Siddhārtha Gautama, 
dit Shākyamuni ou le Bouddha, fondateur historique d'une communauté de moines errants, qui devint par la suite le bouddhisme (en quoi le bouddhisme se distingue profondément de l'hindouisme qui s'appuie sur le Sannyâsa), est un chef spirituel (gourou, maître spirituel en sanskrit) qui vécut au VI^e siècle avant l'ère chrétienne.
Le Bouddha est la figure clé du bouddhisme.
On le nomme traditionnellement Bouddha Shākyamuni.

Fugen-Bosatsu
Fugen est l’un des deux bodhisattva qui assistent Shâkyamuni et dirigent les autres bodhisattva.
Il est généralement représenté sur un éléphant blanc avec six défenses, et symbolise les vertus de la vérité et de la pratique.

Bodhisattva ésotérique
d'origine incertaine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Fugen enmei
Le Bouddha de la Vertu universelle qui prolonge la vie, était invoqué pour guérir et éloigner les calamités.







 

Yakushi, le Bouddha de la guérison et la médecine,
 est souvent montrée tenant un petit pot de médecine dans sa main gauche.
Lorsque le bouddhisme est arrivé au Japon  au 6ème siècle après JC en provenance de Corée et Chine,Yakushi a été parmi les premiers à arriver, et fut bientôt vénéré dans tout le Japon comme un dieu puissant qui pourrait guérir la souffrance terrestre, en particulier les affections oculaires.