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Ritsu-shū

, also ''Ritsu-shu'', is one of the six schools of Nara Buddhism in Japan, noted for its use of the Vinaya textual framework of the Dharmaguptaka, one of the early schools of Buddhism; ''Risshū'' is the Japanese term for Vinaya.

The Ritsu school was formally established in China during the Tang dynasty by Daoxuan, founder of the Nanshan Vinaya school. Daoxuan completed the scholastic system of Vinaya studies with his ''Commentary on the Four-Part Vinaya'' (四分律行事鈔). He belonged to the lineage of Huiguang (468–537), a disciple of the Dilun school, and trained prominent monks such as Wengang, Zhuxiu, Daoshi, and Hongjing.

The school was transmitted to Japan by the blind Chinese priest Jianzhen, better known by his Japanese name ''Ganjin'', in 753 after multiple failed voyages. At the request of Japanese monks, he brought the Four-Part Vinaya (), establishing an ordination platform at Tōdai-ji where he ordained the Retired Emperor Shōmu and Empress Kōken, among others. He later founded Tōshōdai-ji in Nara, which became the head temple of the sect. Provided by Wikipedia