On May 3, 2022, in collaboration with Wanfu Temple in Fuqing, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies officially launched a year-long series of events commemorating the 350th death anniversary of Zen Master Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki). Organizers also unveiled a website and an online art exhibition dedicated to Ingen Ryūki and the Art of Ōbaku. The launch event video is now available by clicking the YouTube link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqewmYfuVd0
The year 2022 marks the 350th death anniversary of Zen Master Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 1592-1673, Ingen Ryūki in Japanese). Special ceremonies and events will be held in both Japan and China to honor this great Zen master. These events will present and explore the extraordinary life of Zen Master Yinyuan and the great achievements of the Huangbo 黃檗 Chan tradition (known as the Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan) that Yinyuan pioneered in China and Japan.
Event Program:
1. Tea ceremony performance by Sakura Tea Circle (not included in the video recording)
2. General Announcements and Acknowledgements by Jiang Wu, Director, Center for Buddhist Studies, Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
3. Remarks by Kimberly Jones, Vice Dean, College of Humanities
4. Remarks by Ven. Dingming, Abbot of Wanfu Temple, Fuqing, China
5. Remarks by Ven. Kondo Hakudo, Abbot of Manpukuji Temple, Uji, Japan
6. Remarks by Sueki Fumihiko, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo and Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
7. Introduction to the Online Exhibition by
i. Patricia J. Graham, Adjunct Research Associate, University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies and Certified Appraiser of Asian Art, Appraisers Association of America
ii. Elizabeth Sharf, Visiting Scholar in the Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
8. Remarks by Albert Welter, Head, Department of East Asian Studies
9. Lecture: “Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan/Ingen in Global East Asia” by Jiang Wu
Translations of Remarks by Chinese and Japanese Guests:
1. Ven. Dingming, Abbot of Wanfu Temple, Fuqing, China
2. Ven. Kondo Hakudo, Abbot of Manpukuji Temple, Uji, Japan
3. Sueki Fumihiko, Professor Emeritus, Nichibunken
The tea ceremony is sponsored by Matcha.com, Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson, and the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona.