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Japanese Zen priest
Kogenshitsu Dokutan Sōsan (1840-1917) was a Japanese RinzaiZen priest, who served as abbot of Nanzenji. In the west, he is known for being the Rinzai-teacher with whom Harada Daiun Sogaku, the koan-teacher of Hakuun Yasutani, studied koans.