RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Taisen Deshimaru

1914 - 1982

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Taisen Deshimaru (弟子丸 泰仙, Deshimaru Taisen, 29 November 1914 - April 30, 1982) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the Association Zen Internationale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taisen Deshimaru has received more than 103,006 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Taisen Deshimaru is the 1,627th most popular religious figure (down from 1,569th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Japan (up from 743rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.38

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 1,627 out of 3,187. Before him are Jānis Pujats, George Martinuzzi, Fadl ibn Abbas, Francisco de Borja, Junia Tertia, and Vigilius of Trent. After him are Julian of Norwich, Tychicus, Sulpitius the Pious, Dagobert of Pisa, Tekla Juniewicz, and Gan Ji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 120. Before him are Woody Strode, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Domènec Balmanya, George Volkoff, Noor Inayat Khan, and Yahya Khan. After him are Sun Ra, Lyman Spitzer, Koichi Oita, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Paul Tortelier, and Georgy Babakin. Among people deceased in 1982, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 100. Before him are Giovanni Benelli, Randy Rhoads, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, C. R. Swart, Elio Petri, and Anatoly Solonitsyn. After him are Marcel Camus, David Frankfurter, Abba P. Lerner, Pavel Rotmistrov, Anandamayi Ma, and Eduard Tubin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 729 out of 6,245. Before him are Masami Kurumada (1953), Fukusaburo Harada (null), Ikki Kita (1883), Motoo Kimura (1924), Takao Nishiyama (1942), and Masabumi Hosono (1870). After him are Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Donald Tsang (1944), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), and George Ohsawa (1893).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 19. Before him are Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Senhime (1597), Hōnen (1133), and Hōjō Ujimasa (1538). After him are Soga no Umako (551), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), and Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949).

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