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Koya

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Koya , peak, 2,858 ft (871 m) high, S Honshu, Japan. On its summit is a Buddhist monastery, founded in 816. The monastery has 120 temples and is visited by more than a million pilgrims annually. The peak is also known as Koyasan. Author not available, KOYA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Kukai
...July 27, 774, Byobugaura, Japan—died April 22, 835, Mount Koya) Japanese Buddhist saint and founder of the Shingon school. Born...and services for the dead. In 816 he built a temple on Mount Koya, and he helped to establish the Shingon sect as one of the most... Read more
Kukai
...the emperor. In 816 he founded the Kongobuji monastery on Mt. Koya, S of Kyoto. Kukai is famous as a calligrapher and is said to...combination with Chinese characters, Japanese is written. Mt. Koya is still a center of pilgrimage, and there is a folk belief that... Read more

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