Genbō
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thumb|right|Genbō in prayer (List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)|NT) ([[Kōfuku-ji)]]
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- Zendera no obanzai shiki no zen
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Kanzeon-ji Temple
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Hossō-shū
- Image
- Kofukuji Monastery Hosso Patriarchs of Nanendo I (407).jpg
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- date of death
- 0746-07-15
- name in native language
- 玄昉
- Commons category
- Genbo
- date of birth
- 0650-00-00
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thumb|right|Genbō in prayer (List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)|NT) ([[Kōfuku-ji)]]
was a Japanese scholar-monk and bureaucrat of the Imperial Court at Nara. He is best known as a leader of the Hossō sect of Buddhism and as the adversary of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Genbō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.