Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to be graced with special powers or skills. In general, possessed persons ... and the practice of exorcism originated in prehistoric shamanistic beliefs ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- T'oegye (1501-1570). The two lived in the same period and they met ... for having developed Zhu Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean ...21 KB (3,447 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- feudal lords) who sought to take control of Japan in the late stage of the ... Takeda Shingen was distinguished by his aggressiveness in battle and ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional ... In 1937, Japan engaged in war with China for a second time, and in ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ... the Europeans from the fifteenth century. Japan had made the most recent ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun ... the beginning of the early modern period of Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, assisted ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- and eleventh centuries, they were unified in 1115 under Wanyan Aguda (完颜阿骨打 ... Over a period of thirty years beginning in 1586, Nurhaci, a chieftain ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- |country = Japan |undergrad = 14,711 [http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/stu04/e08_02_j ... is one of the leading research universities in Japan, producing top officials ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- from the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects ... during meditation, and Zen teachers use them in training novices. Each koan ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- Kamakura (Japanese: 鎌倉市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa ... pilgrimages because of its grand temples; in the last century, it has become ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial court ... The Tale of Genji and to a central character in the novel. ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more than one ... political culture and the level of tolerance in that country. Some countries ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate ... mathematical principles of origami are used in engineering technology. ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- word (the kigo) descriptive of the season in which the renga is set. Hokku ... among both amateurs and professionals in many languages. The appeal ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- ) is a Hindu temple complex, located in the village of Duy Phú in ... Many Champa temples exist in a valley roughly two kilometers wide ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- Confucian classics to spur political reform in China. After participating ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- of Korea, up to the division of Korea in the 1940s. See History of North ... Gojoseon (then called Joseon), was founded in 2333 B.C.E. by Dangun, who ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
