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Ikkyū

Japanese monastic
Ikkyū was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals, as well as on Zen itself, including breaking Buddhist monastic teachings... Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1394, Kyōto
Died: December 12, 1481 (age 87 years), Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan
Parents: Go-Komatsu
Other names: Shūken
School: Rinzai