<P> Shinto and Buddhism became the dominant religions, maintaining a balance until the Meiji - restoration . </P> <P> The Kamakura period was a period of crises in which the control of the country moved from the imperial aristocracy to the samurai . In 1185 the Kamakura shogunate was established at Kamakura . </P> <P> This period saw the introduction of the two schools that had perhaps the greatest impact on the country: the schools of Pure Land Buddhism, promulgated by evangelists such as Genshin and articulated by monks such as Hōnen, which emphasize salvation through faith in Amitābha and remain the largest Buddhist sect in Japan (and throughout Asia); and Zen, promulgated by monks such as Eisai and Dōgen, which emphasize liberation through the insight of meditation, which were equally rapidly adopted by the upper classes and had a profound impact on the culture of Japan . </P> <P> Additionally, it was during the Kamakura period that the influential monk Nichiren began teaching devotion to the Lotus Sutra . Eventually, his disciples formed their own school of Nichiren Buddhism, which includes various sects that have their own interpretations of Nichiren's teachings . Nichiren Buddhism established the foundation of Japanese Buddhism in the thirteenth century . The school is known for its sociopolitical activism and looks to reform society through faith . </P>

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