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Kosho Uchiyama

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Kosho Uchiyama was an Sōtō priest, origami master, and abbot of Antai-ji near Kyoto, Japan. Uchiyama was the author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami, of which Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice is best known. Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a master's degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and was ordained a priest in 1941 by his teacher Kodo Sawaki. 

Throughout his life, Uchiyama lived with the damaging effects of tuberculosis. Uchiyama became abbot of Antai-ji following Sawaki's death in 1965 until he retired in 1975 to Nokei-in, near Kyoto, where he lived with his wife. In retirement, he continued his writing, most of which consisted of poetry.

Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a master's degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and was ordained a priest in 1941 by his teacher Kōdō Sawaki. Throughout his life, Uchiyama lived with the damaging effects of tuberculosis.

Uchiyama became abbot of Antai-ji following Sawaki's death in 1965 until he retired in 1975 to Nokei-in, also near Kyoto, where he lived with his wife. Following the death of his teacher, he led a forty-nine-day sesshin in memorial of his teacher. In retirement, he continued his writing, most of which consisted of poetry.

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