Saichō
767–822
Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Japanese Tendai school
Buddhist monk · calligrapher · philosopher
Born in Shiga district
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Saichō:
- Charlemagne (742–814)
- Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850)
- Abu Nuwas (756–814)
- Harun al-Rashid (766–809)
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815)
- Ādi Shankara (788–820)
- Du Fu (712–770)
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