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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Kōdō Sawaki

1880 - 1965

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Kodo Sawaki (沢木 興道, Sawaki Kōdō, June 16, 1880 – December 21, 1965) was a prominent Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōdō Sawaki has received more than 85,686 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Kōdō Sawaki is the 1,518th most popular religious figure (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 694th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 1,518 out of 2,238Before him are Sobekemsaf II, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Colette of Corbie, Modestus of Jerusalem, Dashrath Manjhi, and Dobri Dobrev. After him are Kaundinya, Arp Schnitger, Bashar ibn Burd, Rahotep, Mang of Xia, and Joseph Cardijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 83Before him are Arnold Gesell, Sholem Asch, Marie Stopes, Carl Van Vechten, Leon Rupnik, and Waldemar Bonsels. After him are Archie Hahn, Mihail Sadoveanu, Joseph Trumpeldor, Eric Lemming, Gabriel Voisin, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. Among people deceased in 1965, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 73Before him are Wilhelm Worringer, Jesse Douglas, Lionel Terray, Bertil Lindblad, Corrado Gini, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Louis Harold Gray, Alfredo Guzzoni, Kurt Goldstein, Abraham Fraenkel, Lee Hoi-chuen, and Fred Quimby.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 692 out of 6,048Before him are Keisai Eisen (1790), Noritaka Hidaka (1947), Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), Izumi Shikibu (976), Ukita Hideie (1573), and Yoshinobu Ishii (1939). After him are Akira Nishino (1955), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), and Motoo Kimura (1924).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Kōdō Sawaki ranks 19Before him are Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), and Hōnen (1133). After him are Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), and Peter Doi (1892).