Search results for "Buddhism in Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- is a form of ornamental handwriting found in various cultures throughout ... typography and non-classical hand-lettering in that characters are disciplined ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- have been one of the most skilled swordsmen in Japanese history. Musashi, ... life. He constantly tested his insights in a series of real life-or-death ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central ... sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... fused into a single unified form of Buddhism. In Japan in particular they ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Early on in his college days, Kerouac embraced a bohemian lifestyle ... spent more than a decade studying Zen Buddhism in Japan and won a Pulitzer ...22 KB (3,414 words) - 21:03, 25 December 2022
- The crowns of Silla, discovered and displayed in Gyeongju, are unique ... The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ... It is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and, unique among the prefectures ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- stages of the Soviet occupation of Sakhalin. In the decades following, those ... During the 1930s and early 1940s, the Empire of Japan controlled the ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- further east lies the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The word Zhejiang (meaning ... Zhejiang has been enjoying a dramatic upsurge in its economy and standard ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- Pakistan and into the Ganges River valley in northern India. The Kushan ... language. They practiced Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and possibly Saivism, while ...35 KB (4,905 words) - 05:11, 10 June 2024
- both ancient and modern, that originated in or is practiced in China or ... they were produced. Artists and artisans in ancient China relied heavily ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- define what people regard as most valuable in a human being. Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle dealt with virtues ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi" ... " that bind us to suffering and keep us in ignorance. More than any other ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ... China has been a major source of inspiration and life in terms of ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- and the 2,000-year-old Imperial system. In 1924, he was expelled from ... historians as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, and in 1934, he was officially ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- influenced by the two primary religions of Japan, Shinto and Buddhism. Japanese ... stories of ancient India were influential in shaping Japanese stories, though ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd ... Tofu originated in ancient China, but little else is known about the ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
