Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1133
- Died
- 1212
- Works
- 28
Top works
- 法然, 一遍
- 法然上人集
- 選擇本願念佛集
- An anthology of the teachings of Honen Shonin
- Hōnen shōnin zenshū
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Hōnen (法然)
- Religious biography.image
- Takanobu-no-miei.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Portrait of Honen by Fujiwara Takanobu, 12th Century
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Seishimaru
- Religious biography.alias
- Genkū (源空)
- Religious biography.birth_date
- May 13 (April 7), 1133
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kume, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Religious biography.death_place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Jōdo-shū school of Pure Land Buddhism
- Religious biography.lineage
- Tendai, Sammon lineage
- Religious biography.title
- Founder of Jōdo-shū
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Chion-in Temple
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Jōdo-shū
- Image
- Takanobu-no-miei.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hōnen
- date of birth
- 1133-05-13
- date of death
- 1212-02-29
- name in kana
- ほうねん
- name in native language
- 法然
- birth name
- 勢至丸
- pseudonym
- 源空
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