slowly for fighting, keeping the soul in the abdomen.’  So saying he snatched the oar from the boatman and rowed the boat back to some distance, leaving the man alone, who, stamping the ground madly, cried out:  ’O, you fly, monk, you coward.  Come, old monk!’ ‘Now listen,’ said Boku-den, ’this is the secret art of the Conquering-enemy-without-fighting-school.  Beware that you do not forget it, nor tell it to anybody else.’  Thus, getting rid of the brawling fellow, Boku-den and his fellow-passengers safely landed on the opposite shore."[FN#101] The O Baku School of Zen was introduced by Yin Yuen (In-gen) who crossed the sea in 1654, accompanied by many able disciples.[FN#102] The Shogunate gave him a tract of land at Uji, near Kyo-to, and in 1659 he built there a monastery noted for its Chinese style of architecture, now known as O-baku-san.  The teachers of the same school[FN#103] came one after another from China, and Zen[FN#104] peculiar to them, flourished a short while.

[FN#101] Shi-seki-shu-ran.

[FN#102] In-gen (1654-1673) came over with Ta-Mei (Dai-bi, died 1673), Hwui Lin (E-rin died 1681), Tuh Chan (Doku-tan, died 1706), and others.  For the life of In-gen:  see Zoku-ko-shu-den and Kaku-shu-ko-yo.

[FN#103] Tsih Fei (Soku-hi died 1671), Muh Ngan (Moku-an died 1684), Kao Tsuen (Ko-sen died 1695), the author of Fu-so-zen-rin-so-bo-den, To-koku-ko-so-den, and Sen-un-shu, are best known.

[FN#104] This is a sub-sect of the Rin Zai School, as shown in the following table: 

Table of the transmission of zen from China to Japan.

1.  Bodhidharma. 2.  Hwui Ko (E-ka). 3.  San Tsang (So-san). 4.  Tao Sin (Do-shin). 5.  Hung Jan (Ko nin). —–­The northern sect
   6.  Shang Siu (Jin-shu).
—–­The Southern sect
   6.  Hwui Nang (E-no).
   —–­The rin zai school.
      7.  Nan Yoh (Nan-gaku).
      —–­10.  Gi-ku.
      —–­11.  Lin Tsi (Rin-zai).
         —–­21.  Yuen Wu (En-go).
            —–­22.  Fuh Hai (Bukkai).
               —–­28.  Kaku-a.
            —–­The O baku school.
               42.  In-gen.
         —–­25.  Hti Ngan (Kyo-an).
            —–­26.  Ei-sai.
   —–­The so to school.
      7.  Tsing Yuen (Sei-gen).
      —–­8.  Shih Teu (Seki-to).
         —–­11.  Tung Shan (To-zan).
            —–­23.  Ju Tsing (Nyo-jo).
               —–­24.  Do-gen.

The O Baku School is the amalgamation of Zen and the worship of Amitabha, and different from the other two schools.  The statistics for 1911 give the following figures: 

The Number of Temples: 

The So To School 14,255
The Rin Zai School 6,128
The O Baku School 546

The Number of Teachers: