Shinran

Shinran (親鸞)
Shinran (ICP) (Nara National Museum)
Title	Founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism
Personal
Born	Matsuwakamaro May 21, 1173 Heian-kyō, Yamashiro Province (now Kyoto, Japan)
Died	January 16, 1263(1263-01-16) (aged 89) Heian-kyō, Yamashiro Province
Religion	Buddhism
Spouse	Eshinni
Children	Kakushinnhi, Zenran, others
School	Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism
Senior posting
Teacher	Hōnen

Shinran (親鸞, May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263)^[1][2] 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.