...|Jôdo shû]] (Pure Land) Buddhism to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. He took the tonsure at age 14, taking the monastic name Taichû Ryôtei, and then traveled to a
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...i]] in [[1580]]. He changed his name to Ryûzan in [[1582]] and took up the tonsure but remained active in court life. Following the death of Nobunaga and dest
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...other [[Minamoto no Michitomo]], who had adopted him. Young Dôgen took the tonsure and became a monk at the age of 13.
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...es, and left court to be away from her, entering a monastery, she took the tonsure as well in order to follow him.
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...or altering that body; the Buddhist custom of shaving the head (taking the tonsure, to enter the monastic lifestyle) runs counter to this. Mouzi explains away
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Taking the tonsure and entering [[Jobonrendaiji|Jôbonrendai-ji]] in Kyoto as a monk, he chang
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...inamoto]] shôgun in [[1192]]), Masako took up a nun's habit, accepting the tonsure from the priest Gyôyû in [[1199]]. She by no means retired from politics,
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...[samurai]] to ever be named ''[[daijo daijin|daijô daijin]]''. He took the tonsure the following year, retiring to his palace at Kinkaku-ji (aka Rokuon-in) in
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...however, Shimazu Yoshihisa submitted to Hideyoshi's authority, taking the tonsure and formally surrendering at Taihei-ji<!--泰平寺--> in [[Satsuma Sendai]
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...Neo-Confucian scholar [[Ichio Genshin|Ichiô Genshin]], and Bunshi took the tonsure, taking on the monastic name Genshô.
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...ving himself from the lordly succession due to poor health, and taking the tonsure in [[1797]], Hôitsu took on the monastic name Monsen Kishin, and set himse
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...which Yoshiyasu and his wife [[Soshi Sadako]] ([[1661]]-[[1713]]) took the tonsure.<ref>Clements, 610.</ref>
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...[649]], all of the other concubines who had not bore him children took the tonsure and became nuns; Wu somehow managed to remain at (or return to) Court, and
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...rent mothers. Of those who did not succeed him as ''tennô'', most took the tonsure, becoming ''[[monzeki]]'' (門跡) abbots or abbesses of prominent Buddhist
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...ill in [[1168]] and formally retired from official service; he took the [[tonsure]], becoming a lay-monk and taking the name Jôkai. He retained considerable
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...anese poetry. In [[1796]], he was called to official service, and took the tonsure shortly afterwards, continuing to write and to study medicine. Sequels to h
Nankei took the [[tonsure]] on [[1796]]/5/11, adopting the Buddhist name Baisen<!--梅仙-->, turning
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...in [[1422]] by his son, [[Kanze Motomasa]]. That same year, he took the [[tonsure]], and began conveying his secrets to his sons more fully. In [[1429]], Zea
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Takahisa took the [[tonsure]] in [[1566]], making Yoshihisa head of the Shimazu clan at that time. Yosh
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