Chōgen (monk)
Chōgen (重源) (1121-1206), also known as Shunjōbō Chōgen (俊乗坊重源), was a Japanese Buddhist monk. From 1181 he devoted twenty-five years of his life to the endowment and rebuilding of Tōdai-ji after its destruction in war.
Chōgen | |
|---|---|
| Title | Tōdai-ji reconstruction great Kanjin, Dai-Osho(great monk) |
| Personal | |
| Born | Kino Shigesada 1121 |
| Died | 1206 Nara, Tōdai-ji |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Shunjobo |
| Occupation | Responsible person for the reconstruction of Buddha statue at Todaiji |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Tōdai-ji, Nara |
| Successor | Myonan Eisai as Dai-Kanjin |
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