# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soyen-shaku
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:59:12.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/soyen-shaku"
name: "Soyen Shaku"
slug: "soyen-shaku"
description: "Soyen Shaku was the first Zen Buddhist master to teach in the United States. He was a rōshi of the Rinzai school and was abbot of both Kenchō-ji and Engaku-ji temples in Kamakura, Japan. Soyen was a disciple of Imakita Kosen."
tagline: "Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (1860–1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soyen_Shaku.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1860-01-10"
deathDate: "1919-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             0.1181102362204724
  historical:           7.04068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyen_Shaku"
    title: "Soyen Shaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soen_%C5%9Eaku"
    title: "Soen Şaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaku_S%C5%8Den"
    title: "Shaku Sōen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D"
    title: "Σογιέν Σακού"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyen_Shaku"
    title: "Soyen Shaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaku_Soyen"
    title: "Shaku Soyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyen_Shaku"
    title: "Soyen Shaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%88%E5%AE%97%E6%BC%94"
    title: "釈宗演"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481283"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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