Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Anezaki Masaharu: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Anezaki Chōfū • Anesaki Masaharu • Anesaki Chōfū
Born July 25, 1873 • Kyōto • Japan
Died July 23, 1949 (aged 75) • Atami • Japan
Subjects Of Study Nichiren • Buddhism • Japanese religion • Kirishitan • religion
Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Edgar Quinet
French historian and poet
default image
Jacob van Maerlant
Dutch poet
Statue of Nichiren at Myoren-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, standing with one arm raised, surrounded by blooming cherry blossom trees.
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
default image
Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
default image
Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Taishi Shōtoku: ink drawing
Taishi Shōtoku
Japanese regent and author
default image
Shōmu
emperor of Japan
default image
Ennin
Buddhist priest
default image
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk
default image
Arai Hakuseki
Japanese statesman
default image
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Japanese shogun
default image
Watsuji Tetsurō
Japanese philosopher and historian
default image
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Japanese feudal lord
default image
Sugawara Michizane
Japanese scholar and statesman
default image
Keizan Jōkin
Buddhist priest
default image
Hakuin
Buddhist priest
Tokutomi Sohō.
Tokutomi Sohō
Japanese author
default image
Dōkyō
Japanese Buddhist priest
default image
Toba Sōjō
Japanese artist and priest
default image
Dōshō
Japanese Buddhist priest

Related Quizzes

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
History Buff Quiz