![]() ![]() For example, the Heian Period Fusō ryakki (Abridged Annals of Japan), mentions a foreigner known in Japanese as Shiba no Tatsuto, who may have been Chinese-born, Baekje-born, or a descendent of an immigrant group in Japan. Some Japanese sources mention this explicitly. ![]() Immigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as merchants and sailors who frequented the mainland, likely brought Buddhism with them independent of the transmission as recorded in court chronicles. Though the "official" introduction of Buddhism to the country occurred at some point in the middle of the sixth century, there were likely earlier contacts and attempts to introduce the religion. As such, early Japanese Buddhism is strongly influenced by Chinese Buddhism and Korean Buddhism. History Arrival and initial spread of Buddhism īuddhism arrived in Japan by first making its way to China and Korea through the Silk Road and then traveling by sea to the Japanese archipelago. In a 2012 Pew Research study, Japan has the third largest Buddhist population in the world, after China and Thailand. Another survey indicates that about 60% of Japanese families have a butsudan (Buddhist shrine) in their homes. The 2013 Japanese National Character Survey showed that roughly 70% of the population do not adhere to any religious beliefs. The Japanese General Social Survey placed the figure at less than 20% of the population in 2017. There are a wide range of estimates the Pew Research Center estimated 36.2% of the population in 2010 practiced Buddhism. According to these statistics, the largest sects of Japanese Buddhism are the Jōdo Buddhists with 22 million believers, followed by the Nichiren Buddhists with 11 million believers. Most of them were believers of new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period (1185-1333). According to statistics by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2021, the religious corporation under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan had 135 million believers, of which 47 million were Buddhists. Īccording to the Japanese Government's Agency for Cultural Affairs estimate, as of 2018, with about 84 million or about 67% of the Japanese population, Buddhism was the religion in Japan with the most adherents, followed by Shinto, though a large number of people practice elements of both. Japanese Buddhism has had a major influence on Japanese society and culture and remains an influential aspect to this day. ![]() Japanese Buddhism ( Nihon no Bukkyō) created many new Buddhist schools, and some schools are original to Japan and some are derived from Chinese Buddhist schools. Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since about the 6th century CE. ![]()
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