Kūkai
Also recorded as Kukai · Kōbō Daishi · Kobo Daishi · Kuukai
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0
Biography
Recorded at birth as 佐伯眞魚.
Also worked under the name 教海, 如空 and 空海.
Born in 774, died in 835.
sur le site des 13 bouddhas (Shiroyama-chō, Kagoshima)
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert
sur le site des 13 bouddhas (Shiroyama-chō, Kagoshima)
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert
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