829 in Japan

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Events in the year 829 in Japan .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Junna ^[1]

Events

• January 23 - Buddhist monk Kūkai establishes a private school known as the Shugei Shuchi Institute (traditional Japanese Date: 15th day of the 12th month, 828). ^[2]
• Ten monks conducted a ritual reading (転読) of the complete Buddhist canon at Miroku-ji in Usa in the 19th day of the 5th month ^[3]

References

1. Teeuwen, Mark (2002). "From Jindō to Shinto: A Concept Takes Shape". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 29 (3/4): 233–263. ISSN   0304-1042. JSTOR   30233723.
2. Yoshinori, Takeuchi (2003). Buddhist Spirituality: Later China, Korea, Japan, and the Modern World. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 178. ISBN   978-81-208-1944-3.
3. "The Production of the Healing Buddha at Kokusenji and Its Relationship to Hachiman Faith | 九大コレクション | 九州大学附属図書館" (in Japanese). hdl:2324/2794919.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)