Chōgen
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| Born | Kyoto |
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| Kyoto Prefecture | |
| Japan | |
| Date of died | July 12,1206 |
| Died | Nara |
| Nara Prefecture | |
| Japan | |
| Other name | Shunjobo |
| Based in | Tōdai-ji |
| Nara | |
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| ID | 1720734 |
Chōgen Life story
Chōgen, also known as Shunjōbō Chōgen, was a Japanese Buddhist monk. From 1181 he devoted twenty-five years of his life to the endowment and rebuilding of Tōdai-ji after its destruction in war.
