804 CE
Saicho’s mission to China
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Japanese Buddhist traditions
Saicho was sent to China on an official mission in 804. After returning he advanced Tendai in Japan, centered on the Lotus Sutra; this entry dates the journey.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 804
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
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- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- Met — Japan 500–1000 (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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