東亞佛教交流史是東亞文化發展史上重要的面向，而日治時期的臺灣佛教是邁向現代的轉型階段，在那期間臺灣佛教與日本佛教的交會，自然是東亞佛教史關鍵的環節之一。自 1896 年至 1900 年間，日本曹洞宗重要僧侶陸鉞巖、井上秀天，他們兩人在臺灣致力於傳教弘法。陸氏掌理大臺南的布教事業，設立國語學校，組織臺南婦人會，成立碧巖會，主持共修會等，推展文教工作且講授禪學，撰述禪學論著。因其德高望眾，感化力強，成效顯著。井上秀天除了參與陸氏的布教事業外，在與陸氏返回東瀛後，於 1902 年井上氏再復來臺南並孜孜於創辦義塾，裨益於地方。井上氏之於禪學，不限於曹洞宗禪法，他揭示自由開放取向，並與臨濟宗鈴木大拙論辯，展現其禪學觀點。

The history of Buddhist exchange in East Asia is an important aspect in the history of East Asian cultural development, and Taiwan Buddhism during the Japanese rule period was a stage of transition to modernity, the encounter between Taiwan Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism during that period is naturally one of the key aspects of the history of East Asian Buddhism. From 1896 to 1900, two important monks of Japanese Sōto Sect, Riku Etsugan and Inoue Shuten, devoted themselves to preaching and teaching in Taiwan. Riku was in charge of missionary work of Greater Tainan, established the Mandarin School, organized the Tainan Women's Association, formed the Biyan Association, presided over the retreats, etc. He promoted cultural and educational work, taught Zen Buddhism, and written theses on Zen Buddhism. Because of his high moral standing and strong persuasive power, the results were remarkable. In addition to participating in Riku's missionary work, Inoue, after returning to Japan with Riku, he came back to Tainan in 1902 and devoted himself to the establishment of a free school for the benefit of the local community. Inoue's approach to Zen was not limited to the Sōto Zen, but he revealed his free and open orientation and debated with D. T. Suzuki of Rinzai School, demonstrating his Zen perspective.

鉞巖;井上秀天;臺灣佛教;曹洞宗;鈴木大拙

Riku Etsugan（陸鉞巖）; Inoue Shuten（井上秀天）; Taiwanese Buddhism; Sōto School（曹洞宗）; Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki / D.T. Suzuki（鈴木大拙）