Kūkai
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Buddhist philosopher
Heian period person
Japanese Buddhist monk
Japanese religious leader
calligrapher
esoteric Buddhist master
founder of religious school
poet
scholar
Kūkai was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, and founder of the Shingon (esoteric) school of Buddhism, revered as one of Japan’s most important religious figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kūkai canonical | 104 |
| Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) | 2 |
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist philosopher
ⓘ
Heian period person ⓘ Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ Japanese religious leader ⓘ calligrapher ⓘ esoteric Buddhist master ⓘ founder of religious school ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Mount Kōya
ⓘ
surface form:
Kōyasan
Mount Kōya ⓘ Tō-ji Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 774 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| deathYear | 835 ⓘ |
| emphasizedPractice |
mandala visualization
ⓘ
mantra recitation ⓘ mudra ⓘ |
| era | Heian period ⓘ |
| founded |
Shingon Esoteric Buddhism in Japan
ⓘ
Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form:
Shingon school of Buddhism
|
| honorificName |
Kukai
ⓘ
surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
|
| influenced |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
Japanese calligraphy ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ |
| introducedToJapan |
Esoteric Buddhist rituals
ⓘ
Sanskrit seed syllables (bīja) ⓘ mandala-based practice ⓘ |
| knownFor |
calligraphy
ⓘ
founding Shingon Buddhism in Japan ⓘ philosophical writings ⓘ poetry ⓘ promoting mantra and ritual practice ⓘ systematizing esoteric Buddhist doctrine ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| name |
Kobo Daishi
ⓘ
Kūkai self-link ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | sokushin jōbutsu (attaining Buddhahood in this very body) ⓘ |
| pilgrimageAssociated | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sanuki Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mount Kōya ⓘ |
| posthumousName |
Kukai
ⓘ
surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
|
| receivedTransmissionOf |
Vajrayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Esoteric Buddhism
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| role | imperial advisor on Buddhist matters ⓘ |
| studied | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Huiguo ⓘ |
| title | Daishi ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Tang dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Tang China
|
| veneratedAs | one of Japan’s most important religious figures ⓘ |
| veneratedAt | Kōyasan temples ⓘ |
| wrote |
Benkenmitsu nikyō ron
ⓘ
Sokushin jōbutsu gi ⓘ Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ The Meaning of Sound, Word, and Reality ⓘ Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ
surface form:
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
|
Referenced by (106)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ryōzenji
subject surface form:
Kumadaniji
this entity surface form:
Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi)
subject surface form:
Ōkuboji
subject surface form:
Ōkuboji