{"slug": "shingon-buddhism", "label": "Shingon Buddhism", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550182", "qid": "Q550182", "description": "school of Buddhism in Japan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [796, 1155], "span_label": ["796 CE", "1155 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 796, "year_label": "796 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Tō-ji, a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect, is established in Kyoto, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907018#Religion", "title": "796", "revid": 1364907018, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"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": 940, "year_label": "940 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Narita-san (\"New victory temple\"), a Shingon Buddhist temple, is founded in Chiba (Japan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512049#Religion", "title": "940", "revid": 1341512049, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kenkai, Japanese Shingon Buddhist monk (d. 1155)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Births", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1155, "year_label": "1155 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Kenkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 1107)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359485841#Deaths", "title": "1155", "revid": 1359485841, "section": "Deaths"}}]}