{"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Japan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736311", "qid": "Q736311", "description": "traditions of Buddhism popular in Japan", "entries": 66, "years": 63, "span": [364, 1317], "span_label": ["364 CE", "1317 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 27}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 16}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 12}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "nara-nara", "label": "Nara, Nara", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-shomu", "label": "Emperor Shōmu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "zen", "label": "Zen", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "empress-suiko", "label": "Empress Suiko", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "honshu", "label": "Honshu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sui-dynasty", "label": "Sui dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia", "label": "Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ad-767", "label": "AD 767", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 364, "year_label": "364 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Huiguo, Chinese Buddhist nun (d. 433)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332420284#Births", "title": "364", "revid": 1332420284, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 552, "year_label": "552 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Buddhism in Japan is introduced, according to the Nihon Shoki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800166#Asia", "title": "552", "revid": 1340800166, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 586, "year_label": "586 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Japanese Buddhism comes under attack as a \"foreign\" religion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748798#Religion", "title": "586", "revid": 1364748798, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 587, "year_label": "587 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Shigisan: The Soga clan, which has intermarried with the royal Yamato clan, fights the Mononobe and Nakatomi clans over influence in selecting a new successor for the Japanese throne, after Emperor Yōmei dies. The Soga favor importing Buddhism from the Asian mainland, described there as the religion of the most civilized. The Mononobe and Nakatomi hold that Buddhism would be an affront to the gods. The Soga win the civil war and Sushun, age 66, becomes the 32nd emperor of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756380#Asia", "title": "587", "revid": 1364756380, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 593, "year_label": "593 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Empress Suiko begins a long reign during a pivotal period, in which Buddhism influences the development and culture of Japan. She is the first female ruler and the first to receive official recognition from China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755561#Asia", "title": "593", "revid": 1364755561, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Empress Suiko issues the \"Flourishing Three Treasures Edict\", officially recognizing the practice of Buddhism in Japan. She begins diplomatic relations with the Sui dynasty (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Asia", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dōshō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 700)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Births", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Hōryū-ji, a Japanese Buddhist temple, burns to the ground after being hit by lightning; its reconstruction is immediately begun.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Religion", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 689, "year_label": "689 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Rōben, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 773)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350231931#Births", "title": "689", "revid": 1350231931, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 697, "year_label": "697 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A festival, for the opening of the eyes of Buddhist images, is held in Yakushi-ji Temple in Japan (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361010652#Religion", "title": "697", "revid": 1361010652, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 700, "year_label": "700 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 772)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806781#Births", "title": "700", "revid": 1340806781, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 736, "year_label": "736 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Rōben, scholar-Buddhist monk, invites Shinshō to give lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra at Kinshōsen-ji (later Tōdai-ji); this event is considered to be the roots of the Kegon school of Buddhism founded in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809679#Asia", "title": "736", "revid": 1340809679, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Japanese authorities decree that Buddhist temples should be established throughout the country (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Religion", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gyōki, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 668)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Deaths", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Emperor Shōmu abdicates the throne, after a 25-year reign that has been dominated by his wife (and aunt), Kōmyō, a commoner he married at age 16. He is succeeded by his daughter Kōken; Shōmu becomes the first retired emperor to become a Buddhist priest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Japan", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 752, "year_label": "752 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Shōmu (retired since 749) takes part in the dedication ceremony of the Great Buddha, (15 metres) at Tōdai-ji in Nara (Japan), and declares himself a Buddhist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809787#Religion", "title": "752", "revid": 1340809787, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 767, "year_label": "767 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 822)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350246348#Births", "title": "AD 767", "revid": 1350246348, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 772, "year_label": "772 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 700)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487792#Deaths", "title": "772", "revid": 1359487792, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 773, "year_label": "773 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rōben, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 689)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369635460#Deaths", "title": "773", "revid": 1369635460, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 835)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Births", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 784, "year_label": "784 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Japanese begin a war against the Ainu, in the north, on the main island of Honshu. Emperor Kanmu wishes to be free from the influence of the Buddhist monasteries around Nara (then called Heijō), and moves the capital to Nagaoka, ending the Nara period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848263#Asia", "title": "784", "revid": 1340848263, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Enryaku-ji temple complex is founded by Saichō, a Buddhist monk, on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu (Japan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Religion", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 797, "year_label": "797 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Shinshō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 873)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358611998#Births", "title": "797", "revid": 1358611998, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 804, "year_label": "804 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, travels in a government-sponsored expedition to China, in order to learn more about the Mahavairocana Sutra. He brings back texts of Shingon (Esoteric Buddhism).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076299#Asia", "title": "804", "revid": 1267076299, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Hōzen-ji Temple is founded in Wakakusa, Nakakoma District, Japan (now Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture). The temple follows the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Asia", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 822, "year_label": "822 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074664#Deaths", "title": "822", "revid": 1267074664, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 824, "year_label": "824 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Zenpuku-ji, one of the oldest Tokyo temples, is founded by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kūkai.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361215157#Japan", "title": "824", "revid": 1361215157, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 835, "year_label": "835 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 774)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352237336#Deaths", "title": "835", "revid": 1352237336, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 876, "year_label": "876 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Seiwa abdicates the throne, in favor of his 7-year-old son Yōzei. Seiwa becomes a Buddhist priest; he appoints Fujiwara no Mototsune as regent (sesshō), who assists the child emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070562#Japan", "title": "876", "revid": 1267070562, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 930, "year_label": "930 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Emperor Daigo of Japan, being fatally ill, abdicates in favor of his 7-year-old son Suzaku, after a 33-year reign. He enters the Buddhist priesthood, but dies shortly after. Former Emperor Uda (Daigo's father), remains the power behind the Japanese throne (until 931).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919313#Asia", "title": "930", "revid": 1364919313, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kōkei, Japanese Buddhist monk (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Births", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 984, "year_label": "984 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Emperor En'yū abdicates the throne in favor of his 16-year-old son Kazan after a 15-year reign. En'yū retires and becomes a Buddhist priest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908618#Japan", "title": "984", "revid": 1341908618, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 998, "year_label": "998 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Byōdō-in Temple (located in Yamashiro Province) is built during the Heian Period on orders of Fujiwara no Michinaga, who uses the Buddhist temple as a countryside retreat villa (modern-day Kyoto Prefecture).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365593041#Japan", "title": "998", "revid": 1365593041, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 1052, "year_label": "1052 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350127696#Religion", "title": "1052", "revid": 1350127696, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1095, "year_label": "1095 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kōgyō-Daishi, Japanese Buddhist priest (d. 1143)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365264485#Births", "title": "1095", "revid": 1365264485, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Chōgen, Japanese Buddhist monk (kanjin) (d. 1206)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Births", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1126, "year_label": "1126 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Tokiko, Japanese Buddhist nun (d. 1185)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368526441#Births", "title": "1126", "revid": 1368526441, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1162, "year_label": "1162 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Benchō, Japanese Buddhist patriarch (d. 1238)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184511#Births", "title": "1162", "revid": 1369184511, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1202, "year_label": "1202 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Enni, Japanese Buddhist monk and teacher (d. 1280)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187490#Births", "title": "1202", "revid": 1369187490, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1203, "year_label": "1203 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sengaku, Japanese Buddhist monk and writer (d. 1273)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187440#Births", "title": "1203", "revid": 1369187440, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1207, "year_label": "1207 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Hōnen and his followers of the Pure Land sect are persecuted and exiled to remote parts of Japan, while a few are executed, for what the government considers heretical Buddhist teachings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348494398#Asia", "title": "1207", "revid": 1348494398, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1207, "year_label": "1207 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Jakuen, Japanese Buddhist monk and scholar (d. 1299)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348494398#Births", "title": "1207", "revid": 1348494398, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1212, "year_label": "1212 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 29", "text": "February 29 – Hōnen, Japanese Buddhist reformer (b. 1133)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354428304#Deaths", "title": "1212", "revid": 1354428304, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1221, "year_label": "1221 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nisshō, Japanese Buddhist priest and teacher (d. 1323)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363300593#Births", "title": "1221", "revid": 1363300593, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1223, "year_label": "1223 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Unkei, Japanese Buddhist monk and sculptor (b. 1150)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336497375#Deaths", "title": "1223", "revid": 1336497375, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1227, "year_label": "1227 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Mujū Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1312)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488499#Births", "title": "1227", "revid": 1367488499, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1232, "year_label": "1232 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Myōe, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 1173)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489153#Deaths", "title": "1232", "revid": 1367489153, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1234, "year_label": "1234 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ippen (or Zuien), Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1289)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364989988#Births", "title": "1234", "revid": 1364989988, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1238, "year_label": "1238 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Benchō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 1162)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337076438#Deaths", "title": "1238", "revid": 1337076438, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1243, "year_label": "1243 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Awaji Nichiken, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1338)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489265#Births", "title": "1243", "revid": 1367489265, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1245, "year_label": "1245 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nichirō, Japanese Buddhist disciple and scholar (d. 1320)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355852673#Births", "title": "1245", "revid": 1355852673, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1247, "year_label": "1247 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Shōkū, Japanese Buddhist disciple (b. 1177)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480331#Deaths", "title": "1247", "revid": 1362480331, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1253, "year_label": "1253 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nikō, Japanese Buddhist monk and disciple (d. 1314)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362664638#Births", "title": "1253", "revid": 1362664638, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1253, "year_label": "1253 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist monk, declares his intent to preach the Lotus Sutra and Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō as the true Buddhism, thus founding Nichiren Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362664638#Asia", "title": "1253", "revid": 1362664638, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1256, "year_label": "1256 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 13", "text": "June 13 – Tankei, Japanese Buddhist sculptor (b. 1173)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350995211#Deaths", "title": "1256", "revid": 1350995211, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1264, "year_label": "1264 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nichiin, Japanese Buddhist monk and disciple (d. 1329)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334426011#Births", "title": "1264", "revid": 1334426011, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1269, "year_label": "1269 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nichizō, Japanese Buddhist monk and disciple (d. 1342)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343645386#Births", "title": "1269", "revid": 1343645386, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1271, "year_label": "1271 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, is arrested by a band of soldiers and nearly beheaded. This incident, known as Hosshaku Kenpon or \"casting off the transient and revealing the true,\" is regarded as a turning point of Nichiren's teachings within the various schools, known as Nichiren Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320596#Asia", "title": "1271", "revid": 1351320596, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1277, "year_label": "1277 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Meihō Sotetsu, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1350)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362646784#Births", "title": "1277", "revid": 1362646784, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1282, "year_label": "1282 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359685493#Deaths", "title": "1282", "revid": 1359685493, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1283, "year_label": "1283 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Yoshida Kenkō, Japanese Buddhist monk and writer (d. 1350)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347549431#Births", "title": "1283", "revid": 1347549431, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1289, "year_label": "1289 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ton'a (or Tonna), Japanese Buddhist poet and writer (d. 1372)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332007955#Births", "title": "1289", "revid": 1332007955, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1291, "year_label": "1291 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In Japan the temple of Nanzen-ji at Kyoto is established by Emperor Kameyama. This temple becomes one of the most important religious schools within the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism and includes multiple sub-temples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363454369#Asia", "title": "1291", "revid": 1363454369, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1299, "year_label": "1299 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Akashi Kakuichi, Japanese Buddhist monk and musician (d. 1371)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349939019#Births", "title": "1299", "revid": 1349939019, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1300, "year_label": "1300 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kangan Giin, Japanese Buddhist scholar and Zen Master (b. 1217)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363832742#Deaths", "title": "1300", "revid": 1363832742, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1317, "year_label": "1317 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Nitchō, Japanese Buddhist monk, cleric and scholar (b. 1252)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368785088#Deaths", "title": "1317", "revid": 1368785088, "section": "Deaths"}}]}