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Shotoku Taishi
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Buddhism took hold in Japan in the middle of the 6th century. Around 600, the statesman Shotoku Taishi was a major advocate of the new religion. He would later be revered as a deity himself.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineShotoku Taishi. c. 1200 - c. 1350. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.