# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keizan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:53:53.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/keizan"
name: "Keizan"
slug: "keizan"
description: "Keizan Jōkin, also known as Taiso Jōsai Daishi, is considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. While Dōgen, as founder of Japanese Sōtō, is known as Highest Ancestor , Keizan is often referred to as Great Ancestor ."
tagline: "Japanese Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Keizan-SotoZen-Net.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1268"
deathDate: "1325"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.32066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Keizan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "كيزان (راهب بوذى من اليابان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan_J%C5%8Dkin"
    title: "Keizan Jōkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan"
    title: "Keizan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan"
    title: "Keizan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan_J%C5%8Dkin"
    title: "Keizan Jōkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan"
    title: "Keizan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan_J%C5%8Dkin"
    title: "Keizan Jōkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%91%A9%E5%B1%B1%E7%B4%B9%E7%91%BE"
    title: "瑩山紹瑾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan_J%C5%8Dkin"
    title: "Keizan Jōkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan"
    title: "Keizan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C3%A1nh_S%C6%A1n_Thi%E1%BB%87u_C%E1%BA%A9n"
    title: "Oánh Sơn Thiệu Cẩn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1615313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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