page_title: Musō Soseki
hierarchical_section_title: Musō Soseki
caption_attribution_description: A portrait of Zen priest, poet and garden designer Musō Soseki (Musō Kokushi)
context_page_description: Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, an honorific conferred on him by Emperor Go-Daigo. His mother was the daughter of Hōjō Masamura, seventh Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate.
context_section_description: Musō Soseki (夢窓 疎石, 1275 – October 20, 1351) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi (夢窓国師) ("national Zen teacher"), an honorific conferred on him by Emperor Go-Daigo. His mother was the daughter of Hōjō Masamura (1264-1268), seventh Shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate.
caption: Musō Soseki, 1275 - 1351, Japanese Zen master, calligraphist, poem writer, and garden designer
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