(i) Rinzhai school
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinzai_school
(Rinzai is the Japanese line of the Chinese Linji school, which was founded
during the Tang Dynasty by Linji Yixuan (Japanese: Rinzai Gigen))
(ii) Linji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linji
(臨濟義玄; Chinese family name 邢; died 866)
(b) Max Gimblett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gimblett
(1935- )
(c) koan 公案 (n) "Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand
clapping)" Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary
(d) Audrey Yishiko SEO
Kanji for the last name is 清尾.
(e) For Daruma, see Bodhidharma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma
(lived during the 5th/6th century and is traditionally credited as the
transmitter of Zen to China; traditional Chinese: 菩提達摩, Chinese
abbreviation: 達摩; Japanese: 達磨 Daruma)
(f) For Hotei, see Budai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotei
(According to Chinese tradition, Budai was an eccentric Chinese Zen (Chán)
monk who lived during the Later Liang Dynasty (907–923 CE) of China)
Hotei and Budai are Japanese and Mandarin pronunciations, respectively, for
the same Kanji 布袋, who is also known 彌勒佛 or 笑佛 among Chinese.
(g) Tsurezureguka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurezuregusa
(徒然草; a collection of Japanese essays written by the monk YOSHIDA Kenkō
吉田兼好 [c. 1283-c.1352] between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely
considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three
representative works of the zuihitsu 随筆 genre)