Sobin Yamada

{{Short description|Japanese Zen Buddhist and abbot (1920–2008)}}

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Sobin Yamada was the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the Rinzai Zen temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto. Shinju-an is the memorial temple for Ikkyu. Yamada studied at Hanazono, a Rinzai university in Kyoto, and at Ryukoku University.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

There is a calligraphic work by Yamada in the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco); it was commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo for the museum.{{cite journal |last1=Mellott |first1=Richard |title=Yoshiko Kakudo (1934—2016): Curator, Artist, Philanthropist |journal=Impressions |date=2017 |volume=38 |pages=176-87 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/45201273 |access-date=24 July 2024}}

Yamada was born in 1920 and died in 2008.