白隠慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
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Triptych [sanpukutsui 三幅対]: Kanzan, Daiō, Daitō (from right to left)
Ink and color on paper, each 125 x 54 cm. Eisei Bunko Foundation

The sole Rinzai lineage to flourish to the present day is the so-called Ōtōkan lineage ( 応灯関 / 應燈 關 ) of Nanpo Jōmyō 南浦紹明 (1235ｰ1308), usually known as Daiō Kokushi 大應國師; his student Shūhō Myōchō 宗峰妙超 (1282-1337), usually known as Daitō Kokushi 大燈國師; and Shūhō's student Kanzan Egen 關山慧玄 (1277–1360). The term Ōtōkan comes from the “ō” of Daiō, the “tō ” of Daitō, and the “kan” of Kanzan). This lineage has largely shaped Rinzai Zen practice in Japan, and, through the eighteenth-century master Hakuin Ekaku, includes every Rinzai Zen master in Japan today.

関山慧玄 / 關山慧玄 Kanzan Egen (無相大師 Musō Daishi, 1277–1360), Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, founder of Myōshin-ji Temple

南浦紹明 Nanpo Jōmyō (大應國師 / 大応国師 Daiō Kokushi, 1235–1308)

宗峰妙超 Shūhō Myōchō (大燈国師 Daitō Kokushi, 1282–1337) >>> as a Beggar [1] [2] [3] [4]

(from right to left:)
Daitō, Daiō, Kanzan

Masters Kanzan, Daiō, Daitō
Daiho-ji Temple, Nagano Prefecture

関山慧玄 / 關山慧玄 Kanzan Egen (無相大師 Musō Daishi, 1277–1360), Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, founder of Myōshin-ji Temple

南浦紹明 Nanpo Jōmyō (大應國師 Daiō Kokushi, 1235–1308)

宗峰妙超 Shūhō Myōchō (大燈国師 Daitō Kokushi, 1282–1337) >>> as a Beggar [1] [2] [3] [4]