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Most Famous Japanese Religious Figures
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Kūkai Japanese Monk 774–835
Kūkai Japanese Monk 774–835 22,731 R Ryōkan Japanese Monk 1758–1831
30,549 SS Shunryū Suzuki Japanese Missionary 1904–1971
33,218 E 
Eisai Japanese Priest 1141–1215
Eisai Japanese Priest 1141–1215 54,858 NM 
Nakayama Miki Japanese Religious 1798–1887
Nakayama Miki Japanese Religious 1798–1887 55,235 E 
Ennin Japanese Priest 793–864
Ennin Japanese Priest 793–864 61,316 HE 
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Japanese Priest 1898–1990
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Japanese Priest 1898–1990 62,650 OD 
Onisaburo Deguchi Japanese Religious 1871–1948
Onisaburo Deguchi Japanese Religious 1871–1948 84,072 G 
Gyōki Japanese Priest 668–749
Gyōki Japanese Priest 668–749 91,297 BY Bankei Yōtaku Japanese Religious 1622–1693
111,952 E 
Enchin Japanese Priest 814–891
Enchin Japanese Priest 814–891 128,490 IM 
Itō Mancio Japanese Priest 1570–1612
Itō Mancio Japanese Priest 1570–1612 134,373 NI 
Nisshō Inoue Japanese Preacher 1887–1967
Nisshō Inoue Japanese Preacher 1887–1967 236,750 KE Kanzan Egen Japanese Monk 1277–1360
510,383 PB Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami Japanese Priest 1920–2014
588,186 ED 
Ebina Danjō Japanese Theologian 1856–1937
Ebina Danjō Japanese Theologian 1856–1937 635,498 SK 
Sayo Kitamura Japanese Religiös 1900–1967
Sayo Kitamura Japanese Religiös 1900–1967 715,779 PA 
Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi Japanese Prelate 1894–1976
Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi Japanese Prelate 1894–1976 1,021,931 DC 
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura Japanese Missionary 1856–1940
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura Japanese Missionary 1856–1940 1,566,293 AM Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama Japanese Priest b. 1962
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