Chinzei-ha. A school of Jōdo or Pure Land Buddhism founded by Shōkōbo Benchō, a pupil of Hōnen. Its contemporary descendant is the school of Shirahata-ryū which has its headquarters in Chion-in and another important centre in Zōjōji in Tokyo. See also Jōdo Shū.

A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)