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Kegon school in Japan and received the support of emperor Shōmu. Kegon would become known as one of the Nanto Rikushū (南都六宗) or "Six Buddhist Sects of

The Kegon Engi Emaki (華厳縁起) or Kegon-shū Sōshi Eden (華厳宗祖師絵伝) ("Illuminated scrolls from the founders of the Kegon Sect"; also translated as "Illustrated

successor. Calligraphy and painting: The Kegon Engi Emaki, the illustrated history of the founding of the Kegon sect, is an excellent example of the popularizing

Japanese and English, explained why Tōdai-ji, as headquarters of the Kegon sect of Buddhism, was soliciting funds in this way. The English version declared

of daily life. The Kegon Engi Emaki, painted around 1218–1230, illustrates the legend of two Korean monks who founded the Kegon sect in their country in

syncretized with Hossō) Sanron (Mādhyamaka – historical) Hossō (Yogācāra) Kegon (Huayen syncretized with Shingon) Heian period schools (Esoteric) Tendai

Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line. The Eastern Pagoda Compound became a Kegon sect temple centered on the pagoda and a Kannon-do, which housed a famous statue

(689–773), also known as Ryōben, was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kegon sect, and clerical founder of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture

Nihon-ji was visited in the Nara period by Rōben (689–774), a monk of the Kegon sect and founder of the Tōdai-ji in Nara, and later by Kūkai (774–835), founder

it has been owned by the Jōdo-shū sect since the Genroku Period. Initially, the temple belonged to the Kegon sect; then it became a Pure Land temple