Shinshō (Shingon)

Japanese Buddhist monk (797–873)

Shinshō (真紹) (797–873) was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Shingon sect and founder of the Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji in Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto).

He studied Vajrayana \- or Esoteric - buddhism under Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) at the Tō-ji and became the third master of Shingon in 843. Rising to a higher position in the Tō-ji in 847, he then founded the Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji in 853.

## References

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* Frederic, Louis (2002). "Shinsho." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

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