Chōgen, 1121?-1195?
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Name (Latin)
Chōgen, 1121?-1195?
Other forms of name
Amidabutsu, 1121?-1195?
Jūgen, 1121?-1195?
Namu Amidabutsu, 1121?-1195?
Shunjōbō, 1121?-1195?
Date of birth
1121
Date of death
1206-07-12
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Kobayashi, T. Shunjōbō ...
- Tokuji no Shunjōbō Chōgen, 1986:p. 149, etc. (b. Hoan 2 (1121); d. 6/5/Kenʼei 1 (1206), age 86)
- Dai jinmei j.(Chōgen; also Shunjōbō, Namu Amidabutsu; Jōdoshū priest; d. Kenkyū 6 [1195] in his 70's, or Kenʼei 1, age 86)
- Bukkyō daijii(Chōgen; also Shunjō, Amidabutsu; d. 6/6/Kenkyū 6 in his 70's)
- Rosenfield, J.M. Portraits of Chōgen, 2011:p. 19 (b. 1121?; d. 1206)
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Todaiji Monastery Portrait of Chogen (427)
Imperial Japanese Commission to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Public domain
File:南無阿弥陀仏作善集 (Namu-Amidabutsu Sazenshū).jpg
Memoir of Chōgen; I created the file, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Chōgen (重源) (1121-1206), also known as Shunjōbō Chōgen (俊乗坊重源), was a Japanese Buddhist monk. From 1181 he devoted twenty-five years of his life to the endowment and rebuilding of Tōdai-ji after its destruction in war.
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