Background
Ushio Nakanishi was born in 1859.
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Ushio Nakanishi
Edit Profile牛郎 中西
also known as
Sozan
adviser religionist deputy director chief priest
Education
In 1888 he went to the United States for further studies on Buddhism.
Career
He established Shinsui Gijuku private school after his graduation.
After returning to Japan from his studies in the US, he was appointed deputy director of the Bungakuryo School of the Honganji Temple in Kyoto, headquarters of the Shinshii Sect. After that he became a newspaper writer and then an adviser to the Government-General of Formosa.
In 1927, he became a vice-chief priest of the Fuso Sect of Shintoism and subsequently its chief priest.
