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Links to photos with Richard Baker from the Shunryu Suzuki Photo Archive. (Click thumbnail to view larger image in new window)

Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker next to cabin at Tassajara; with kyosaku, laughing. See also SR0301-0305. 1972 WB gave 1967 as the date.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker sitting zazen at Tassajara 
Shunryu Suzuki at Tassajara with L to R: Suzuki, Richard Baker, Dan Welch, Peter Schneider and Chino-sensei is behind Dan
Shunryu Suzuki + group at Tassajara L to R: ?, Dainin Katagiri, Mike Daft, Ed Brown, Togen Sumi, Bill Kwong, Shunryu Suzuki, Phillip Wilson behind SR?, Richard Baker, Taizan Maezumi, Kobun Chino, ?
Shunryu Suzuki + Okusan + Richard Baker+ Virginia Baker at airport. (Presumed to be the date Richard and Virginia left for Japan)
*Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker; Suzuki standing on tree stump with kyosaku smiling; full-length 
Shunryu Suzuki with Richard Baker up on the ridge above Tassajara. If that date's right it's when they first saw it. - dc
Shunryu Suzuki with ? If that date's right it's when SR and Richard Baker went to look at it for Suzuki's first time. - dc
Richard Baker's Mountain Seat Ceremony  Baker standing facing Shunryu Suzuki followed by his son Hoitsu, Peter Schneider, Dainin Katagiri. Jane Westerg (Schneider) seated with bell. At bottom Yvonne Rand, Claude Dalenberg.
Soko-ji group photo: Della Goertz far L, unknown visiting priest with Dainin Katagiri to L, Shunryu Suzuki to R, Grahame Petchey, Connie Lueck far R. 2nd row R to L - Trudy and Mike Dixon, Richard Baker, Phillip Wilson, Silas Hoadley. Jean Ross in back.
Shunryu Suzuki by Tassajara cabin L to R: Phillip Wilson, Shunryu, Mitsu Suzuki, ?, David Chadwick, Richard Baker
Shunryu Suzuki by Tassajara cabin L to R: Taizan Maezumi, Mitsu & Shunryu Suzuki, Phillip Wilson, Richard Baker
Richard Baker in City Center founder's hall Baker, the new abbot, painting the eyes of wood Shunryu Suzuki statue. Ed Brown and Reb Anderson on R.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center L to R: Daigyo Moriyama?, Shunryu & Mitsu Suzuki, Dainin Katagiri, Bill Kwong, Jane Westberg (Schneider), Fran Keller, Dan Welch, Rick Levine Also see color SRC0063-68.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center L to R: ?, Richard Baker, Pat Herreshoff, Shunryu Suzuki, ?, Ed Brown, Dainin Katagiri, Jane Westberg (Schneider) with bell, Bill Kwong seated. Also see color SRC0063-68.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center Richard Baker standing, Daigyo Moriyama? in corner, Shunryu Suzuki seated. From behind: Silas Hoadley, Yvonne Rand, Claude Dalenberg. Also see color SRC0063-68.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center Richard Baker standing, Daigyo Moriyama?, Mitsu Suzuki in back, Shunryu Suzuki seated. From behind: Silas Hoadley, Yvonne Rand, Claude Dalenberg. Also see color SRC0063-68.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center Richard Baker standing, Daigyo Moriyama?, Mitsu Suzuki in back, Shunryu Suzuki seated. From behind: Silas Hoadley, Yvonne Rand, Claude Dalenberg. Also see color SRC0063-68.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony at SF City Center L to R: Daigyo Moriyama?, Shunryu & Mitsu Suzuki, Dainin Katagiri with stick, Jane Westberg (Schneider), Bill Kwong, Fran Keller, Dan Welch, Rick Levine. Also see color SRC0063-68. Richard Baker standing, Daigyo Moriyama? in corner, Shunryu Suzuki seated. From behind: Silas Hoadley, Yvonne Rand, Claude Dalenberg. Also see color SRC0063-68.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker on ridge above Tassajara
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker  SR with kyosaku laughing - next to his cabin at Tassajara; in series with SR046.
Shunryu Suzuki sitting zazen in old zendo, Tassajara Richard Baker to L, Kobun Chino to R. Fran Keller? in front.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker laughing SR with kyosaku - next to his cabin at Tassajara; laughing; in series with SR046.
Zazen at altar in old zendo at Tassajara L to R: Richard Baker, Shunryu Suzuki, Kobun Chino
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker  next to cabin at Tassajara. Suzuki with kyosaku, both smiling. See also SR0046.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker laughing next to cabin at Tassajara. Suzuki with kyosaku.
Shunryu Suzuki and Richard Baker Appears to be the same setting as SR046, SR0276, SR301 - SR303 next to cabin at Tassajara. Suzuki with kyosaku. Probably photo by Tim Buckley.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker  next to cabin at Tassajara; Suzuki with kyosaku, laughing.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker  next to cabin at Tassajara. Suzuki with kyosaku.
Shunryu Suzuki + Richard Baker zazen at Los Altos Haiku Zendo 
Richard Baker, Ryogen Yoshimura, and Dainin Katagiri in front of 300 Page Street 
Suzuki-roshi Memorial at Sokoji With Richard Baker
SR and Mitsu being sent off to Japan Shunryu and Mitsu Suzuki at the San Francisco Airport on their way to Japan, April 10, 1963. Others (L to R) Virginia and Richard Baker (holding Sally), Betty Warren, ?, Mike and Trudy Dixon, Della Goertz, Giles Guay, Pauline Petchey (holding David)
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. L to R: ?, Bill Kwong, Shunryu Suzuki, Dan Welch, Hoitsu Suzuki, David Chadwick
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. L to R: Ed Brown, Shunryu Suzuki, Hoitsu Suzuki
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. L to R: ?, Hoitsu Suzuki, ? in back, Shunryu Suzuki, Mitsu Suzuki, Dainin Katagiri
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. L to R: ?, Dainin Katagiri, ?, ?, Shunryu Suzuki, ?
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. L to R: Ed Brown, Reb Anderson, Shunryu Suzuki, Hoitsu Suzuki - Lew Richmond in bottom right corner.
Richard Baker Mountain Seat Ceremony Shunryu Suzuki last public event. Procession leaves, Hoitsu helping his father out.
Shunryu and Dainin Katagiri with Zen students. Click for interactive photo with names. at Sokoji main entrance. Bill Kwong in blue 3rd from L, Linda (Padou) Burkett then Lynn Warkov w/red hair up to his R, Betty Warren above her, Lynn Goode to R of her, Fran Keller (Blanco) above SR, Pat Herreshof R of her, Richard Baker 2nd down on L, Jordan Goode? top in red, Claude Dalenberg then Silas Hoadley upper R, Tim Burkett 2nd from L bottom, Doug Loskutoff to his R.
Anthropologist Maud Oaks with Shunryu Suzuki and Richard Baker on dining room deck at Tassajara Still from 1968 KQED Zen Mountain Center film

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