| Zenkei Shibayama | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai |
| Personal | |
| Born | November 30, 1894 Japan |
| Died | August 29, 1974 |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in |
Nanzen-ji Otani University |
Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶 Shibayama Zenkei?, 1894 - 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples. Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America.