Tags: Religious.

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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birth date
1121-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Kyoto
death date
1206-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Tōdai-ji, Nara Nara
location
Tōdai-ji, Nara Nara
nationality
Japanese people
successor
Eisai
title
Todaiji reconstruction great Kanjin Dai-Osho(great monk)

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