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...

took root in a lasting way through the efforts of the monk Myōan Eisai. In 1168, Myōan Eisai traveled to China, where he studied Tendai for twenty years...

figures were also esoteric practitioners, such as the Rinzai founder Myōan Eisai (1141–1215) who wrote various works on esoteric Buddhism. Enni Ben'en...

Japanese monks often frequented during the thirteenth century. The monk Eisai, credited with introducing Zen to Japan, served as Kennin-ji's founding...

Giin practiced at a temple called Shōfuku-ji in Kyushu connected to Myōan Eisai. Shortly thereafter, records tell us that Giin formed a relationship...

the death of contemporary Zen Buddhist Myōan Eisai, Dōgen went to study at Kennin-ji Temple (建仁寺), under Eisai's successor, Myōzen (明全). In 1223, Dōgen...

chosen as its headquarters, calling it Myōan-ji. A temple was needed to be regarded as a religious sect, and Myōan-ji was recognized as a temple in the...

seeds were introduced to Japan at around 1191 by a Zen priest called Myoan Eisai. These seeds were first spread at Toganoo, which was the place where...

Yoritomo's father's residence, she invited Buddhist priest Myōan Eisai to be its founding priest. Eisai is important in the history of Zen because it was he...

The Sequel to Classic of Tea (續茶經). Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西): Treatise on Tea Drinking for Health (喫茶養生記), 1193. Eisai (Yosai) came to Tiantai mountain of Zhejiang...