Gikai was one of several influential groups in Dōgen's school and in 1267 Gikai succeeded Ejō who died before the sandai sōron occurred (a putative dispute over the orthodoxy and succession of Sōtō Zen Buddhism).
Gikai was one of several influential groups in Dōgen's school and in 1267 Gikai succeeded Ejō who died before the sandai sōron occurred (a putative dispute over the orthodoxy and succession of Sōtō Zen Buddhism).