<P> According to the Book of Liang , which was written in 635 , five Buddhist monks from Gandhara traveled to Japan in 467 . At the time , they referred to Japan as Fusang ( Chinese : 扶桑 ; Japanese pronunciation : Fusō ) , the name of a mythological country to the extreme east beyond the sea : </P>
<P> According to the Book of Liang , which was written in 635 , five Buddhist monks from Gandhara traveled to Japan in 467 . At the time , they referred to Japan as Fusang ( Chinese : 扶桑 ; Japanese pronunciation : Fusō ) , the name of a mythological country to the extreme east beyond the sea : </P>
buddhism was transmitted to japan by way of
buddhism was transmitted to japan by way of
five Buddhist monks from Gandhara
five Buddhist monks from Gandhara