Hyeja
Sign in to saveHyeja (Japanese: ) was the first priest who came across the sea from Goguryeo to Japan in the Asuka period, 595. He was a tutor of Buddhism to Shōtoku Taishi.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Goguryeo
- Place of birth
- Goguryeo
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Work location
- Asuka-dera Temple
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- date of death
- 0622-00-00
- date of birth
- 0550-00-00
- student
- Prince Shōtoku
- time period
- Asuka period
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Hyeja (Japanese: ) was the first priest who came across the sea from Goguryeo to Japan in the Asuka period, 595. He was a tutor of Buddhism to Shōtoku Taishi.
He propagated Buddhism in Japan. He lived at Hōkō-ji (法興寺 Hōkō temple), currently Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺 Asuka temple), with priest Esō who came from Baekje. They were called "Sanpō no Tōryō" (三宝の棟梁 The leader of three treasures).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyeja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.