Muso Kokushi
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Born: | 1275 |
Place of birth: | Japan |
Died: | 1351 |
Religion: | Zen Buddhism |
School(s): | Rinzai |
Title(s): | Roshi |
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Muso Kokushi (c. 1275—1351) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen priest of the Muromachi period that helped Ashikaga shogunate Takauji construct a network of Zen monasteries across Japan. This helped to create a national religious movement, and solidify the shogun's power. He was an abbot at Zenrinji and Tenryuji.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Marra, Michael F (2001). A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics. University of Hawaii Press, p. 72. ISBN 0824820770.
- ^ Sansom, George Bailey (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press, p. 102. ISBN 0804705259.
- ^ Marra, Michele (1993). Representations of Power: The Literary Politics of Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press, p. 40. ISBN 0824815564.
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