Portrait: Kūkai
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Kūkai (774–835)

Lexicographer, linguist, poet, calligrapher · Japan · Zentsū-ji Temple – Mount Kōya

Also known as: 空海, 教海, 如空, 空海, 空海上人, お大師さん

Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)

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