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Daitoku-ji

Daitoku-ji is a Kyoto Rinzai Zen temple complex whose subtemples connect monastic history, tea culture, gardens and major works of Japanese art.

Expressive ink portrait of the bearded Bodhidharma by the Zen monk Hakuin

Zen

Zen in Japan comprises several Buddhist lineages—notably Rinzai, Sōtō, and Ōbaku—whose practice, ritual, institutions, and histories extend beyond meditation alone.