Gentà  Sokuchà « () was a Sà Âtà  Zen priest and the 50th abbot of Eihei-ji, the school's head temple. He was part of a 17th and 18th century movement within the Sà Âtà  school that sought to bring the school's teachings back in line with those of the 13th century founding teacher, Dà Âgen. To this end, he edited major editions of works by Dà Âgen and succeeded in disseminating them widely. He is best remembered for compiling the Eihei Rules of Purity (Eihei Shingi), a collection of writings by Dà Âgen laying out a strict code of conduct for monks. These rules had been largely unheeded in the school in the preceding several centuries, and Gentà  used his high position as abbot of Eihei-ji to reintroduce and enforce them. His work on the Eihei Rules of Purity was completed in 1794 while he was serving as the eleventh abbot of Entsà «-ji. The following year he became the 50th abbot of Eihei-ji. He was also involved in editing Dà Âgen's master work, the Shà Âbà Âgenzà Â.
In addition to his efforts on monastic rules, he also sought to remove what he perceived to be non-Sà Âtà  elements within the school. He de-emphasized the use of koans due to their apparent historical association with the competing Rinzai school. In 1796 he also had the sangha hall (sà Âdà Â, å§å Â) at Eihei-ji rebuilt in imitation of the Song dynasty structures that Dà Âgen had described. The previous building, dating from only fifty years earlier, was built in a Ming dynasty style based on temples of the recently introduced à Âbaku school. Gentà Â's former student at Entsà «-ji was the famous wandering monk Ryà Âkan. The Buddhist scholar Michel Mohr suggests that Gentà Â's fanaticism for 'purifying' the Sà Âtà  school probably informed Ryà Âkan's decision to become an itinerant monk without an association to any temple.