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Mu'an
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'''Mu'an (; 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. He and Sokuhi Nyoitsu were the two disciples most involved in spreading Ingen's teachings.
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- Yao tai shi hua
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Ōbaku
- Student of
- Ingen
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- Portrait of Muan Kita chobei Inscription by Muan Triptych hanging scrolls color on paper Kobe City Museum.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1611-03-16
- date of death
- 1684-03-06
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- Muyan
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Victoria
- name in kana
- もくあんしょうとう
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- Mokuan Shōtō
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'''Mu'an (; 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. He and Sokuhi Nyoitsu were the two disciples most involved in spreading Ingen's teachings.
thumb|Portrait of Muyan.
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