Kōshō Uchiyama
Kōshō Uchiyama | |
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Uchiyama preparing tea | |
| Title | Rōshi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | March 1998 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | M.A. (Waseda Univ.) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Antai-ji |
| Predecessor | Kodo Sawaki |
| Successor | Koho Watanabe Shohaku Okumura Joichi Yamamoto Shusoku Kushiya |
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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.