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Jakumetsu

 
 

(fl. c.1235)

A Japanese monk who was involved in the opening of the tomb of the renowned Nara period monk Gyōgi (668-749) and the discovery of the latter's epitaph. This was subsequently sent on to the capital and has become an important documentary source for the study of Nara Buddhism.

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