[FN#104] This is a sub-sect of the Rin Zai School, as shown in the following table:
TABLE OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ZEN FROM CHINA TO JAPAN.
1. Bodhidharma.
2. Hwui Ko (E-ka).
3. San Tsang (So-san).
4. Tao Sin (Do-shin).
5. Hung Jan (Ko nin).
—-THE NORTHERN SECT
6. Shang Siu (Jin-shu).
—-THE SOUTHERN SECT
6. Hwui Nang (E-no).
—-THE RIN ZAI SCHOOL.
7. Nan Yoh (Nan-gaku).
—-10. Gi-ku.
—-11. Lin Tsi (Rin-zai).
—-21. Yuen Wu (En-go).
—-22. Fuh Hai (Bukkai).
—-28. Kaku-a.
—-THE O BAKU SCHOOL.
42. In-gen.
—-25. Hti Ngan (Kyo-an).
—-26. Ei-sai.
—-THE SO TO SCHOOL.
7. Tsing Yuen (Sei-gen).
—-8. Shih Teu (Seki-to).
—-11. Tung Shan (To-zan).
—-23. Ju Tsing (Nyo-jo).
—-24. Do-gen.
The O Baku School is the amalgamation of Zen and the worship of Amitabha, and different from the other two schools. The statistics for 1911 give the following figures:
The Number of Temples:
The So To School 14,255
The Rin Zai School 6,128
The O Baku School 546
The Number of Teachers:
The So To School 9,576
The Rin Zai School 4,523
The O Baku School 349
It was also in this period that Zen gained a great influence on the popular literature characterized by the shortest form of poetical composition. This was done through the genius of Ba-sho,[FN#105] a great literary man, recluse and traveller, who, as his writings show us, made no small progress in the study of Zen. Again, it was made use of by the teachers of popular[FN#106] ethics, who did a great deal in the education of the lower classes. In this way Zen and its peculiar taste gradually found its way into the arts of peace, such as literature, fine art, tea-ceremony, cookery, gardening, architecture, and at last it has permeated through every fibre of Japanese life.
[FN#105] He (died 1694) learned Zen under a contemporary Zen master (Buccho), and is said to have been enlightened before his reformation of the popular literature.