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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Eisai

1141 - 1215

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Myōan Eisai/Yōsai (明菴栄西, 27 May 1141 – 1 August 1215) was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. In 1191, he introduced this Zen approach to Japan, following his trip to China from 1187 to 1191, during which he was initiated into the Linji school by the master Hsü an. It is also said that he popularized green tea in Japan, following this same trip. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eisai has received more than 155,150 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Eisai is the 1,207th most popular religious figure (down from 1,056th in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Japan (down from 430th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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  • 56.59

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

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  • 3.56

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Eisai ranks 1,207 out of 2,238Before him are Gildas, Jubal, George Hamartolos, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Jair, and Isaac of Armenia. After him are Agathius, Regino of Prüm, Gerasimus of the Jordan, Saichō, Jacob Baradaeus, and Rimbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1141, Eisai ranks 4Before him are Nizami Ganjavi, Gerard de Ridefort, and Malcolm IV of Scotland. After him is Floris III, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1215, Eisai ranks 4Before him are Bertran de Born, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Hōjō Tokimasa. After him is Michael I Komnenos Doukas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eisai ranks 470 out of 6,048Before him are Ken Takakura (1931), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), and Hideyo Noguchi (1876). After him are Makoto Shinkai (1973), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Saichō (767), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), and Hidetoshi Nakata (1977).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Eisai ranks 13Before him are Paulo Miki (1564), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ikkyū (1394), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552). After him are Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), Hōnen (1133), and Kōdō Sawaki (1880).