Kobo Daishi

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Buddhist scholar Japanese Buddhist monk calligrapher cultural figure of Japan engineer esoteric Buddhist master founder of a Buddhist school poet religious leader

Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.

Aliases (1)

Kōbō Daishi ×2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist scholar → Japanese Buddhist monk → calligrapher → cultural figure of Japan → engineer → esoteric Buddhist master → founder of a Buddhist school → poet → religious leader →
alsoKnownAs	Kukai → Kōbō Daishi →
associatedWith	Koyasan Shingon-shu → Mount Koya → To-ji Temple →
birthDate	774 →
birthName	Kukai →
birthPlace	Sanuki Province NERFINISHED → present-day Kagawa Prefecture →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	835 →
deathPlace	Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture → Mount Koya →
education	studied in Tang China →
era	Heian period →
ethnicGroup	Japanese →
founderOf	Shingon esoteric Buddhism → Shingon school of Buddhism →
honoraryTitle	Kobo Daishi →
influenced	Japanese Buddhism → Japanese calligraphy → Japanese culture →
knownFor	contributions to Japanese calligraphy → designing irrigation projects → establishing Mount Koya as a monastic center → introducing esoteric Buddhism to Japan → philanthropic works → promoting the use of kana syllabary → systematizing Shingon doctrine →
language	Classical Chinese → Classical Japanese →
notableWork	Shōrai mokuroku → Sokushin jōbutsu gi → Ten Stages of the Development of Mind →
pilgrimageAssociated	Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage →
posthumousTitleYear	921 →
religion	Buddhism →
religiousSchool	Shingon Buddhism →
studiedUnder	Huiguo →
teacherOf	Shingon esoteric practices →
titleGrantedBy	Emperor Daigo →
veneratedAs	saint in Japanese Buddhism →
veneratedAt	Koyasan Okunoin →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ("Kōbō Daishi") → To-ji →	associatedWith
Kobo Daishi ("Kōbō Daishi") →	alsoKnownAs
Kobo Daishi →	honoraryTitle
Shikoku →	pilgrimageAssociatedWith