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{{Nihongo|'''''Kaisan'''''|開山}} is a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term used in reference to the founder of a school of [[Buddhism]] or the founding abbot of a [[Zen]] monastery, literally meaning "mountain founder" or "to open a mountain."<ref name="baroni">Baroni, 171-172</ref> Ch'an monasteries of [[China]] and Japan have traditionally been built in mountainous regions, with the name of whatever mountain it has been built upon then fixed upon the monastery as well as the founding abbot.<ref name="fischer">Fischer-Schreiber, 168</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[Kaisando]]''<br />
*''[[Kaisan-ki]]''<br />
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*{{cite book| last =Baroni| first =Helen J.| author-link =Helen J. Baroni| title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism| publisher =The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.| date =2002| isbn = 0-8239-2240-5| oclc =42680558}}<br />
*{{cite book| last =Fischer-Schreiber| first =Ingrid| author2 =Schuhmacher, Stephan| author3 =Woerner, Gert| title =The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, Taoism| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =1994| url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877739807| isbn =0-87773-980-3| url-access =registration}}<br />
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