About Ryōan Keigo
Lived 1425 – 1514 (aged 88–89). Ryōan Keigo was a Japanese diplomat and buddhist monk.
was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and diplomat in the Muromachi period. He was the chief envoy of a 1511–1513 mission sent by the Ashikaga shogunate to the court of the Zhengde Emperor in Beijing.
Tofuku-ji abbot In 1486, the Rinzai monk Keigo was the 171st abbot of the Tofuku-ji monastery when the honorific title "Ryōan" was conferred by Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado. and Yoshizumi conferred the further honorific title "Butsunichi Zenji," perhaps with the intention of impressing the Chinese.
Year Sender Envoys Chinese monarch Comments 1511-1513 Yoshitane Keigo Zhengde Party of 600; returned with Zhengde tallies; returned leftover tallies from the Jingtai and Chenghua eras.
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Who was Ryōan Keigo?
Japanese diplomat
When was Ryōan Keigo born?
Ryōan Keigo was born in 1425.
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Ryōan Keigo died in 1514.
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Ryōan Keigo was a diplomat and buddhist monk.
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Ryōan Keigo was Japanese.
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