Tendai (天台宗, Tendai-shū), also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū") is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition (with significant esoteric elements) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi).The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to prominence during the Heian period (794-1185).It gradually eclipsed the powerful Hossō school and competed with the rival Shingon school to become the most influential sect at the Imperial court. Ngesikhathi sikaKamakura (1185-1333), uTendai wayesephenduke enye yezindlela ezivelele zobuBuddha baseJapane, enamathempeli amaningi kanye nezindawo ezinkulu zokuhlala.Phakathi nenkathi ye-Kamakura, amakholi ahlukahlukene ashiye uTendai (ebona ukuthi ikhohlakele) ukuze asungule izikole zabo "ezintsha" noma " Kamakura " zamaBuddha ezifana Jōdo-shū, Nichiren-shū futhi Sōtō Zen . Ukucekelwa phansi kwethempeli eliyinhloko le- Enryaku-ji ngu- Oda Nobunaga ngo-1571, kanye nokushintshwa kwezindawo zenhloko-dolobha kude ne- Kyoto kuya e- Edo, kwenze buthakathaka ithonya likaTendai.