Glossary: Shoutoku Taishi

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Shoutoku Taishi (聖徳太子)
574 - 622

A great intellectual of his era, Prince Regent Shoutoku was an admirer of Chinese culture and Confucianism and established a centralized Japanese government during his reign. He was also a patron of Buddhism, and commissioned several temples, such as the Shitennou Temple and the Chougosonshi Temple.