Genshin

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Heian-period monk Japanese Buddhist monk Pure Land Buddhist religious writer

Genshin was a 10th-century Japanese Buddhist monk whose influential writings and teachings helped shape the development and popularization of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan.

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Label	Occurrences
Genshin canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Heian-period monk ⓘ Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ Pure Land Buddhist ⓘ religious writer ⓘ
associatedDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
doctrineEmphasized	faith in Amitābha Buddha ⓘ nembutsu practice ⓘ
era	Heian period ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Pure Land thought religious practice ⓘ
genre	Buddhist doctrinal writing ⓘ religious treatise ⓘ
impact	contributed to popular religious practice among laypeople in Japan ⓘ helped shape later Japanese Pure Land schools ⓘ
influenced	development of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan ⓘ popularization of Pure Land devotion in Japan ⓘ
influencedBy	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
knownFor	systematizing Pure Land practices in Japan ⓘ vivid depictions of hells and Pure Land ⓘ
languageOfWork	Classical Chinese ⓘ Classical Japanese ⓘ
movement	Pure Land movement in Japan ⓘ
notableWork	Senchakushū ⓘ surface form: Ōjōyōshū
occupation	Buddhist monk ⓘ author ⓘ theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Pure Land
placeOfActivity	Japan ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
roleInTradition	early systematizer of Pure Land thought in Japan ⓘ
tradition	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

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Pure Land Buddhism → keyFigure → Genshin ⓘ