Home›Sources›Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)SourcesZen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)Terebess Asia OnlineCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/terebess-zen-schools-japan-1984-foulk.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/terebess-zen-schools-japan-1984-foulkCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-zen-schools-in-japan-1984-statistics-ter, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/terebess-zen-schools-japan-1984-foulk}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA Terebess Asia Online reference page reproducing 1984 Japanese Zen school statistics adapted from T. Griffith Foulk's essay in Kenneth Kraft's edited volume Zen: Tradition and Transition (Grove Press, 1988). Gives per-sect figures: Soto with 14,718 temples and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037 temples and about 9.25 million adherents.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedT. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia OnlinePublisherWell-attestedTerebess Asia OnlineURLWell-attestedhttps://terebess.hu/english/lexikon/school.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedreferenceAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: the underlying statistics trace to a named academic Zen scholar published in an edited scholarly volume, but the hosting page is a self-published reference compilation, not the original publication.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithRinzai, Denominations Well-attested This source names Rinzai directly: "and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037 temples and about 9.25 million adherents."Source Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Onlinetier 2Soto, Denominations Well-attested This source names Soto directly: "Gives per-sect figures: Soto with 14,718 temples and about 6.88 million adherents, Rinzai with 5,754 temples and 1.72 million adherents, Obaku with 460 temples and 353,070 adherents, totaling 21,037..."Source Zen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Onlinetier 2SourcesZen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)tier 2T. Griffith Foulk (original statistics), adapted by Terebess Asia Online, Terebess Asia OnlineView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDenominations, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 3 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.Well-attested16DenominationsRinzaiSotoZenSourcesZen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)Holds2SourcesZen Schools in Japan, 1984 Statistics (Terebess Asia Online, adapting T. Griffith Foulk)General References3DenominationsRinzaiSotoZenComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year