Sōtō

sect of Zen in Japanese Buddhism
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Sōtō
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Sōtō

Summary

Sōtō is a school of Buddhism[1]. Sōtō draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #11 of 63).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sōtō is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Sōtō's image is recorded as Soto-Zen-Master-Dogen-Zenji-Portrait.png[4].
  • Sōtō's instance of is recorded as school of Buddhism[5].
  • Sōtō's founder is recorded as Dōgen[6].
  • Sōtō's based on is recorded as Caodong school[7].
  • Sōtō's headquarters location is recorded as Eihei-ji Temple[8].
  • Sōtō's headquarters location is recorded as Sōji-ji Temple[9].
  • Sōtō's GND ID is recorded as 4246308-7[10].
  • Sōtō's subclass of is recorded as Japanese Zen[11].
  • Sōtō's subclass of is recorded as Kamakura Buddhism[12].
  • Sōtō's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571485[13].
  • Sōtō's Commons category is recorded as Sōtō school[14].
  • Sōtō's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bgxn[15].
  • Sōtō's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph805559[16].
  • Sōtō's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph281889[17].
  • Sōtō's official website is recorded as http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/[18].
  • Sōtō's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sōtō school temples[19].
  • Sōtō's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300263947[20].
  • Sōtō's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=soto[21].
  • Sōtō's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Soto[22].
  • Sōtō's X is recorded as SOTOZEN_pr[23].
  • Sōtō's Facebook username is recorded as SotoZenBuddhism.OFFICIAL[24].
  • Sōtō's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01207135n[25].
  • Sōtō's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12322vj2z[26].
  • Sōtō's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/Soto/144902[27].

Why It Matters

Sōtō draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_buddhism category, ranking #11 of 63).[2] Sōtō has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Sōtō is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sōtō. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/s-t
MLA “Sōtō.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/s-t.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_s-t_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sōtō}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/s-t}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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