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Dōkyō (道鏡, 700 – May 13, 772) was a ****anese monk who rose to
power through the
favor of
Empress Kōken (Empress Shōtoku) and
became a Daijō-daijin Zenji...
- is said to have
become close to a monk
without a
noble background,
named Dōkyō, by 762.
Their precise relationship remains a mystery,
although there is...
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Dōkyō Etan (Shoju Rojin, "The Old Man of Shōju Hermitage") (1642–1721) was a ****anese
Rinzai Zen monk, and the prin****l
teacher of
Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)...
- Nakamaro. When the
retired empress came to
favor a
Buddhist faith healer named Dōkyō,
Nakamaro rose up in arms in 764 but was
quickly crushed. Kōken charged...
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divine message claiming Dōkyō was to be the next
emperor after Empress Kōken (later
Empress Shōtoku). This
report angered Dōkyō, who used his influence...
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Confucian Church Old Text
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Taoism Qigong Zhong Gong
Quanzhen School ("School...
- Nara was
abandoned after only 70
years in part due to the
ascendancy of
Dōkyō and the
encroaching secular power of the
Buddhist institutions there. Kyoto...
- the
Imperial house during the
middle Nara period.
During the 760s, monk
Dōkyō tried to
establish his own
dynasty with the aid of
Empress Shōtoku, but...
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possibly fell in love with a monk
named Dōkyō, and may have had
plans to make him her heir. Yet when she died,
Dōkyō fell from
power and was exiled. Empress...
- and
takes the name Shōtoku. She
appoints her
close ****ociate, the
priest Dōkyō,
prime minister (taishi),
running the
government with him.
Nakamaro is captured...
