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Also Known As Jōsai Daishi • Keizan • Taiso
Born November 13, 1268 • Japan
Died September 22, 1325 (aged 56) • Japan
Founder Sōji Temple
Nichiren
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Taishi Shōtoku: ink drawing
Taishi Shōtoku
Japanese regent and author
Shōmu
emperor of Japan
Ennin
Buddhist priest
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Japanese shogun
Watsuji Tetsurō
Japanese philosopher and historian
Hakuin
Buddhist priest
Dōgen
Japanese Buddhist monk
Anezaki Masaharu
Japanese scholar
Dōkyō
Japanese Buddhist priest
Toba Sōjō
Japanese artist and priest
Dōshō
Japanese Buddhist priest
Portrait of Daidō Ichii by Kichizan with a laudatory inscription by Shōkai Reiken (not reproduced here), hanging scroll, ink on paper; in the Nara National Museum, Japan
Kichizan
Japanese painter
Rennyo
Rennyo
Japanese Buddhist patriarch
Ryōnin
Japanese Buddhist leader
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
Japanese businessman
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Tsutsumi Seiji
Japanese businessman