honchi-suishaku

Updated: May 28, 2025

From that moment the triumph of Buddhism was secured." *Developments of Japanese Buddhism, by the Rev. A. Lloyd. The doctrine was called honchi-suishaku. Kobo Daishi is the most famous of all Japanese Buddhist teachers; famous alike as a saint, as an artist, and as a calligraphist.

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