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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kobo Daishi canonical	11
Kōbō Daishi	2
Daishi	1

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 ⓘ Kobo Daishi ⓘ surface form: Kōbō Daishi
associatedWith	Shingon Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Koyasan Shingon-shu Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex ⓘ surface form: Mount Koya To-ji Temple ⓘ
birthDate	774 ⓘ
birthName	Kukai ⓘ
birthPlace	Sanuki Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kagawa Prefecture ⓘ surface form: present-day Kagawa Prefecture
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
deathDate	835 ⓘ
deathPlace	Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex ⓘ surface form: Mount Koya
education	studied in Tang China ⓘ
era	Heian period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Japanese ⓘ
founderOf	Shingon Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Shingon esoteric Buddhism Shingon Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Shingon school of Buddhism
honoraryTitle	Kobo Daishi self-link ⓘ
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 (14)

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

Shikoku → pilgrimageAssociatedWith → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

To-ji → associatedWith → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage → associatedWith → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi

Kobo Daishi → alsoKnownAs → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kōbō Daishi

Kobo Daishi → honoraryTitle → Kobo Daishi self-link ⓘ

Kukai → name → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

subject surface form: Kūkai

Kukai → title → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

subject surface form: Kūkai

this entity surface form: Daishi

Kūkai → name → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

Koyasan Okunoin → associatedWith → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

Koyasan Okunoin → dedicatedTo → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

Ten Stages of the Development of Mind → author → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

Chisan-ha → venerates → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

To-ji Temple → associatedMonk → Kobo Daishi ⓘ

subject surface form: To-ji

Huiguo → notableStudent → Kobo Daishi ⓘ