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Prince Shōtoku
semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)

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 Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.

Hōnen
Shōren-in Temple
is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism. It is also known as the . Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1942.
Rokkaku-dō Temple
right|thumb|from the picture album "Kannon Reigen ki"
thumb|right|Prince Shōtoku at the Rokkaku-dō. Scene from the Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子絵伝), Muromachi period
Tsukinowa-dera Temple
thumb|upright=1.0|Tsukinowadera