Kūkai
774–835
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
poet · philosopher · lexicographer
Born in Zentsū-ji Temple
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Kūkai:
- Charlemagne (742–814)
- Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850)
- Abu Nuwas (756–814)
- Harun al-Rashid (766–809)
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815)
- Ādi Shankara (788–820)
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