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Eisai
荣西 zh 栄西 ja
Japanese monk
- Dated 15 December 1141 CE – 1 August 1215 CE
- Also called Myoan Eisai, Minnan Eisai, 1141-1215, Myōan Yōsai, 1141-1215
Overview
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 1
Eisai Japanese monk Taught 2
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
- Named as founder
Rinzai school
one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism - Named as founder
Kennin-ji Temple
building in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Shōfuku-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Jufuku-ji Temple
building in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Named as founder
Kongō Sanmai-in Temple
Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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