Korean descent. Gyōki became a monk at Asuka-dera, a temple in Nara, at the age of 15 and studied under Dōshō as one of his first pupils. Gyōki studied Yogacara...
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The Kanpyō Gyoki (寛平御記, Imperial diary of the Kanpyō era) or Uda tennō gyoki (宇多天皇御記, Imperial diary of Emperor Uda) is a diary written in variant Chinese...
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Japanese maps (section Gyōki-zu maps)
reign (聖武天皇, 701–756), maps known as Gyōki-zu (行基図), named for the high priest Gyōki (高僧, 668–749), were developed. Gyōki himself served as a civil engineer...
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(洪隠山西芳寺). The temple, primarily constructed to honor Amitābha, was founded by Gyōki and later restored by Musō Soseki. In 1994, Saihō-ji was registered as a...
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the University of Tokyo. His doctoral dissertation was "Nittō guhō junrei gyōki: Ennin's Diary of His Travels in T'ang China, 838–847," a study and translation...
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between prince Ōama and princess Nukata are recorded in Man'yōshū. The monk Gyōki, one of the founders of Japanese Buddhism, is born in the Ōtori District...
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claims to have been founded in 725 AD by the wandering priest/miracle-worker Gyōki, who carved a 2.8 meter statue of Fudō Myō-ō in bas-relief on a tuff cliff-face...
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founded on the order of Empress Kōken in 729 and consecrated by the monk Gyōki. In 1586, however, the temple was temporally shut down in the fire caused...
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build this temple were raised in part by the influential Buddhist monk Gyōki, and once completed it was used by the Chinese monk Ganjin as an ordination...
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of the Tenpyō era) at the request of Gyōki, a Buddhist priest. According to the temple records, the priest Gyōki received an oracle from a shrine, Sagami...
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the 87th site of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The history starts in 739 when Gyōki visited the site during his journeys around Shikoku. Kūkai conducted rituals...
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Tokiwai family (常磐井家, Tokiwai-ke) was founded by a son of Konoe Tadahiro, Gyōki (尭熈), who was the lead Buddhist monk of Senju-ji, and he took the family...
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members of the lower classes. The Fusō Ryakki includes a hymn composed by Gyōki extolling the virtues of the Buddhist dharma, which is a valuable tool for...
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founded in what is now Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City by the itinerant priest Gyōki. Little is known about relations between these Japanese frontiersmen and...
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protection expanded in 2005. According to the Gyōki Nenpu (行基年譜), a Kamakura period semi-apocryphal biography of Gyōki, the famed priest established the temple...
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were used for the original purposes. The most famous Kanjin monks included Gyōki (668 - 749) of the Nara period, Kūya (903 - 972) and Engyō (? - 1004- ?)...
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Kōyasan sect and dedicated to Shaka Nyorai. Said to have been founded by Gyōki during the Tenpyō era, its buildings are more recent replacements after...
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musical rhythm and dance to his prayers, known as odori nembutsu. Like Gyōki, he is said to have performed works for the public benefit such as building...
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level of instability during this period. According to legend, the monk Gyōki went to Ise Grand Shrine to reconcile Shinto with Buddhism. He spent seven...
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Kadena, glamour model and actress Emperor Nintoku, the 16th Emperor of Japan Gyōki, Japanese Buddhist priest of the Nara period Ikkyū, Zen Buddhist monk and...
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temple legend, Chōkoku-ji was founded by either the wandering holy ascetic Gyōki around 725 AD, or the famed prelate Kūkai from 810-835 AD. However, no historical...
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Remembrance Buddhist hagiography in early Japan: images of compassion in the Gyōki tradition By Jonathan Morris Augustine, page 108 Cultural Contacts between...
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Transcriptions Revised Hepburn gyōki...
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Kokuseki-ji temple claims to have been established by the Buddhist priest Gyōki in a mountainous area to the east of the Kitakami River in what is now Mizusawa...
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Temple (the head temple of the Benten sect in Gojo City, Nara Prefecture, Gyoki Bodhisattva is said to have been carved in the Nara period) Enoshima Shrine...
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temple story, Ohashi Kannon-ji was founded in the early 8th century by Gyōki, who traveled around Japan to preach to commoners. The temple precincts...
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founded as the Hossō sect temple of Shinpuku-ji by the wandering priest Gyōki in 715 AD. It was burned down by Oda Nobunaga in 1560 and subsequently rebuilt...
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attributes the foundation of Sakunami Onsen to the wandering Buddhist priest Gyōki in 721 AD In the early Kamakura period. The Azuma Kagami records that Minamoto...
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field is rarely presented on other Gyōki-type maps. Also, the map lacks inter-provincial highways that are typical of Gyōki-type maps. Scholars draw attention...
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main image is of Amida Nyorai. The temple is said to have been founded by Gyōki. Heian period seated wooden statue of Amida Nyorai (Important Cultural Property)...
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