Shunjo

• Born: 1166
• Died: 1227
• Other Names: Gazen

Shunjô, also known as Gazen, was a monk of the Ritsu sect traditionally credited with being the first to introduce the Neo-Confucian thought of Zhu Xi to Japan.

He lived in China from 1199 until 1211.

References

• Robert Morrell, "Zeami's Kasuga Ryûjin (Dragon God of Kasuga), or Myôe Shônin," Early Kamakura Buddhism: A Minority Report, Asian Humanities Press (1987), 103.