Kukai

E281645

Kūkai was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, and calligrapher who founded the Shingon (Esoteric) school of Buddhism in Japan during the early Heian period.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kōbō Daishi 48
Kukai canonical 13
弘法大師 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist patriarch ⓘ
Heian-period person ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
founder of a Buddhist school ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Esoteric Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana

Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Mount Kōya ⓘ
Tō-ji ⓘ
linked to: To-ji
birthYear 774 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
culture Japanese ⓘ
deathYear 835 ⓘ
era early Heian period ⓘ
founded Shingon school of Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Shingon Buddhism

Shingon-shū ⓘ
linked to: Shingon Buddhism
honorificName 弘法大師 ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
influenced Japanese Esoteric Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Shingon Buddhism

Japanese calligraphy ⓘ
Japanese poetry ⓘ
Japanese religious culture ⓘ
knownFor excellence in calligraphy ⓘ
founding Shingon (Esoteric) Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
poetry in Classical Chinese and Japanese ⓘ
promoting mantra and ritual practice ⓘ
systematizing Esoteric Buddhist doctrine in Japan ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ
name Kobo Daishi ⓘ
Kūkai ⓘ
nativeName 空海 ⓘ
notableWork Benkenmitsu nikyō ron ⓘ
Sokushin jōbutsu gi ⓘ
Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ
occupation Buddhist monk ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
placeOfActivity Japan ⓘ
Mount Kōya ⓘ
Tō-ji Temple ⓘ
linked to: To-ji Temple
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousSchool Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
teacherOf Shingon disciples ⓘ
title Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kobo Daishi
veneratedIn Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Shingon Buddhism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

To-ji → associatedWith → Kukai ⓘ
Kobo Daishi → alsoKnownAs → Kukai ⓘ
Kobo Daishi → birthName → Kukai ⓘ
Kūkai → honorificName → 弘法大師 ⓘ
subject linked to: Kukai
linked to: Kukai
Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) → dedicatedTo → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) → mainDeity → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Kūkai → honorificName → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Kūkai → posthumousName → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 2: Gokurakuji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Kumadaniji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
subject linked to: Temple 8: Kumadaniji
linked to: Kukai
Temple 9: Hōrinji → hasAssociatedFigure → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 10: Kirihataji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 72: Mandaraji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 3: Konsenji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 21: Tairyuji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 61: Kōonji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 61: Kōonji → dedicatedTo → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 81: Shiromineji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 26: Kongōchōji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 27: Kōnomineji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 34: Tanemaji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 62: Hōjuji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Onzanji → dedicatedTo → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
subject linked to: Temple 18: Onzanji
linked to: Kukai
Ryūkōji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
subject linked to: Temple 41: Ryūkōji
linked to: Kukai
Temple 83: Ichinomiyaji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 24: Hotsumisakiji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 24: Hotsumisakiji → foundedBy → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 35: Kiyotakiji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 44: Daihōji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 85: Yakuriji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Sokushin jōbutsu gi → author → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Sokushin jōbutsu gi → associatedPerson → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Shōrai mokuroku → hasAuthor → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Shōrai mokuroku → attributedTo → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 38: Kongōfukuji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 38: Kongōfukuji → linkedTraditionallyTo → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 36: Shōryūji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 45: Iwayaji → foundedBy → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 46: Jōruriji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 28: Dainichiji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 58: Senyūji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
True Word School → hasFounderTitle → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Mount Kōya → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai
Temple 75: Zentsūji → associatedWith → Kōbō Daishi ⓘ
linked to: Kukai