八はっ家け

noun

the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects

Historical term referring to the eight major Buddhist schools established in Japan during the Nara and early Heian periods. Often used in discussions of Japanese Buddhist history.

See also: 八宗

• 八はっ家けとは、奈な良ら時じ代だいから平へい安あん時じ代だい初しょ期きにかけて成せい立りつした日本にほんの仏ぶっ教きょうの八やっつの宗しゅう派はを指さす。

  The term '八家' refers to the eight Japanese Buddhist sects that were established from the Nara period to the early Heian period.

noun

the eight Japanese monks who visited China in the early Heian period

Abbreviation of 入唐八家, referring to eight prominent Japanese monks who traveled to Tang China to study Buddhism and brought back teachings that influenced Japanese Buddhism. Historical term.

See also: 入唐八家

• 入唐にっとう八はっ家けは、最さい澄ちょうや空くう海かいを含ふくむ八はち人にんの僧そう侶りょで、八はっ家けとも略りゃくされる。

  The eight monks who visited Tang China, including Saichō and Kūkai, are known as 入唐八家, often abbreviated as 八家.