Tendai Buddhist monks

was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Japanese Tendai school of Buddhism. He was awarded the posthumous title of Dengyō Daishi (伝教大師).

was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.

, better known in Japan by his posthumous name, Jikaku Daishi (), was a priest of the Tendai school of Buddhism in Japan, and its third .

thumb|Sōjō Henjō by Kanō Tan'yū, 1648

'''''' (814–891) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism and Chief Abbot of Mii-dera at the foot of Mount Hiei. After succeeding to the post of Tendai , in 873, a strong rivalry developed between his followers and those of Ennin's at Enryaku-ji (note: Ennin had died in 864).

Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021)

thumb|right|250px|Statue of Kūya by Kōshō (sculptor)|Kōshō, son of [[Unkei, at , Kyoto, dating to the first decade of the thirteenth century and an Important Cultural Property. The six Chinese characters of the nembutsu, 南無阿弥陀仏 (na-mu-a-mi-da-butsu), are represented by six small figures of Amitābha streaming from Kūya's mouth. He walks as if on a pilgrimage, holding a staff topped with an antler and striking a gong. Similar statues, all of the Kamakura period and Important Cultural Properties, may be found at in Kyoto, in Ehime Prefecture and in Shiga Prefecture. There are a number of related

Japanese astronomer (1053-1140)

(1632–1695) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period. He was born in Mino Province (present-day Gifu Prefecture) and is famous for carving thousands of wooden statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons, many of which were given in payment for lodging on his pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan.

Titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk

right|300px|thumb|Seated Jie Daishi, a portrait sculpture of Ryōgen, owned by [[Kongōrin-ji temple in Aishō, Shiga. Designated an Important Cultural Property.]] right|300px|thumb|Ryōgen is known generally by the names of Ganzan Daishi (left) or Tsuno Daishi (right). The figure of Tsuno Daishi (Horned Great Master) is said to be a portrait of him subjugating vengeful ghosts

right|thumb|, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. , also known as the , was a Japanese Tendai monk and waka poet of the late-Heian period. He became chief prelate of the Enryaku-ji temple in Kyoto, and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Almost fifty of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he produced a private collection of poetry.

right|thumb|, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.

thumb|Portrait painting of Tenkai by Kimura Ryotaku (Rinnoji temple)

Japanese poet and nobleman

Japanese samurai and statesman

daimyo

Shinkei (心敬, 1406 – 14 May 1475) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet (tanka and renga poetry).

Ryōnin (良忍, 1072–1132) was a Tendai Buddhist monk in the late Heian period and the founder of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect.

Japanese monk

was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Tendai school. He was a scholar, editor and a literary critic.

was a Japanese poet and Buddhist monk of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.