Sobin Yamada

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Sobin Yamada (1920–2008) was a Japanese Zen master in the Rinzai school. He served as the 26th abbot of Shinju-an, a subtemple of the Daitoku-ji Zen temple complex in Kyoto. Shinju-an is known as the memorial temple for Ikkyu.

Yamada studied at Hanazono University and Ryukoku University in Kyoto. A calligraphy work by him is in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, commissioned by Yoshiko Kakudo.