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Musō Soseki — born 1275, exact day unknown
On 2027-01-01, remember the birth of Musō Soseki (b. 1275), the founder of Kinkaku-ji.
Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligrapher, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi , an honorific conferred on him by Emperor Go-Daigo. His mother was the daughter of Hōjō Masamura (1264–1268), seventh Shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate.
Recurring annual commemoration. Source: Wikipedia / Wikidata.
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