Born in Kanazama in 1870,
Born in Kanazama in 1870, he taught English upon his return to Japan in 1909, then took a position at Otani University in 1921.  Earlier, while working in Illinois, he translated such works as Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana.  A great influence on such men as Joseph Campbell and Robert Pirsig, his principal works include Studies in Zen Buddhism and Zen and Japanese Culture.  FTP, name this Buddhist scholar, sometimes referred to as the man who brought Zen Buddhism to America.
Born in Kanazama in 1870, he taught English upon his return to Japan in 1909, then took a position at Otani University in 1921.  
Daisetz Teitaro (D.T.) Suzuki