official introduction of Buddhism to Japan
Event · 538
The gift of a Buddha image and sutras by King Seong of Paekche to the Japanese court — in 552 according to one tradition, in 538 according to another1. Mason begins the Asuka period with it2. Wikipedia, 飛鳥時代, 552年…或いは538年…仏教が公伝. ↩ Mason 2005, p. 10. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Wikipedia, 飛鳥時代: Anon., 飛鳥時代, in: ウィキペディア日本語版, https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B3%A5%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3 (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).