Shinran was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Lan
Shinran (ICP) (Nara National Museum)
Statue of Shinran Shonin in Kyōto
A scroll depicting part of the life of Shinran
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Kenjōdo Shinjitsu Kyōgyōshō Monrui, often abbreviated to Kyōgyōshinshō, is the magnum opus of Shinran Shonin, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect, Jōdo Shinshū. The title is often translated as