Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō
Sannō Shintō(山王神道) was a syncretic shinto group with elements from Tendai buddhism of Enryaku-ji Temple. Sannō(山王) means“King of the Mountain,”, is a common name of the guardian deity of Tendai Buddhism.The roots of the Shintō-Buddhist amalgamation(Shinbutsu-shūgō) that developed the belief in Sannō can be traced back to the early Heian period, when Buddhist monks regard a number of Shinto deities (''kami'') as guardian of Buddhism. From the beginning of the Kamakura period (1192–1333), theories of that were formulated. The most important of the syncretic schools to emerge were Sannō and Ryōbu Shintō(:ja:両部神道, 両部神道). Its early modern doctrines that concern Tōshō-gū(東照宮) are specially distinguished as Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō(山王一実神道) or Ichijitsu Shintō(一実神道). Sannō Shintō no longer exists Tendai doctrine allowed Japanese Buddhists to Syncretism, reconcile Buddhist teachings with the native religious belie ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Tendai
, also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just ''Hokkeshū''), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō. The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to prominence during the Heian period (794–1185). It gradually eclipsed the powerful Hossō school and competed with the rival Shingon school to become the most influential sect at the Imperial court. By the Kamakura period (1185–1333), Tendai had become one of the dominant forms of Japanese Buddhism, with numerous temples and vast landholdings. During the Kamakura period, various monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools such as Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Nichiren-shū and Sōtō Zen. The destruction of the head temple of Enryaku-ji by Oda Nobunaga in 1571, as well as the geographic shift of the capital away from ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]