Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism
Abbreviation of 黄檗宗 (Ōbaku-shū). Refers to one of the three main Zen schools in Japan, alongside Rinzai and Sōtō. Often used in historical or religious contexts.
Ōbaku is a school of Zen Buddhism that was transmitted from China during the Edo period.
Sōtō school, the third major Zen sect, differing from Ōbaku in meditation style and history.
From the Chinese name 黄檗 (Huángbò), referring to Mount Huangbo in China, where the school's founding master lived. The Japanese reading おうばく is the on'yomi of the kanji.