# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takuan-soho
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:35.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takuan-soho"
name: "Takuan Sōhō"
slug: "takuan-soho"
description: "Takuan Sōhō  was a Japanese Buddhist prelate during the Sengoku and early Edo Periods of Japanese history. He was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. Noted for his calligraphy, poetry, and tea ceremony, he is also popularly credited with the invention of the takuan pickled radish."
tagline: "Japanese Buddhist priest"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1573-12-24"
deathDate: "1646-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.28705866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Takuan Sōhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Takuan Sōhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "تاکوآن سوهو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Takuan Sōhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Takuan Sōhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%A2%E5%BA%B5%E5%AE%97%E5%BD%AD"
    title: "沢庵宗彭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%BF%A0%EC%95%88_%EC%86%8C%ED%98%B8"
    title: "다쿠안 소호"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Takuan Sōhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE"
    title: "Такуан Сохо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AE"
    title: "ทากูอัง โซโฮ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_Soho"
    title: "Takuan Soho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A1ch_Am_T%C3%B4ng_B%C3%A0nh"
    title: "Trạch Am Tông Bành"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BE%A4%E5%BA%B5%E5%AE%97%E5%BD%AD"
    title: "澤庵宗彭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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