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Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)

Terebess Asia Online

A Terebess Asia Online reference page reproducing 1984 Japanese Zen school statistics adapted from T. Griffith Foulk's essay in Kenneth Kraft's edited volume Zen: Tradition and Transition (Grove Press, 1988). Gives per-sect figures: Soto with 14,718 temples and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037 temples and about 9.25 million adherents.

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Author
T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Online
Publisher
Terebess Asia Online
URL
https://terebess.hu/english/lexikon/school.html
Source Type
reference
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Tier 2: the underlying statistics trace to a named academic Zen scholar published in an edited scholarly volume, but the hosting page is a self-published reference compilation, not the original publication.
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Rinzai, Denominations

This source names Rinzai directly: "and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037 temples and about 9.25 million adherents."

Source Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Online
Soto, Denominations

This source names Soto directly: "Gives per-sect figures: Soto with 14,718 temples and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037..."

Source Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Online
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Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)
T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Online, Terebess Asia OnlineView the Source
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)

This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Denominations, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
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