Eisai Buddhist Japan: the "Lotus Sutra", "Golden Light Sutra", and the "Humane King Sutra" ("Ninnōkyō"). Eisai’s famous written piece, the "Kōzen gokokuron" or "The Promotion of Zen for the Protection of the Country", was heavily influenced by the "Ninno kyo" which states “the preservation of Buddhism is inextricably bound to the preservation of their own country”. The "Kōzen gokokuron" was written with the intention to correct established schools of Buddhism by giving them examples of moral practice and to convince the Minamoto military rulers to support Zen Buddhism and a Zen government. The writing promotes the Zen ideals to bring Buddhism
History of Buddhism later Kamakura period (1185-1333), there were six new Buddhist schools founded which competed with the older Nara schools and are known as "New Buddhism" or "Kamakura Buddhism." They include the influential Pure Land schools of Hōnen (1133–1212) and Shinran (1173–1263), the Rinzai and Soto schools of Zen founded by Eisai (1141–1215) and Dōgen (1200–1253) as well as the Lotus sutra school of Nichiren (1222–1282). Japanese Buddhist art was especially productive between the 8th and 13th centuries during Nara period (710-794), Heian period (794-1185) and Kamakura period (1185-1333). Buddhism, especially Zen, remained culturally influential during the Ashikaga period (1333–1573) and the