(6866) Kukai ＝ 1992 CO
    Discover 1992 Feb. 12 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
    Named for Kouboudaishi Kukai (774-835), Buddhist priest who was born in
Zentsugi on Shikoku Island. He went to China to study Buddhism. After returning
to Japan he established 88 temples on Shikoku Island and the temple on Kouya
Mountain.

　高野山奥の院

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