Kūkai
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Born | Zentsuji |
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Kagawa | |
Japan | |
Died | Mount Koya |
April 22 | |
835 AD | |
Mount Koya | |
Teacher | Huiguo |
Parents | Tamayori Gozen |
Saeki Tagimi | |
Books | Kūkai: major works |
Sangō Shiiki | |
Shōryōshū | |
Jūjū Shinron | |
Secret Key to the Heart Sutra | |
文鏡秘府論 | |
Kukai and His Major Works | |
Education | Daigaku-ryō |
Nationality | Japanese |
Date of birth | January 1,5659 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3658945 |
Kūkai Life story
Kūkai, born Saeki no Mao, posthumously called Kōbō Daishi, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism. He travelled to China, where he studied Tangmi under the monk Huiguo.