RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shinran

1173 - 1263

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Shinran (親鸞; Japanese pronunciation: [ɕiꜜn.ɾaɴ], May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent close of the Heian Period and lived during the Kamakura Period. Shinran was a pupil of Hōnen and the founder of what ultimately became the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Japanese Buddhism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shinran is the 1,375th most popular religious figure (down from 1,259th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Japan (down from 524th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shinran ranks 1,375 out of 3,187. Before him are Thomas Christopher Collins, Johannes Oecolampadius, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Saichō, Barsanuphius, and Dominik Duka. After him are Ignatius IV of Antioch, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Cristóvão Ferreira, Sultan Walad, and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1173, Shinran ranks 3. Before him are Llywelyn the Great, and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Eudokia Angelina, and Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1263, Shinran ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Nevsky, Haakon IV of Norway, Mindaugas, and Manuel I of Trebizond. After him are Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinran ranks 590 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideaki Anno (1960), Junji Ito (1963), Satoshi Kon (1963), Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), and Yasuji Okamura (1884). After him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Satoru Iwata (1959), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), and George W. Casey Jr. (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Shinran ranks 14. Before him are Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), and Saichō (767). After him are Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Hōnen (1133), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), and Hōjō Ujimasa (1538).

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