Musō Soseki
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1275 – 1351
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Who was Musō Soseki?
Musō Soseki was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, a honorific conferred to him by Emperor Go-Daigo. His mother was the daughter of Hōjō Masamura, seventh Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate.
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- Born
- 1275
Ise - Also known as
- Muso Soseki
- Muso Kokushi
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Nationality
- Japan
- Died
- Oct 20, 1351
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on July 23, 2013
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