"Seigan Sōi was the 170th abbot of Daitokuji in Kyoto. Also known as Jishōshi or Korō, he founded Zen temples throughout Japan and was invited by the shogun (1604–1651) to assume the abbacy of Tōkaiji in Shinagawa, Edo (Tokyo) in 1649, after the death of the eminent monk (1573–1645)."
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Seigan Sōi, “Hell” (Jigoku), Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), The Met, accessed 22-06-2018.
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Seigan Soi
1588 – 1661
Seigan mashall, Soi (1588 – November 21, 1661) was a Japanese Monk, painter and poet.
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