Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries. Pew ...

One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...

Buddhism enjoyed the strong support of both samurai and commoners. Such new cultural traditions as the tea ceremony became popular. The arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century forced the ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference ... This short film is suitable for teaching history at KS3 and KS4/GCSE in England, Wales ...

The first Japanese recorded to have set foot in Tibet was a monk, in 1900, seeking a purer version of Buddhism than the one in his homeland. What remained unclear was the route Ekai Kawaguchi ...

Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from ... in the context of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China.

This is a sponsored story, created and edited exclusively by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Tokyo Updates website. Buddhism is one of Japan's leading religions, second only to Japan's native ...

Japan has a long history. Archaeological evidence shows that people have ... society moved from an interest in foreign things to native ones, from elite Buddhism to religion for the common people, and ...