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* Japanese: 最澄 ''(Saichou)''; 伝教[[大師]] ''(Dengyou daishi)''
* Japanese: 最澄 ''(Saichou)''; 伝教[[大師]] ''(Dengyou daishi)''
Saichô was the founder of the [[Tendai]] sect of Buddhism.
Saichô was the founder of the [[Tendai]] sect of Buddhism in Japan.
A monk who left the urban Buddhism of [[Nara]] to become a recluse on [[Mt. Hiei]], he built a small shrine in [[788]]. He was sent by the [[Emperor Kammu]] with a Japanese embassy to China under [[Fujiwara Kadonomaro]], to study in China in [[804]]. He returned in [[805]] to found the Tendai Lotus sect of Japanese Buddhism. His small monastery, the [[Enryaku-ji]], on Mt. Hiei was enlarged, and grew steadily in power and influence over the centuries, until it was nearly eradicated by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1571]].
A monk who left the urban Buddhism of [[Nara]] to become a recluse on [[Mt. Hiei]], he built a small shrine in [[788]]. He was sent by the [[Emperor Kammu]] with a Japanese embassy to China under [[Fujiwara Kadonomaro]], to study in China in [[804]]. He returned in [[805]] to found the Tendai Lotus sect of Japanese Buddhism. His small monastery, the [[Enryaku-ji]], on Mt. Hiei was enlarged, and grew steadily in power and influence over the centuries, until it was nearly eradicated by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1571]].
