
Together they founded the Ōbaku Zen school and Mampuku-ji, the school's head temple at Uji in 1661. In 1664, Muyan succeeded his master as chief of the temple and in 1671 established another temple called Zuishō-ji at Shirokane, Edo. He is honored as one of the Ōbaku no Sanpitsu.
His work is kept in a variety of museums, including the Smart Museum of Art,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> University of Michigan Museum of Art,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Indianapolis Museum of Art,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the British Museum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
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