Search results for "Emperor of Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the ... east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In English, its name means ...16 KB (2,429 words) - 00:05, 13 February 2024
- Qiao (房喬) but went by the courtesy name of Xuanling, ... formally Duke Wenzhao of Liang (梁文昭公), was the lead editor ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 22:43, 13 July 2022
- waiting in the imperial court at the height of the Heian period (795–1185 ... The name “Lady Murasaki” refers both to the author of The Tale ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- 1190) was a Japanese Buddhist priest-poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura ... his own poems against each other. Many of his poems are included in the ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- ) (c. 344 - 406), a celebrated painter of ancient China, is regarded ... details that revealed the characteristics of the figures he drew and paid ...12 KB (1,928 words) - 16:38, 25 February 2023
- played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to ... His teachings point to a direct experience of Buddha-Nature rather ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor ... This genealogy shows the line of succession from the founding monarch ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- 1954) was a Japanese pearl farmer, inventor of the cultured pearl and businessman ... Mikimoto once said to the Emperor of Japan, “I would like to adorn ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 17:55, 9 November 2022
- West from the unique Christian perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Together ... Endo’s greatest work, Silence, portrays the courage of Japanese ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... efforts in the Korean War, as well as out of a larger overall concern over ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- The Yayoi period (弥生時代, Yayoi-jidai) is an era in the history ... The cultivation of rice allowed the development of a sedentary agricultural ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:53, 23 May 2023
- during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. Born the son of a samurai ... intellectuals and students. He was critical of the increasing militarism in ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state ... After World War II, Shinto lost its status of state religion; some ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Kendo (剣道 Kendō) is the martial art of Japanese fencing, developed ... Kendo is rooted in the lifestyle and the spirit of the Samurai tradition ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 22:07, 3 March 2023
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist ... June Kinoshita and Nicholas Palevsky, Gateway to Japan (Kodansha International ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1262) was a pupil of Honen and ... new theories about him. Shinran’s theory of Buddhism came from deep insight ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- to Sōdai (早大, Sōdai), is one of the top universities in Japan ... Korea, and other Asian countries, many of whom became influential political ...16 KB (2,213 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- The Yongle Emperor or “Yung-lo Emperor” (永楽帝 ) May 2, 1360 ... Though he was despotic and ruthless, Yongle is considered one of the ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
