These songs were composed with the goal of educating people about Buddhism , and were widely recited around the country .
Many of these wasan were supposedly created by Buddhist masters of the Heian period , but the form became prominent in the Kamakura period .
These songs were composed with the goal of educating people about Buddhist , and were widely recited around the country .
Many of these wasan were supposedly created by Buddhist masters of the Heian period , but the form became prominent in the Kamakura period .