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Jōdo-shū: History, Overview & Doctrine

Jōdo-shū (浄土宗, "The Pure Land School") is a Japanese branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Kamakura era monk Hōnen (1133–1212). The school is traditionally considered as having been established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jōdo Shinshū. There are various branches of Jōdo-shū…

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Jōdo-shū topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Overview and Doctrine as prominent areas in the source structure around Jōdo-shū.

Related topics
112
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
118
Extracted relationships
204
Related term clusters
32
Bridge connections
118

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 60 topics
Overview · 21 topics
Doctrine · 10 topics
Practice · 8 topics
Temples and Clergy · 7 topics
Outside Japan · 6 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Headquarters
Chion-in (Chinzei), Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (Seizan)
Classification
Pure Land Buddhism
Divisions
Chinzei, Seizan
Founder
Honen Shonin
Liturgy
Jōdo-shū Otsutome
Members
Over 6,000,000

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Jōdo-shū
3Buddhism in Japan · Jōdo Shinshū · Ji-shu
3Amitābha · Other power · Decline of the Dharma
3Woodblock printing · Senchakushū · One-Sheet Document
5Pure Land Buddhism · Kamakura period · Hōnen

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Overview

History

Outside Japan

Doctrine

Practice

Temples and Clergy

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How Jōdo-shū connects Entity context

The extracted context around Jōdo-shū shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Jōdo-shū → Amida Buddha, Bencho's, Benchō, Benchō's, Buddhist, Chinzei, Chōsai, Chōsai’s, Despite, Hōnen, Hōnen's, Hōnen’s, Immeasurable Life, Japan, Kamakura, Patriarch, Pure Land, Ryōchū, Ryōchū's, Shingon Another extracted example is Jōdo-shū → Amida Buddha's, Amitābha, Buddha, Buddha Amitabha, Buddhist, Dharma, In Jōdo-shū, Jūnen, Namu Amida Bu, Namu Amida Butsu, Nembutsu Gathering, Nembutsu Ichie, Nembutsu Sanshōrai, Praise, Primal Vow, Pure Land, Since, Sukhavati, Ten Recitations, Three Intonations. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Jōdo-shū

Top relations

related to Rise of the Chinzei and Seizan mainstream sects · 22
Jōdo-shū → Amida Buddha, Bencho's, Benchō, Benchō's, Buddhist, Chinzei, Chōsai, Chōsai’s, Despite, Hōnen, Hōnen's, Hōnen’s, Immeasurable Life, Japan, Kamakura, Patriarch, Pure Land, Ryōchū, Ryōchū's, Shingon
related to Practice · 20
Jōdo-shū → Amida Buddha's, Amitābha, Buddha, Buddha Amitabha, Buddhist, Dharma, In Jōdo-shū, Jūnen, Namu Amida Bu, Namu Amida Butsu, Nembutsu Gathering, Nembutsu Ichie, Nembutsu Sanshōrai, Praise, Primal Vow, Pure Land, Since, Sukhavati, Ten Recitations, Three Intonations
related to Emergence of distinct lineages · 19
Jōdo-shū → Benchō, Chōsai, Emperor Go-Toba, Hōnen, Hōnen's, Hōnen’s, Japan, Jp, Kantō, Karoku Persecution, Kyūshū, Kōsai, One-calling, Pure Land, Ryūkan, Ryūkan’s, Shikoku, Shinran, Shōku
related to Scripture · 17
Jōdo-shū → Amida Buddha, Amitābha Sūtra, Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra, Buddhist, Collectively, Honen, Hōnen, Ichimai-Kishōmon, Immeasurable Life, One-Sheet Document, Primal Vow, Sanbukyō, Senchaku Hongan Nembutsushū, Senchakushū, Sutra, The One-Sheet Document, Three Pure Land Sutras
related to Chinzei-ha doctrine · 16
Jōdo-shū → Amida, Benchō, Benchō's, Benchō’s, Buddha, Buddhist, Chinzei-ha, Genshin’s, Hōnen, Hōnen’s, Jōdo-shū's, Kōsai, Practice, Pure Land, Three Modes, Unlike
related to Outside Japan · 16
Jōdo-shū → Although Jōdo-shū, America, America Buddhist Missions, Brazil, California, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hāmākua Bukkyo Kaido, Japan, Jodo Mission, Jōdo, Los Angeles, Reverend Gakuo Okabe, The Jodo Shu North, United States
related to Edo Period · 15
Jōdo-shū → Azuchi, Buddhist, Due, Edo, Ieyasu, Japan, Momoyama, Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Previously, Several, Shingon, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Shoguns, Zōjō-ji
related to Shōwa Period · 12
Jōdo-shū → After World War II, Buddhist, Chinzei, Chinzei Branch, Despite, Hōnen’s, Imperial Japan, January, Japan, Japan’s, State Shintō, World War II
related to Temples and Clergy · 11
Jōdo-shū → Buddhist, Bukkyo University, Bukkyō, Chinzei, Chion-in, Hōnen, Japanese, Jōdo, Monks, Saichō, Tendai
related to Meiji Period · 10
Jōdo-shū → Buddhism, Buddhist, Fukuda Gyōkai, Japanese Buddhism, Shinto, Shākyamuni, Tetsujō Ukai, The Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa Shogunate, Yamazaki Ben'nei

Important terminology

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Important terminology

nembutsu land pure hōnen practice also buddhist buddhism amida buddha practices disciples recitation tendai hōnen's teachings school branch jōdo chinzei

Jōdo-shū relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 204 structured relationships around Jōdo-shū. Examples in this analysis include Jōdo-shū → Classification → Pure Land Buddhism and Jōdo-shū → Divisions → Chinzei, Seizan. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Jōdo-shūClassificationPure Land Buddhism1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūDivisionsChinzei, Seizan1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūFounderHonen Shonin1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūHeadquartersChion-in (Chinzei), Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (Seizan)1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūLiturgyJōdo-shū Otsutome1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūMembersOver 6,000,0001.00infobox
Jōdo-shūMinisters9,5001.00infobox
Jōdo-shūOfficial websiteOfficial Japanese Website of Jōdo-shū1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūOfficial websiteOfficial English Website of Jōdo-shū1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūOrigin1175 Kyoto, Japan1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūPlaces of worship7,125 (Chinzei)1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūPlaces of worship9,141 (Total)1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūScriptureThe Three Pure Land Sutras and the Senchakushū1.00infobox
Jōdo-shūSeparated fromTendai1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Jōdo-shū bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Branch, Chinzei and Japanese. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Jōdo-shū
    • Branch
    • Chinzei
    • Japanese
    • Hōnen
    • Sects
    • School
    • Sect
    • Buddhist
    • Nembutsu
    • Period
    • Buddhism
    • Buddha
  • jōdo-shū
    • Branch
    • Chinzei
    • Japanese
    • Hōnen
    • Sects
    • School
    • Sect
    • Buddhist
    • Nembutsu
    • Period
    • Buddhism
    • Buddha
  • pure land buddhism
    • Pure
    • Japanese
    • Birth
    • Practices
    • Land
    • Buddha
    • Practice
    • Nembutsu
    • Recitation
    • Also
    • Period
    • Doctrine
  • hōnen
    • Practice
    • Tendai
    • Jōdo-shū
    • Also
    • Disciples
    • Japanese
    • Life
    • Sects
    • Jōdo
    • Pure
    • Land
    • Senchakushū
  • buddhism in japan
    • Japanese
    • Pure
    • Land
    • Sects
    • Buddha
    • Period
    • Teachings
    • Jōdo
    • School
    • Amida
    • Sect
    • Tendai
  • yuzu nembutsu
    • Practice
    • Practices
    • Recitation
    • Pure
    • Birth
    • Could
    • Also
    • Doctrine
    • Teachings
    • Buddhist
    • One
    • Benchō
  • original vow
    • Amida
    • Amida’s
    • Buddha
    • Practices
    • Life
    • Land
    • Pure
    • Ryōchū
    • Could
    • Sects
    • Shōkū
    • One
  • buddhist prayer beads
    • Practices
    • Practice
    • Life
    • Nembutsu
    • Pure
    • Land
    • Jōdo-shū
    • Other-power
    • Japan
    • Sects
    • Amida’s
    • Tendai

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Jōdo-shū, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Jōdo-shū with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Jōdo-shū — History · splits 58 ⟂ 61
Jōdo-shū — Overview · splits 97 ⟂ 22
Jōdo-shū — Doctrine · splits 108 ⟂ 11
Jōdo-shū — Practice · splits 110 ⟂ 9
Jōdo-shū — Temples and Clergy · splits 111 ⟂ 8
Jōdo-shū — Outside Japan · splits 112 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Jōdo-shū

Nodes119
Edges118
Triples204
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016807
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Jōdo-shū to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Overview & Doctrine, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Jōdo-shū · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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