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Kūkai

Born on July 27, AD 774

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Kūkai (空海; Japanese pronunciation:, 27 July 774 – 22 April 835), born Saeki no Mao (佐伯眞魚) posthumously called Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師;, lit. 'the Grand Master Who Propagated the Dharma'), was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism.

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