Search results for "Religion in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- (a short-necked lute) had been introduced in Japan from China. Various instruments ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan, which blends Buddhist ... * Bernhard Scheid, [https://religion-in-japan.univie.ac.at/Handbuch/Geschic ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ... rules of monastic and religious practice. In Japan, it became known as the ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Japanese culture, and this concept is still in use today. The term “do” ... Dynasty by Linji Yixuan. It was brought to Japan by Myoan Eisai in 1191. ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... that there was no longer a state religion in Japan. In 1885, the emperor ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- (1133-1212 C.E.). The school was established in 1175 C.E., and is the most ... Jodo shu sought to provide people with a simple Buddhist practice ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- portrays the courage of Japanese Christians in the seventeenth century and ... Many of Endo’s protagonists are weak and had failed in some important ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. Born the son of a samurai ... He was critical of the increasing militarism in Japan during the early 1930s ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- (Tokugawa shogunate 1603-1864), who lived in Niigata, Japan. He was renowned ... Ryōkan (良寛) was born at Izumozaki in Echigo Province, on the ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- prophecy that the Joseon Dynasty would end in its 500th year (1392-1892) ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- Body"), and therefore is often depicted in massive sculpted images and ... to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- millennium C.E.. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea extends from the first ... Han dynasty established four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- The Tiantai teaching was first brought to Japan from China in the middle ... In addition to teachings from Tiantai in China, Saichō included Zen ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- and teacher, best known for his books about Japan. Born in Greece and raised ... In 1890, Harper’s sent Hearn to Japan as a newspaper correspondent ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 23:04, 21 October 2022
- menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is in Japanese mythology a sun goddess ... left eye of Izanagi, as he purified himself in a river, and went on to become ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- gender. Women, who occupied a low position in the social hierarchy, often ... intelligence. The total number of poems in the Manyoshu is 4,516. Most ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- signed a "Covenant of Believers in Jesus," initiated by a ... In 1891 Uchimura’s refusal to bow deeply enough ("worshiping ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- regarded as the holiest temple complex in Japan. Located in the city ... The Ise-Jingu Shrine is the major sightseeing attraction in Ise, attracting ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Nalanda has been called "one of the first great universities ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
