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About Kakusan-ni
Kakusan-ni, also known as Kakusan Shidō (覚山志道), was a Japanese Buddhist nun and widow of Hōjō Tokimune (1251–1284), the eighth Shikken regent of the Kamakura shogunate. She was the founding abbess of Tōkei-ji temple in Kamakura, noted for its long history as a refuge for women seeking divorce from their husbands. Her many other names included Lady Horiuchi and the posthumous name of Chōon’in.
Everything about Kakusan-ni →- Occupation
- Buddhist nun
- Born
- August 10, 1252
- Died
- November 15, 1306