入唐八家にっとうはっけ

noun

the eight Heian-era monks who studied in Tang China

Historical term referring to eight specific Japanese Buddhist monks who traveled to Tang China in the early Heian period: Saichō, Kūkai, Jōgyō, Engyō, Ennin, Enchin, Eun, and Shūei. Often encountered in discussions of Japanese Buddhist history.

See also: 八家

• 入唐にっとう八はっ家けは、平へい安あん初しょ期きに唐とうへ渡わたった八はち人にんの僧そうを指さす。

  The Nittō Hakke refers to the eight monks who traveled to Tang China in the early Heian period.