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Yoshida Kenko, who became a recluse in 1324, is counted among the "four kings" of Japanese poetry Ton-a, Joben, Keiun, and Kenko. He has been called the "Horace of Japan." These three authors were all pessimistic. They reflected the tendency of the time. The earliest Buddhist sect established in Japan was the Hosso.
But the first sect of any importance the Hosso that resulted from this movement does not seem to have risen above the level of idolatry and polytheism.
Gembo, during a sojourn of two years at the Tang Court, studied the tenets of the Hosso sect, which, like the Sanron, constituted one of the five sects originally introduced into Japan. Returning in 736, he presented to the Emperor Shomu five thousand volumes of the Sutras, together with a number of Buddhist images, and he was appointed abbot of the celebrated temple, Kofuku-ji.
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