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Kukai(also Kobo-Daishi)
Born: 774 AD
Died: 835 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Died: 835 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Japanese Buddhist priest and scholar
invented hiragana script
founded Shingon sect of Buddhism
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