Bhudha (仏教 Bukkyō) yakatanga kusvika muJapan muzana ramakore rechitanhatu, yakaunzwa mugore ra538 kana 552 kubva kuhumambo hweBaekje muKorea. Mambo weBaekje akatumira mambo weJapan mufananidzo waBuddha uye mamwe masutra. Mushure mekukunda kupokana kwepfupi asi nechisimba nemauto anochengetedza, yakagamuchirwa nedare reJapan muna 587. Nyika yeYamato yakatonga pamusoro pemadzinza (uji) akatenderedza kunamatwa kwevamwari vekare vezvisikwa. Yakanga iriwo nguva yekupinda kwakasimba kubva kuKorea, vatasvi vemabhiza kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAsia, pamwe nehunhu hwetsika kubva kuChina, iyo yakanga yakabatana pasi peSui Dynasty ichiva simba rakakosha kunyika. ChiBuddha chakasimbisa simba renyika yeJapan uye chinzvimbo chayo mutsika yakakura yeEast Asia.
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