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Born 629 • Japan
Died 700 (aged 71) • Japan
Founder Hossō
Subjects Of Study Hossō
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
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Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
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Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Taishi Shōtoku: ink drawing
Taishi Shōtoku
Japanese regent and author
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Shōmu
emperor of Japan
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Ennin
Buddhist priest
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Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Japanese shogun
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Watsuji Tetsurō
Japanese philosopher and historian
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Keizan Jōkin
Buddhist priest
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Hakuin
Buddhist priest
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Anezaki Masaharu
Japanese scholar
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Dōkyō
Japanese Buddhist priest
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Toba Sōjō
Japanese artist and priest
Portrait of Daidō Ichii by Kichizan with a laudatory inscription by Shōkai Reiken (not reproduced here), hanging scroll, ink on paper; in the Nara National Museum, Japan
Kichizan
Japanese painter
Rennyo
Rennyo
Japanese Buddhist patriarch
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Ryōnin
Japanese Buddhist leader
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Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-born actress
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Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
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Momofuku Ando
Japanese executive
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Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect