Muso Kokushi

**Source: Wikipedia** **Musō Soseki** (夢窓 疎石, 1275 – October 20, 1351) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as **Musō Kokushi** (夢窓国師) ***("national Zen teacher")***, a honorific conferred to him by Emperor Go-Daigo.[1] His mother was the daughter of Hōjō Masamura (1264-1268), seventh Shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate. **Biography** Originally from Ise Province, now part of modern-day Mie Prefecture, Soseki …