Background
Shoso was born in 1366 in Shimo-osa (Chiba Prefecture), Japan. His childhood name was Tokuju-Maru.
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also known as
Tokuju-Maru
Career
He initiated into priesthood at the Myokenji Temple of the Shingon Sect in Chiba, when he was a boy; converted to the Jodo Sect by Priest Shokei at the age of 19. He preached in many provinces before he founded the Zojoji Temple and became the eighth-generation head of the Chinzei branch of the Jodo Sect.
