Shinran
Japanese monastic
Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino at the turbulent close of the Heian Period and lived during the Kamakura Period. Shinran was a pupil of Hōnen and the founder of what ultimately became the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Japanese... Wikipedia
Born: May 21, 1173, Heian-kyō, Japan
Died: January 16, 1263 (age 89 years), Kyōto
Place of burial: Otani Hombyo Temple (Mausoleum of Shinran), Kyoto, Japan
Children: Zenran, Shinrembo Myoshin, and Kakushin-ni
Parents: Hino Arinori and Kikko Arinori
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