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*''Born: [[794]]''
*''Died: [[864]]''
*''Other Names'': 慈覚大師 ''(Jikaku Daishi)''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 円仁 ''(Ennin / Yuan jen)''
Ennin was a prominent [[Tendai]] Buddhist monk of the [[Heian period]]. A direct disciple of the founder of Tendai in Japan, [[Saicho|Saichô]], Ennin is known for his journey to China, and is credited with the establishment of numerous major temples.
He departed Japan for China as part of [[kentoshi|a formal embassy]] in [[838]], arriving at [[Mt. Wutai]], the most famous Buddhist site in China, in [[840]]. He settled in the Imperial capital of [[Chang'an]] for a time, but was expelled in [[845]] as anti-Buddhist sentiment gained favor in the Court; he returned to Japan in [[847]]. Following his return, he penned an account entitled "The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law."
Temples Ennin is credited with founding include the [[Enryaku-ji]] at [[Mt. Hiei]]; the [[Kodaiju-in|Kôdaiju-in]] in [[Hiraizumi]], which he established in [[850]] and which was later re-established as the famous [[Chusonji|Chûson-ji]]; and [[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] in [[Edo]], originally established in [[645]], but significantly restored and re-established by Ennin.
Along with Tendai founder [[Saicho|Saichô]], Ennin posthumously became in [[866]]/7 one of the first to be honored with the title "Daishi," meaning "Great Teacher."
After his death, rivalries between his temple of Enryaku-ji, and [[Mii-dera]], founded by [[Enchin]], deepened, with each temple desiring to serve as the singular chief Tendai temple in Japan. His and Enchin's factions came to be known as [[Jimon and Sanmon]], respectively.
A stone inscription referring to Ennin was discovered at the Fawang Temple in the Chinese city of Dengfeng in 2010. Along with an inscription related to [[I no Manari]] (aka Sei Shinsei) found in [[Xi'an]], this is one of only a very few artifacts found in China which serve as concrete, explicit evidence of the Japanese ''kentôshi'' embassies to [[Tang Dynasty]] China.
==References==
*Watanabe Nobuyuki 渡辺延志, "''[http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY201007100161.html Kentôshi Ennin ashiato Chûgoku de hakken]''" 「遣唐使「円仁」足跡 中国で発見」, Asahi Shimbun, 10 July 2010.
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 240.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
*''Died: [[864]]''
*''Other Names'': 慈覚大師 ''(Jikaku Daishi)''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 円仁 ''(Ennin / Yuan jen)''
Ennin was a prominent [[Tendai]] Buddhist monk of the [[Heian period]]. A direct disciple of the founder of Tendai in Japan, [[Saicho|Saichô]], Ennin is known for his journey to China, and is credited with the establishment of numerous major temples.
He departed Japan for China as part of [[kentoshi|a formal embassy]] in [[838]], arriving at [[Mt. Wutai]], the most famous Buddhist site in China, in [[840]]. He settled in the Imperial capital of [[Chang'an]] for a time, but was expelled in [[845]] as anti-Buddhist sentiment gained favor in the Court; he returned to Japan in [[847]]. Following his return, he penned an account entitled "The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law."
Temples Ennin is credited with founding include the [[Enryaku-ji]] at [[Mt. Hiei]]; the [[Kodaiju-in|Kôdaiju-in]] in [[Hiraizumi]], which he established in [[850]] and which was later re-established as the famous [[Chusonji|Chûson-ji]]; and [[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] in [[Edo]], originally established in [[645]], but significantly restored and re-established by Ennin.
Along with Tendai founder [[Saicho|Saichô]], Ennin posthumously became in [[866]]/7 one of the first to be honored with the title "Daishi," meaning "Great Teacher."
After his death, rivalries between his temple of Enryaku-ji, and [[Mii-dera]], founded by [[Enchin]], deepened, with each temple desiring to serve as the singular chief Tendai temple in Japan. His and Enchin's factions came to be known as [[Jimon and Sanmon]], respectively.
A stone inscription referring to Ennin was discovered at the Fawang Temple in the Chinese city of Dengfeng in 2010. Along with an inscription related to [[I no Manari]] (aka Sei Shinsei) found in [[Xi'an]], this is one of only a very few artifacts found in China which serve as concrete, explicit evidence of the Japanese ''kentôshi'' embassies to [[Tang Dynasty]] China.
==References==
*Watanabe Nobuyuki 渡辺延志, "''[http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY201007100161.html Kentôshi Ennin ashiato Chûgoku de hakken]''" 「遣唐使「円仁」足跡 中国で発見」, Asahi Shimbun, 10 July 2010.
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 240.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
