Kosho Uchiyama

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name = Kosho Uchiyama


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birth_date = 1912
birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
death_date = March 13 1998
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nationality = Japanese
denomination = Zen Buddhism
school = Soto
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title = Roshi
workplace = Antaiji
education = M.A. (Waseda Univ.)
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Kosho Uchiyama (内山 興正,1912—March 13 1999) was a Soto priest, origami master, and the former abbot of Antaiji near Kyoto, Japan.

The author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origamiUchiyama, 201] —of which "Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice" is best-known—Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a masters degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and was ordained a priest in 1941 by his teacher Kodo Sawaki.Ford, 139] Throughout his life, Uchiyama had lived with the damaging effects of tuberculosis.Wright & Warner] He became abbot of Antaiji following Sawaki's death in 1965 until he retired in 1975 to Nokei-in, also near Kyoto, where he lived with his wife. Following the death of his teacher he led a forty-nine day sesshin in memorial of his teacher. In retirement he continued his writing, the majority of which consisted of poetry.

Bibliography

*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Dogen; François-Albert Viallet| title =Zen für Küche und Leben: Kommentare zu zen-meister Dogens Tenzo Kyokun - Anweisungen für den Koch| publisher =M. Angkor-Verl| date =2007| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180743143&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 3936018553
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Shōbō genzō hachidainingaku o ajiwau| publisher =Daihōrinkaku| date =2007| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212862710&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 4804612637
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Jōichi Yamamoto| title = Fukan zazengi o yomu : shūkyō to shiteno dōgenzen.| publisher =Daihōrinkaku| date =2005| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76932031&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 4804612238
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Thomas Wright; Jishō Cary Warner; Shohaku Okumura| title =Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2004| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54670173&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861713575
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Uvolnit sevření mysli: cesta k zenu| publisher =DharmaGaia| date =2000| location =Praha| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84999536&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 8085905515
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô| publisher =5 Keller| date =2000| location =Frankfurt am Main, Foockenstr| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174729200&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 3898112713
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Dogen; Shohaku Okumura; Taigen Daniel Leighton| title =The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa| publisher =Tuttle Publishing| date =1997| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38190728&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 080483105X
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Shōbō genzō gyōbutsu igi o ajiwau| publisher =Hakujusha| date =1989| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23385648&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 23385648
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Shōbō genzō genjō kōan o ajiwau| publisher =Hakujusha| date =1987| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18049880&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 18049880
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Inochi no hataraki : Chiji shingi o ajiau : shinsōban| publisher =Hakujusha| date =1987| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22847500&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 22847500
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Shōbō genzō : uji shoaku makusa o ajiwau| publisher =Hakujusha, Shōwa 59| date =1984| location =Tōkyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15414544&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 15414544
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment| publisher =Weatherhill| date =1983| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8928810&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0834801795
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Dogen| title = Shūkyō to shite no Dōgen Zen : Fukan zazengi ikai| publisher =Hakujusha| date =1977| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42589281&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 42589281
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Réalité du Zen. Le chemin vers soi-même| publisher =Le Courrier du Livre| date =1974| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32455013&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 32455013
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Approach to Zen: The Reality of Zazen/Modern Civilization and Zen| publisher =Japan Publications| date =1973| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/799872&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0870402528
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Weg zum Selbst: Zen-wirklichkeit| publisher =Barth| date =1973| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34673388&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 3870412658
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Modern Civilization and Zen: What Kind of Religion is Buddhism?| publisher =Administrative Office of Soto Sect| date =1967| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38666101&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 38666101
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Origami| publisher =Kokudosha| date =1962| location =Tokyo| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33721581&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | oclc = 33721581

Notes

References

*cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| authorlink =James Ishmael Ford| coauthors =| title =Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174891&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098
*cite book| last =Uchiyama| first =Kosho| authorlink =| coauthors =Thomas Wright; Jishō Cary Warner; Shohaku Okumura| title =Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2004| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54670173&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861713575
*cite web| last =Wright| first =Daitsu Tom| authorlink =| coauthors =Jisho Warner| title =Laughter Through the Tears: Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on Life as a Zen Beggar| work =| publisher =Buddhadharma: the Practitioner's Quarterly| date =Spring 2006| url =http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2006/spring/laughterthroughtears.html| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-03-15

External links

* [http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/hk0.shtml Seven chapters from Uchiyama's book "The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'"]
* [http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/kosho-uchiyama-to-you.shtml Two texts by Kosho Uchiyama]
* [http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/kosho-uchiyama-monk.shtml Kosho Uchiyama: "To you who has decided to become a Zen monk"]
* http://www.zen.ite.pl/masters/kosho_uchiyama.html (Polish language)