Soshun Hōtan
Back to people overviewA scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. Soshun was the creator of the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist perspective.
![Print from a woodcut of the Map of All the Countries of the Terrestial World](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/foan2pfl/production/3031854506f72444f8e4fbbb164d064e0bc1ca95-806x653.jpg?w=3840&q=85&auto=format)
A scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. Soshun was the creator of the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist perspective.