Kukai, the founder of the Shingon or…

825 CE

Kukai, the founder of the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism, establishes Zenpuku-ji, a Shingon Buddhist temple in 824, located in the Azabu district of present Tokyo, Japan.

It is today one of the oldest Tokyo temples, after the Sensō-ji in Asakusa, founded in 628.

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