Kukai

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Buddhist patriarch Heian-period person Japanese Buddhist monk calligrapher founder of a Buddhist school poet scholar

Kūkai was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, and calligrapher who founded the Shingon (Esoteric) school of Buddhism in Japan during the early Heian period.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kōbō Daishi 43
Kukai canonical 10
弘法大師 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist patriarch ⓘ
Heian-period person ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
founder of a Buddhist school ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Esoteric Buddhism

Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Heian-kyō

Mount Kōya ⓘ
To-ji ⓘ
surface form: Tō-ji
birthYear 774 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
culture Japanese ⓘ
deathYear 835 ⓘ
era early Heian period ⓘ
founded Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Shingon school of Buddhism

Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Shingon-shū
honorificName Kukai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 弘法大師
influenced Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism

Japanese calligraphy ⓘ
Japanese poetry ⓘ
Japanese religious culture ⓘ
knownFor excellence in calligraphy ⓘ
founding Shingon (Esoteric) Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
poetry in Classical Chinese and Japanese ⓘ
promoting mantra and ritual practice ⓘ
systematizing Esoteric Buddhist doctrine in Japan ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ
name Kobo Daishi ⓘ
Kūkai ⓘ
nativeName 空海 ⓘ
notableWork Benkenmitsu nikyō ron ⓘ
Sokushin jōbutsu gi ⓘ
Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ
Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ
surface form: Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
occupation Buddhist monk ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
placeOfActivity Japan ⓘ
Mount Kōya ⓘ
To-ji Temple ⓘ
surface form: Tō-ji Temple
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousSchool Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
teacherOf Shingon disciples ⓘ
title Kobo Daishi ⓘ
surface form: Daishi
veneratedIn Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Shingon Buddhism ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

To-ji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
Kobo Daishi → alsoKnownAs → Kukai ⓘ
Kobo Daishi → birthName → Kukai ⓘ
Kukai → honorificName → Kukai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kūkai
this entity surface form: 弘法大師
Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) → dedicatedTo → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) → mainDeity → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Kūkai → honorificName → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Kūkai → posthumousName → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 2: Gokurakuji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 8: Kumadaniji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
subject surface form: Kumadaniji
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 9: Hōrinji → hasAssociatedFigure → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 10: Kirihataji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 72: Mandaraji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 3: Konsenji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 21: Tairyuji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 61: Kōonji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 61: Kōonji → dedicatedTo → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 81: Shiromineji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 26: Kongōchōji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 27: Kōnomineji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 34: Tanemaji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 62: Hōjuji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 18: Onzanji → dedicatedTo → Kukai ⓘ
subject surface form: Onzanji
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 41: Ryūkōji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
subject surface form: Ryūkōji
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 83: Ichinomiyaji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 24: Hotsumisakiji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 24: Hotsumisakiji → foundedBy → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 35: Kiyotakiji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 44: Daihōji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 85: Yakuriji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Ten Stages of the Development of Mind → author → Kukai ⓘ
Sokushin jōbutsu gi → author → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Sokushin jōbutsu gi → associatedPerson → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Shōrai mokuroku → hasAuthor → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Shōrai mokuroku → attributedTo → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 38: Kongōfukuji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 38: Kongōfukuji → linkedTraditionallyTo → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 36: Shōryūji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 45: Iwayaji → foundedBy → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 46: Jōruriji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 28: Dainichiji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 58: Senyūji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
True Word School → hasFounderTitle → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Mahavairocana Tantra → influenced → Kukai ⓘ
Dainichi-kyo → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
Womb Realm Mandala → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
Womb Realm Mandala → introducedToJapanBy → Kukai ⓘ
Diamond Realm Mandala → introducedToJapanBy → Kukai ⓘ
Mount Kōya → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi
Temple 75: Zentsūji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi