Kōshō Uchiyama
Kōshō Uchiyama | |
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Uchiyama preparing tea | |
| Title | Rōshi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | March 1998 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | M.A. (Waseda Univ.) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Antai-ji |
| Predecessor | Kodo Sawaki |
| Successor | Koho Watanabe Shohaku Okumura Joichi Yamamoto Shusoku Kushiya |
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Kosho Uchiyama (内山 興正, Uchiyama Kōshō; 1912 – March 13, 1998) was a Sōtō Zen monk, origami master, and abbot of Antai-ji near Kyoto, Japan.
Uchiyama was author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami, of which the best known in the Western World are Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice and How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment.