Kōshō Uchiyama

Kōshō Uchiyama
Uchiyama preparing tea
TitleRōshi
Personal life
Born1912
DiedMarch 1998 (aged 8586)
NationalityJapanese
EducationM.A. (Waseda Univ.)
Religious life
ReligionZen Buddhism
SchoolSōtō
Senior posting
Based inAntai-ji
PredecessorKodo Sawaki
SuccessorKoho Watanabe
Shohaku Okumura
Joichi Yamamoto
Shusoku Kushiya

Kosho Uchiyama (内山 興正, Uchiyama Kōshō; 1912 – March 13, 1998) was a Sōtō Zen monk, origami master, and abbot of Antai-ji near Kyoto, Japan.

Uchiyama was author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami, of which Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice is best known.