# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bankei-yotaku
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:24:04.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bankei-yotaku"
name: "Bankei Yōtaku"
slug: "bankei-yotaku"
description: "Bankei Yōtaku  was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, and the abbot of the Ryōmon-ji and Nyohō-ji. He was a major Zen figure of the Edo period and is best known for his emphasis on a minimalist sudden approach to Zen which simply relies on the unborn Buddha mind. He became well known in Japan for his public talks in colloquial Japanese which were popular among laypersons."
tagline: "Japanese Zen Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BankeiYotaku.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1622"
deathDate: "1693-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.979737333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%A4%E7%8F%AA%E6%B0%B8%E7%90%A2"
    title: "盤珪永琢"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Eitaku"
    title: "Bankei Eitaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Y%C5%8Dtaku"
    title: "Bankei Yōtaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Y%C5%8Dtaku"
    title: "Bankei Yōtaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Y%C5%8Dtaku"
    title: "Bankei Yōtaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%A4%E7%8F%AA%E6%B0%B8%E7%90%A2"
    title: "盤珪永琢"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Y%C5%8Dtaku"
    title: "Bankei Yōtaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Yotaku"
    title: "Bankei Yotaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankei_Jotaku"
    title: "Bankei Jotaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A0n_Khu%C3%AA_V%C4%A9nh_Tr%C3%A1c"
    title: "Bàn Khuê Vĩnh Trác"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q427310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump