Gasan Jitō

{{Short description|Zen master}}

Gasan Jitō was a Zen master in the Japanese Rinzai school. He received Dharma transmission from Rinzai teacher Gessen Zen'e, before meeting Hakuin.{{sfn|Besserman|Steger|2011|p=142}} Deeply impressed, he started koan-study with Hakuin, completing it under Tōrei Enji tutelage.{{sfn|McDaniel|2013|p=308}} Gasan is considered to be a dharma heir of Hakuin, though "he did not belong to the close circle of disciples and was probably not even one of Hakuin's dharma heirs."{{sfn|Dumoulin|2005|p=391}}{{refn|group=note|According to Besserman, Gasan Jitō received dharma transmission from Hakuin.{{sfn|Besserman|Steger|2011|p=142}}}} After completing his training, Gasan Jitō moved to Rinsho-in, a small temple in Edo where he had more than five-hundred students.{{sfn|Besserman|Steger|2011|p=142}} He and/or his students Inzan Ien and Takuju Kosen created the contemporary Rinzai koan-curriculum out of the "raw koan system" inherited from Gasan.{{sfn|Besserman|Steger|2011|p=142}}