was a priest of the Hosso School of

Japanese Buddhism Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since about the 6th century CE. Japanese Buddhism () created many new Buddhist schools, and some schools are original to Japan and some are derived from Chinese Buddhist schools. Japanese Buddhism has had ...

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''The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism'' (2002) in mentioning

Chitatsu ''Chidatsu'' (c653) was a priest of the Hosso School of Japanese Buddhism. Nomenclature and etymology Chitatsu / Chidatsu (智達) Exegesis ''The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism'' (2002) mentions Hsyan-tsang, Tz'u-en, Dosho of Gango-ji, ...

Hsyan-tsang Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...

, Tz'u-en, Dosho,

Yamato Province was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005). "Yamato" in . It was also called . Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 " Wa". At first, ...

, states that Chitsū was:

A priest of the Dharma Characteristics (Hosso) school in Japan. In 658, together with Chitatsu, he went to China and studied the doctrine of the Dharma Characteristics school under Hsyan-tsang and his disciple Tz'u-en. They brought the doctrine back to Japan. This is known as the second transmission of the doctrine to Japan, following that of Dosho, who went to China in 653 and studied under Hsyan-tsang. Chitsubuilt Kannon-ji temple in Yamato Province to spread the Dharma Characteristics doctrine. In 672 he was appointed administrator of priests. ''The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism'' (2002). ''Chitsu''. Source

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chitsu History of Buddhism in China History of Buddhism in Japan Asuka period Buddhist clergy 7th-century Buddhism

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