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- Ablution is a term referring to washing, and can mean ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions can refer ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- , also known as Shin Buddhism, was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shonin (1173-1263), himself a disciple of Honen (1133-1212 ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- The Gempei war or Genpei war (源平合戦, Genpei kassen, Genpei gassen, 1180–1185) was a series of conflicts between the Taira and Minamoto ...23 KB (3,568 words) - 19:36, 23 October 2022
- Ainu (アイヌ, International Phonetic Alphabet : /ʔáınu/) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, northern Honshū (Japan), the Kuril ...21 KB (3,397 words) - 06:59, 16 June 2023
- Waka (和歌), or Yamato uta, is a genre of Japanese poetry. Waka literally means Japanese poem in Japanese. The word was originally coined during ...23 KB (3,429 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- Kathmandu ( काठमांडौ , येँ ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in the World Heritage Site Kathmandu ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan who were active primarily between the tenth and nineteenth century. The word samurai ...49 KB (7,556 words) - 03:06, 23 December 2022
- Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. Lamour began her ...28 KB (4,290 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious images, sculpture, dance, visual mythology, and symbols deriving from ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- The tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin, also known as the Forty-Seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, the Akō Wandering Samurai|赤穂浪士|Akō rōshi ...34 KB (5,606 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, asuka jidai), lasting from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital was located ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, Miyamoto Musashi; c. 1584 - June 13, 1645), (childhood name Miyamoto Bennosuke or Miyamoto Musana), was the ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- Kyōto (京都市, Kyōto-shi, lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial capital of Japan from 794 until ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- is a competition contact sport where two wrestlers or “rikishi” face off in a circular area. The sport is of Japanese origin and is surrounded ...39 KB (6,360 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai), also called the Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1867. The period ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found ...60 KB (9,539 words) - 22:26, 2 May 2024
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. It is a culturally rich kingdom with eight of ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
