Doto - Doto

Japanese: 道登 - どうとう

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A monk from the Asuka period. He is said to have come from Eman's family in Yamashiro (Kyoto). He may have been a monk studying abroad in Goguryeo, as he appears to be a "student of Korean descent." He is also said to have traveled to China and studied the Three Treatises under Kiszo. In August of the 1st year of the Taika era (645), he was selected as one of the Ten Masters. According to the Ujibashi Danpei monument and Nihon Ryōiki, in the same year, he built the Uji Bridge in Yamashiro. In February of the 1st year of the Hakuchi era (650), when a white pheasant was presented from Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture), he reported to the emperor that the white pheasant was an auspicious symbol, and as a result, the era name was changed to Hakuchi. <References> Nihon Shoki

(Toshiaki Wakai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

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飛鳥時代の僧。山背(京都)の恵満の家より出たという。「高麗学生」とみえることから高句麗留学僧か。入唐して吉蔵に三論を学んだともいう。大化1(645)年8月,十師の一員に選ばれる。同2年には山背の宇治橋を架橋したと「宇治橋断碑」や『日本霊異記』にみえる。白雉1(650)年2月の長門国(山口県)の白雉献上に際しては,天皇に白雉が祥瑞であると上表し,それによって白雉と改元されたという。<参考文献>『日本書紀』

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