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Shōkū (証空 November 30 1177 – December 24 1247) sometimes called Seizan (西山) was a disciple of Hōnen founder of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect. Shōkū later succeeded another disciple of Hōnen Jōhen as the head of a former Shingon Buddhist temple Eikandō established a separate branch of Jōdo-shū called the Seizan branch (after its namesake) and completed the transition of Eikandō from a Shingon temple into a Jōdo shū one.
