Prince Shotoku
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Prince Shotoku
Prince Shotoku established Buddhism as the state religion of Japan during his reign. Thus leading to his semi-legendary status as the creator of Japanese Buddhism.
Prince Shotoku inspired Japan to learn from China and helped spread Buddhism to Japan.
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Prince Shotoku was a famous Japanese regent. He sent Japanese people to China to study Chinese culture and art, he opened the first Japanese embassy in China and wrote the first Japan's first constitution.
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Prince Shotoku was a prince of Japan.He was also known as prince Umayado
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Prince Shotoku greatly encouraged Japanese-Chinese relations. He studied Buddhist and Chinese classical texts. He sent envoys from Japan to China. He is credited with introducing an administrative form of government that was adopted from the Sui Dynasty in China.
He is most famous for having created a strong united government in Japan, and for reaching out to other civilizations, particularly China, in order to better Japanese governance, and to take advantage of many of China's cultural advancements