Ikkyu

Ikkyu

1393 – December 03, 1481
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
Place of Death: Kyotanabe, Japan

Ikkyū 一休宗純 Ikkyū Sōjun 1394–1481 was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.