Rinzai Zen

The Rinzai-school has 14 main-temples, to which subsidiary temples are attached. The 14 branches of Rinzai, by head temple, are:^{[web 20]}

• Myōshin-ji (founded in 1342 by Kanzan Egen Zenji)
• Nanzen-ji (founded by Musō Soseki)
• Kenchō-ji
• Tōfuku-ji (founded by Enni Ben'en, 1202–1280)
• Engaku-ji
• Daitoku-ji (founded by Shūhō Myōchō)
• Hōkō-ji
• Eigen-ji
• Tenryū-ji (founded by Musō Soseki)
• Shōkoku-ji
• Kennin-ji
• Kōgaku-ji
• Kokutai-ji

Sometimes a 15th is included:

• Manpuku-ji, properly part of Ōbaku instead