Background
Takiguchi Nyudo was born about 1180. He was the son of Shigeyori.
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Nyudo Takiguchi
Edit Profileニュ度 滝口
also known as
Tokiyori Saito
Career
Frustrated in love he renounced the world and became a monk, first at the Ojoin Temple and later at the Saijo-shin-in Temple on Mt. Koya. His piety earned him the name of Saint Koya. He wrote a romance which was made into a famous novel, Takiguchi Nyudo, by Chogyii Takayama.
Connections
Legend has it that he fell madly in love with Yokobue, a maid of the Imperial Court and wanted to marry her. It is said the maid never forgot him and that he died peacefully in her arms.
