Kaisan

{{Italic title|reason=:Category:Japanese words and phrases}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Nihongo|'''''Kaisan'''''|開山}} is a Japanese term used in reference to the founder of a school of Buddhism or the founder of a temple, literally meaning "mountain opener" or "to open a mountain."<ref name="baroni">Baroni, 171-172</ref> Chan monasteries of China and Japan have traditionally been built in mountainous regions, with the name of whatever mountain it has been built upon then fixed upon the monastery as well as the founding abbot.<ref name="fischer">Fischer-Schreiber, 168</ref>

==See also== *{{translit|ja|{{glossary link|glossary=Glossary of sumo terms|hinoshita kaisan}}}} *{{translit|ja|kaisando}}

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== *{{cite book| last =Baroni| first =Helen J.| author-link =Helen J. Baroni| title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism| publisher =The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.| date =2002| isbn = 0-8239-2240-5| oclc =42680558}} *{{cite book| last =Fischer-Schreiber| first =Ingrid| author2 =Schuhmacher, Stephan| author3 =Woerner, Gert| title =The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, Taoism| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =1994| url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877739807| isbn =0-87773-980-3| url-access =registration}}

Category:Zen Category:Japanese Buddhist titles