well. The sect began in the twelfth century when a Tendai monk named Ryōnin (良忍, 1072–1132) wrote a commentary on rituals and hymns in practice at the time...

Ryōnin (良忍, 1072–1132) was a Tendai Buddhist monk in the late Heian period and the founder of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect. Ryōnin was born the son of Tomita...