eisai

Updated: January 23, 2026

Thus encouraged, the priests worked with conspicuous zeal, and by men like Mongaku, Jugen, Eisai, and their comrades not only were many imposing fanes erected and many images cast, but also roads were opened, harbours constructed, and bridges built.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era