Shoichi (Shoichi)

(Language: Japanese)

Short Description: (1202- 1280 CE), first Patriarch of Tofukuji

Long Description: (1202- 1280 CE), first Patriarch of Tofukuji, a Rinzai Zen training monastery in Kyoto.

Sources: The Laughing Buddha of Tofukuji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima , by Ishwar C. Harris