D. T. Suzuki

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D. T. Suzuki was a Japanese scholar and popularizer of Zen Buddhism whose writings and lectures profoundly shaped Western understanding of Zen in the 20th century.

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D. T. Suzuki canonical 3
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki 1
鈴木大拙貞太郎 1

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instanceOf Buddhist philosopher
Japanese scholar
Zen Buddhist
person
translator
almaMater Tokyo University
linked to: University of Tokyo
birthDate 1870-10-18
birthPlace Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
citizenship Japan
deathDate 1966-07-12
deathPlace Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
employer Columbia University
Otani University, Kyoto
Ōtani University
era 20th century
fieldOfWork Buddhist studies
Zen Buddhism
linked to: Zen

comparative religion
philosophy of religion
fullName Teitarō Suzuki
givenName Daisetsu
influenced Alan Watts
Beat Generation writers
Carl Jung
Erich Fromm
Thomas Merton
Western understanding of Zen Buddhism
knownFor lectures on Zen in Europe and North America
popularizing Zen Buddhism in the West
translations of Buddhist texts
writings on Zen Buddhism
language English
Japanese
movement Buddhist modernism
Zen modernism
nationality Japanese
nativeName 鈴木大拙貞太郎
linked to: D. T. Suzuki
notableWork An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Essays in Zen Buddhism
Manual of Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture
occupation author
lecturer
scholar
translator
philosophicalSchool Zen Buddhism
linked to: Zen
religion Buddhism
religiousSchool Rinzai Zen
linked to: Rinzai
religiousTradition Zen
residence Kamakura, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
linked to: Kyoto

United States
spouse Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki
subjectOf D. T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa

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John Cage influencedBy D. T. Suzuki
D. T. Suzuki nativeName 鈴木大拙貞太郎
linked to: D. T. Suzuki
John Cage influencedBy Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
subject linked to: John
linked to: D. T. Suzuki
Alan Watts influencedBy D. T. Suzuki
Joshu’s Mu commentedOnBy D. T. Suzuki