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Tradition Institution Buddhist traditions
Tendai
日本天台宗 zh 天台宗 ja
School of Mahayana Buddhism from Japan
- Dated from 806 CE
- Also called Tendai-shū
Branches
Recorded as a branch of
Tendai School of Mahayana Buddhism from Japan
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Overview
school of Mahayana Buddhism from JapanWikidata record description. Read Tendai in the Wikipedia reader.
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Founders
Begin with a figure
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Eisai15 December 1141 CE – 1 August 1215 CE · Japanese monk -
Saichō15 September 767 CE – 26 June 822 CE · Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Japanese Tendai school -
Jien17 May 1155 CE – 28 October 1225 CE · Japanese poet -
Ennin793 CE – 24 February 864 CE · Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864) -
Genshin942 CE – 12 July 1017 CE · Japanese Buddhist monk -
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Enchin8 April 814 CE – 4 December 891 CE · Buddhist monk and founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism -
Jakucho Setouchi15 May 1922 CE – 9 November 2021 CE · Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021)
Places and sites
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Enryaku-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan -
Sanjūsangen-dō Temple
Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Chūson-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Iwate Prefecture, Japan -
Rinnō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan -
Hōkō-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Seiganto-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Mōtsū-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Iwate Prefecture, Japan -
Yama-dera Temple
Buddhist temple in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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Place Engyō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan -
Place Fudarakusan-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Place Hōjū-ji Temple Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Acala in Higashiyama-ku, Japan -
Place Kan'ei-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Japan -
Place Fuki-ji Temple Building in Oita Prefecture, Japan -
Place Kita-in Temple Buddhist temple in Saitama Prefecture, Japan -
Place Sanbutsu-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Tottori Prefecture, Japan -
Place Shōren-in Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Taisan-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan -
Place Dōjō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Place Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Rokkaku-dō Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, said to have been established by Prince Shōtoku, the name comes from its main hall's hexagonal shape, temple is part of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage -
Place Sanzen-in Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Sugimoto-dera Temple Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Nikaidō, Japan -
Place Yoshimine-dera Temple Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan -
Place Chōhō-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Place Manshu-in Temple Anglican priest -
Place Nison-in Temple Building in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -
Place Rozan-ji Temple Tendai Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku -
Place Tachibana-dera Temple Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara, Japan -
Place Tennō-ji Temple Building in Tokyo, Japan -
Place Arako Kannon Temple Buddhist temple in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya -
Place Daisen-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Tottori Prefecture, Japan -
Place Jindai-ji Temple Temple of Tendai Buddhism in Tokyo, Japan -
Place Kannon-in Temple Buddhist temple in Tottori Prefecture, Japan -
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Place Kanzeon-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan -
Place Kiyomizu-dera Temple Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan -
Place Myōhō-in Temple Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Samantabhadra in Higashiyama-ku, Japan -
Place Nōfuku-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan -
Place Saimyō-ji Temple Building in Kora, Shiga Prefecture, Japan -
Place Shinshōgokuraku-ji Temple Japanese Buddhist temple -
Place Chōju-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Konan, Shiga prefecture, Japan -
Place Chūzen-ji Temple Building in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan -
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Place Jion-ji Temple (Saitama) Buddhist temple in Saitama city, Japan -
Place Kabusan-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, Japan -
Place Kongōrin-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan -
Place Kōzen-ji Temple Buddhist temple -
Place Ōya-ji Temple Buddhist temple in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan -
Place Ryūsen-ji Temple Building in Shimo-Meguro, Tokyo, Japan -
Place Shinano Kokubun-ji Temple Buddhist temple in in Ueda, Nagano prefecture, Japan
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