Background
Ryogen was born in in Omi Province, Shiga Prefecture in 912. His family name was Kizu.
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He became the 18th head priest at the Enryakuji Temple on Mountain Hiei (966). He stayed in that position for some 20·years, during which he added many towers and other temple buildings to the Enryakuji, changing its appearance completely.
He was appointed Archbishop (981). He was granted the posthumous name of Jikei Daish by the Court. He was also called Gansan Daishi and revered as a restorer of the Tendai Sect.
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In 960 he drew up a set of regulations in twenty-six sections that were designed to put an end to the drinking, brawling, and other forms of immoral conduct that had begun to appear among the members of the religious community. Rydgen thus worked to restore the Tendai sect to its original purity and prestige, but at the same time, because of his connections with the aristocracy, he made it more difficult for persons of humble birth who entered the clergy to rise to high ecclesiastical position.
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