Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, brought esoteric Shingon Buddhism to this country
In 
the T'ang-dynasty capital of Ch'ang-an, he met the great master of esoteric ... and 
most-vigorous monastic complexes in the country, and the Shingon sect became
... [DOC] [TLE] Japanese Buddhism | JapanVisitor Japan Travel Guide [PAR] Wooden statue of Kobo Daishi (Kukai) at Makayaji Temple in Makkabi, west of ... 
Kukai also went to China and brought back a different take on Buddhism: 
Shingon.