Hyechong

For other uses, see ESO (disambiguation).

Hyechong
Japanese name
Kanji	慧灌 or 惠聰
Hiragana	えそう
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Eso
Korean name
Hangul	혜총
Hanja	慧灌 or 惠聰
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hyechong McCune–Reischauer Hyechong

Hyechong or called Esō was a Korean priest who transmitted Buddhism came across the sea from Korean kingdom, Baekje to Japan in the Asuka period.

He came to Japan in 595 (the 3rd year of Empress Suiko), and propagated the Buddhism. When Hōkō-ji (法興寺, Hōkō temple) that is current Ango-in (安居院) or Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺, Asuka temple) was completed in 596, the monk lived with priest Eji who came from Goguryeo, and together they were called "Sanpō no Tōryō" (三宝の棟梁, "The leaders of three treasures").