Ganjin (Jianzhen)

E270956

Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ganjin 7
Jianzhen 6
Ganjin (Jianzhen) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
arrivalYearInJapan 753 ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Daming Temple in Yangzhou ⓘ
linked to: Daming Temple
birthPlace Tang dynasty China ⓘ
linked to: Tang dynasty

Yangzhou ⓘ
birthYear 688 ⓘ
causeOfBlindness illness during voyages ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Tang dynasty ⓘ
culturalDepiction subject of statue at Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ
deathYear 763 ⓘ
discipline Vinaya ⓘ
era Nara period ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
founded Risshū school in Japan ⓘ
Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ
honorificTitle Ganjin Wajō ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin Wajō-den
influenced Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Nara Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Buddhism
introducedDiscipline Chinese Vinaya tradition to Japan ⓘ
knownFor establishing orthodox Buddhist ordination in Nara period Japan ⓘ
founding the Risshū school in Japan ⓘ
introducing Buddhist precepts to Japan ⓘ
journey from China to Japan ⓘ
legacy standardization of Buddhist ordination in Japan ⓘ
strengthening Sino-Japanese religious exchange ⓘ
madeMultipleAttemptsToReachJapan true ⓘ
monasticOrder Risshū ⓘ
name Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)

Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
nativeName 鑑真 ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)

鑒真 ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
numberOfVoyagesAttemptedToJapan six ⓘ
occupation Buddhist monk ⓘ
religious teacher ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nara ⓘ
Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role founder of Japanese Risshū ⓘ
precepts master ⓘ
suffered blindness ⓘ
teacherOf Japanese Buddhist monks ⓘ
traveledFrom China ⓘ
traveledTo Japan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nara period → notableMonk → Ganjin (Jianzhen) ⓘ
Tōshōdai-ji → foundedBy → Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Tōshōdai-ji → foundedBy → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin → name → Ganjin ⓘ
subject linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin → name → Jianzhen ⓘ
subject linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin → nativeName → 鑑真 ⓘ
subject linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin → nativeName → 鑒真 ⓘ
subject linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → dedicatedTo → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → dedicatedTo → Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → namedAfter → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → namedAfter → Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → associatedPerson → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin Wajō-den → associatedPerson → Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Risshū → founder → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Risshū → founder → Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Risshū → introducedBy → Ganjin ⓘ
linked to: Ganjin (Jianzhen)