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* ''Born: [[767]]''

* ''Born: [[767]]''

* ''Died: [[822]]''

* ''Died: [[822]]''

* ''Posthumous Name: Dengyo Daishi''

* ''Posthumous Name: Dengyô Daishi''

* Japanese: 最澄 ''(Saichou)''; 伝教大師　''(Dengyou daishi)''

Saicho (known ) was a monk who left the 'Urban Buddhism' of Nara to become a recluse on Mt. Hiei, where he built a small shrine in [[788]]. He was sent by the [[emperor Kammu]] with the Japanese Ambassador to China, [[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]].   

Saichô was the founder of the [[Tendai]] sect of Buddhism.

 

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]].   

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