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Shimozuma Chūkō
Japanese monk
Shimozuma Nakataka (下間仲孝) (1551-1616) was a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest within Hongan-ji.
The comings and goings of the temple were administered by Nakataka. At the same time in which Hongan-ji Kennyo fought against Oda Nobunaga, he led the defenses in the siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji.
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