Recipients of Japanese royal pardons

was a Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism based on the Lotus Sutra.

was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.

President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992

Daimyo or lord of Satsuma Domain (1809–1858)

Japanese samurai

Japanese samurai

[松平定敬] daimyo of the late of Edo period; lord of Kuwana

samurai

Samurai and Court official