Shōkū
Japanese Buddhist Monk
Died when: 70 years 24 days (840 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Shōkū (証空, November 30, 1177 – December 24, 1247), sometimes called Seizan (西山), was a disciple of Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect.
Shōkū later succeeded , another disciple of Hōnen, as the head of a former Shingon Buddhist temple, Eikandō, established a separate branch of Jōdo-shū called the Seizan branch (after its namesake), and completed the transition of Eikandō from a Shingon temple into a Jōdo shū one.
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