Jien was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.
The Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (日本国語大辞典), also known as the Nikkoku (日国) and in English as Shogakukan's Unabridged Dictionary of the Japanese Language, is the largest Japanese language dictionary published.
Many Japanese words of Portuguese origin entered the Japanese language when Portuguese Jesuit priests and traders introduced Christian ideas, Western science, medicine, technology and new products to the Japanese during the Muromachi period.
Inaba Yoshimichi, also known as Inaba Ittetsu, was a Japanese samurai warrior during the Sengoku period. He served the Saitō clan of Mino province. Later, he became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.
Nyūgawa was a town located in Shūsō District, Tōyo Region in Ehime Prefecture.
In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities, or yaksha, of Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing. They are introduced in the Medicine Buddha Sutra or Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra. They are collectively named as follows:
The Toyo River is a river in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Pacific Ocean.
The Shikoku Mountains are a mountain range that runs from east to west in the central part of the Shikoku in Japan. The length of the mountain range is about 250 km (160 mi). The highest peak in the mountain range is Mount Ishizuchi.
Kantō Mountains or Kantō Range is a mountain range on the west side of the Kanto Plain in central Japan.
Dewa Mountains is a mountain range that runs north and south on the west side of the Tohoku region of Japan. The mountain range spans Aomori, Akita, and Yamagata prefectures. The Dewa Mountains are split into several sub-ranges by the Yoneshiro River, the Omono River and the Mogami River. These sub-ranges include the Shirakami Mountains, the Tahei Mountains, The Choki Mountains, and the Chotake Mountains.The highest peak of the mountain range is Mount Chokai (2,236m).
Ojiya-chijimi is a Hemp that is woven mainly in Ojiya, Niigata in Japan. It is a fabric using Ramie. It was designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1955, and was registered as a Intangible cultural heritage along with Echigo-jofu in 2009.
Shinabe (品部) were a caste in the Yamato kingship. It is a type of Bemin clan which is dedicated to a specific occupation rather than farming. They paid tribute to and served the Yamato government during the pre-Taika period in Japan. They lived in various places and were placed under the jurisdiction of Tomomo-zukuri (Tomomo-no-miyazuko). They were sometimes called by the name of their tribute or occupation, and sometimes by the name of the banzo in charge of them. When the banzo was powerful, they were considered to be private citizens. Under the decree system, they were liberated and most of them became civilians.
Shinto Taiseikyo (神道大成教) is one of the thirteen Shinto sects. It was founded by Hirayama Seisai (1815–1890) and is considered a form of Confucian Shinto.
Gunga (郡衙) was the central government office of a county under the Ritsuryo system of ancient Japan. It was responsible for local control and administration, and was placed under the national government. Small administrative units analogous to counties were called gun (郡). The official in charge of a Gunga was known as a gunji, and the county was typically controlled by 2 to 8 appointed county governors. These governors were appointed by powerful local clans and were responsible for tasks such as tax collection. The Niihari Gunga ruins are notable ruins of a Gunga. Shida Gunga ruins is another such example.
Hinamori (夷守) is a term that has a historical significance in ancient Japan. It refers to the act of protecting a borderland or important land that is far away from the capital. The term also refers to the place or person who is responsible for such protection.
A suikan (水干) is a type of clothing that used to be worn by low-ranking officials serving the imperial court during the Heian period (794-1185). It is generally worn over other clothes. The word "Suikan" literally means "water-drying," referring to the process of stretching the cloth and drying it without using glue. The clothing is a sliding-door type of jacket with a single-breasted body and open sides, and the collar is tied with a kumihimo cord. The term "suikan hakama" is also used to refer to the long hakama worn with the Suikan, although the exact meaning of this term is somewhat debated. It is considered a quite formal form of clothing. It features very large sleeves that attach to the shoulders for a short distance. The garment is made from one very wide fabric panel. The sides are open. This shows the clothes worn underneath.
Ryōnin was a Tendai Buddhist monk in the late Heian period and the founder of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect.
The Shōko Shūseikan is the site of a pre-modern industrial complex created in the Bakumatsu period by Satsuma Domain in the city of Kagoshima Japan. It was designed a National Historic Site, with the designation expanded in 2013. (ID1484-006) It was later designed as a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.
The 'Kagoshima Spinning Mill’ is a former cotton spinning mill constructed in the Bakumatsu period by Satsuma Domain in the Yoshino neighborhood of the city of Kagoshima Japan. The surviving residence for foreign engineers was designated a National Historic Site in 1959, and the site as a whole was later designated a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.
The Hokke-ikki (法華一揆) were a group of rebels who followed Nichiren (Hokke) Buddhism in Kyoto around the year 1532. Followers of the Nichiren sect refer to the rebellions and subsequent suppression of the Nichiren sect as the "Tenmon Persecution" (天文法難).
