Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
- 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
- are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, ... overt syncretism and reinterpretations in popular folklore (see below ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- Geopolitik. An army officer who had served in Japan as a military attaché ... of Hitler's expansionist strategies in Germany, resulting in World ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- Gaya refers to a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley ... on the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. Later in 660 C.E. Silla unified the ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- was an uprising of Japanese peasants, most of them Christians, in ... After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Christian lords Konishi ...25 KB (3,619 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Kŭmgangsan is the second highest mountain in North Korea, with its highest ... its beauty since antiquity. It is covered in forests, and the area around ...19 KB (2,852 words) - 04:11, 10 June 2024
- Thread, The Hell Screen, Autumn, The Ball, In a Grove, and Kappa. humanity. The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- of Bulguksa and it played a vital role in Korean cultural history. Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- of trees by training them and growing them in containers. Bonsai can be developed ... of cultivating single specimen trees in wooden trays or earthenware ...25 KB (3,891 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is today regarded ... Basho, drawing on his own studies of Zen Buddhism, revolutionized haiku by ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 16:53, 7 November 2022
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- a wealthy Chinese Methodist, had studied in the United States, and sent ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- politics when Minh's junta was deposed in a January 1964 coup by General ... War II, he became the Interior Minister in the French-backed State of ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 23:35, 15 December 2022
- mountain) directly east of Gyeongju, in Gyeongsang province. If legends ... stature of the religious and cultural site. In 1995, Bulguksa was added to ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- a historiographic term for Roman Catholics in Japan during the sixteenth ... , Brother Cosme de Torres, and Father John Fernandez in Kagoshima ...38 KB (5,413 words) - 06:55, 7 June 2024
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
