JAPANESE BUDDHISM: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Buddhist schools in the Kamakura period

In the Kamakura period, several new Buddhist schools developed to answer some of these problems and demands, and older schools also carried out extensive reforms.

Stone Buddhist images at Shakuzōji in Kyoto.
One, an image of Amida, was carved in 1225.

For information on one of the major schools of Kamakura Buddhism, see the Shin Buddhism Network.

For SOURCES on the history of Japanese Buddhism, click here.

A room in Ginkakuji in Kyoto.

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