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Eisai
was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. In 1191, he introduced this Zen approach to Japan, following his trip to China from 1187 to 1191, during which he was initiated into the Linji school by the master Hsü an. It is also said that he popularized green tea in Japan, following this same trip. He was also the founding abbot of Shōfuku-ji and Kennin-ji, two of the earliest Zen temples in Japan. He is often known simply as Eisai/Yōsai Zenji (栄西禅師), literally "Zen master Eisai".
Michael I Komnenos Doukas
despot of Epirus
Hōjō Tokimasa
1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138-1215)
Guiraut de Bornelh
troubadour (c. 1138 – 1215)
Rurik Rostislavich
grand prince of Kyiv
Esclarmonde of Foix
Cathar Perfect
Sicard of Cremona
Italian historian
Otto I
Dutch bishop
Manfred II of Saluzzo
Marquess of Saluzzo
Jacopino della Scala
Italian merchant and politician
Aldobrandino I d'Este
marquis of Este and Ferrara (1190-1215)
Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Harawi
Persian traveller and poet
Tālivaldis
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Jalal al-Din Ali
malik of Bamiyan
Shareef Zandani
Indian Sufi Saint
Amice
Countess of Rochefort and suo jure countess of Leicester