Mugai Nyodai (Japanese: 無外如大, 1223–1298), was one of the first Zen abbesses and the first female Zen master in Japan. A disciple of Mugaku Sogen, she organized...

Myōshinji] is based on election, each elected period lasting four years". Mugai Nyodai (1223 – 1298 CE), of Japan, was the first female Zen master in Japan...

of the Kanezawa branch of the Hōjō clan. He may have been married to Mugai Nyodai. He was born to Hōjō Saneyasu in 1224. As his talent was discovered by...

college. The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (born 1223 - died 1298). In 1872, the Japanese government issued an edict...

century: The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (1223–1298). 1880: Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott became the first...

Munetaka and studied poetry and other subjects. He may have married Mugai Nyodai, but that is disputed, with some believing she was married to Hōjō Sanetoki...

(b. 1210) Lourenço Soares de Valadares, Portuguese nobleman (b. 1230) Mugai Nyodai, Japanese nun, abbess and Zen Master (b. 1223) Otto V (the Tall), German...

woman. In the Mahayana tradition during the 13th century, the Japanese Mugai Nyodai became the first female Zen master in Japan. However, the bhikkhuni ordination...

century The first female Zen master in Japan was the Japanese abbess Mugai Nyodai (born 1223 – died 1298). 17th century: Asenath Barzani is considered...

Sogen. And so, he appointed Mugaku Sogen chief priest of Engaku-ji. "Mugai Nyodai, Zishou Miaozong 資壽妙總; 1095–1170. First Woman to Head a Zen Order – Buddhism"...