HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
Question
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Prince Shotoku
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Asoka
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Ivan III
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Yoritomo
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Tamerlane
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shōtoku promoted Buddhism and Confucianism in what had been an exclusively Shintō milieu and brought new political, religious, and artistic institutions to Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prince Shōtoku was an influential leader in seventh-century Japan, popularly credited with achievements from establishing courtly ranks and a constitution to encouraging the spread of Buddhism and sending envoys to China.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shōtoku was an ardent Buddhist and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Sangyō Gisho or “Annotated Commentaries on the Three Sutras” (the Lotus Sutra, the Vimalakirti Sutra, and the Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra).
Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Shotoku was to rule Japan between 594-622 CE as Regent and to unite his nation of warring clans in the dual roles of the first Buddhist statesman in the world and the lay founder of Japanese Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Empress Suiko ascended to the throne in 592 as Japan’s first female monarch, Shotoku took over the reins of political power as her regent. He created Japan’s first constitution, known as the Seventeen-Article Constitution, which established rules for officials engaged in political affairs.