Major Modern Shin Figures
- Kasahara Kenju (1852–1883)
- Nanjo Bunyu (1848–1927)
- Kiyozawa Manshi (1863–1903)
- Eikichi Ikeyama (1873–1938)
- Jokan Chikazumi (1870–1941)
- Akegarasu Haya (1877–1954)
- Soga Ryojin (1875–1971)
- Kaneko Daiei (1881–1976)
- Shuichi Maida (1906–1967)
- Rijin Yasuda (1900–1982)
- Alfred Bloom (1926–present)
- Zuio Hisao Inagaki (1929–present)
- Hozen Seki (?–1991)
- Taitetsu Unno (1935–present)
- Jitsuen Kakehashi (?–present)
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