page_title: Ekai Kawaguchi
hierarchical_section_title: Ekai Kawaguchi
caption_attribution_description: English: Ekai Kawaguchi just before leaving Japan
context_page_description: Ekai Kawaguchi was a Japanese Buddhist monk, famed for his four journeys to Nepal, and two to Tibet, being the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel in either country.
context_section_description: Ekai Kawaguchi (河口慧海, Kawaguchi Ekai) (February 26, 1866 – February 24, 1945) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, famed for his four journeys to Nepal (in 1899, 1903, 1905 and 1913), and two to Tibet (July 4, 1900–June 15, 1902, 1913–1915), being the first recorded Japanese citizen to travel in either country.
caption: Ekai Kawaguchi just before leaving Japan c. 1891
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