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[[File:Sakurai-keitoku.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Sakurai Keitoku in the cemetery of Hômyô-in temple]]
*''Born: [[1834]]''
*''Born: [[1834]]''
*''Died: [[1885]]''
*''Died: [[1885]]''
*''Japanese'': 櫻井敬徳 ''(Sakurai Keitoku)''
*''Japanese'': 櫻井敬徳 ''(Sakurai Keitoku)''
Sakurai Keitoku was head priest of [[Homyo-in|Hômyô-in]] in the early [[Meiji period]].
Sakurai Keitoku was head priest of the [[Miidera]] branch temple [[Homyo-in|Hômyô-in]] (in [[Otsu|Ôtsu]], [[Shiga prefecture]]) in the early [[Meiji period]].
He is known for his support of the Americans [[Ernest Fenollosa]] and [[William Sturgis Bigelow]], who received monastic names from Keitoku in [[1885]]. Keitoku died later that year.
He is known for his support of the Americans [[Ernest Fenollosa]] and [[William Sturgis Bigelow]], who received monastic names from Keitoku in [[1885]]. Keitoku died later that year.