Soyen Shaku
Soyen Shaku (, January 10, 1860 – October 29, 1919; written in modern Japanese "Shaku Sōen" or "Kōgaku Shaku Sōen") 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.