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Jōmyō-ji

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is a Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect, Kenchō-ji school, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. [1]

40 relations: Ashikaga clan, Ashikaga Mochiuji, Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Bodaiji, Buddhist temples in Japan, Five Mountain System, Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara no Kamatari, Gautama Buddha, Glossary of Japanese Buddhism, Guanyin, Hōjō clan, Hōjō Sadatoki, Hōkyōintō, Important Cultural Property (Japan), Inari Ōkami, Inari shrine, Japan, Japanese rock garden, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō kubō, Kantō region, Kōjin, Ken (unit), Kenchō-ji, Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism), Mikkyō, Mon (emblem), Muromachi period, Nanboku-chō period, Rinzai school, Sanmon, Sengoku period, Soga no Iruka, Taiheiki, Zen, Zuisen-ji.

Ashikaga clan

The was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.

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Ashikaga Mochiuji

Ashikaga Mochiuji (足利持氏, 1398–1439) was the Kamakura-fu's fourth Kantō kubō during the Sengoku period (15th century) in Japan.

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Ashikaga Tadayoshi

"Ashikaga Tadayoshi" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

was the 3rd shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, which was in power from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan.

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Bodaiji

A in Japanese Buddhism is a temple which, generation after generation, takes care of a family's dead, giving them burial and performing ceremonies in their soul's favor.

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Buddhist temples in Japan

Buddhist temples are, together with Shinto shrines, considered to be among the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan.

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Five Mountain System

The system, more commonly called simply Five Mountain System, was a network of state-sponsored Chan (Zen) Buddhist temples created in China during the Southern Song (1127–1279).

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Fujiwara clan

, descending from the Nakatomi clan and through them Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, was a powerful family of regents in Japan.

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Fujiwara no Kamatari

Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原 鎌足, 614 – November 14, 669) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Asuka period (538–710).

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Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

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Glossary of Japanese Buddhism

This is the glossary of Japanese Buddhism, including major terms the casual (or brand-new) reader might find useful in understanding articles on the subject.

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Guanyin

Guanyin or Guan Yin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated by Mahayana Buddhists and followers of Chinese folk religions, also known as the "Goddess of Mercy" in English.

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Hōjō clan

The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333.

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Hōjō Sadatoki

was the ninth shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1284–1301), and tokusō (de facto ruler of Japan) from his appointment as regent until his death.

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Hōkyōintō

A is a Japanese pagoda, so called because it originally contained the sūtra.

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Important Cultural Property (Japan)

An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and judged to be of particular importance to the Japanese people.

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Inari Ōkami

is the Japanese kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto.

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Inari shrine

is a Shinto shrine to worship the god Inari.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese rock garden

The or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden, creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.

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Kamakura

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in Kantō region of Japan.

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Kantō kubō

(also called,, or) was a title equivalent to shōgun assumed by Ashikaga Motouji after his nomination to Kantō kanrei, or deputy shogun for the Kamakura-fu, in 1349.

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Kantō region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Kōjin

Kōjin, also known as, is the Japanese kami (god) of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.

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Ken (unit)

The is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku).

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Kenchō-ji

Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the Kamakura Gozan) and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan.

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Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)

Main hall is the term used in English for the building within a Japanese Buddhist temple compound (garan) which enshrines the main object of veneration.

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Mikkyō

is a Japanese term that refers to the esoteric Vajrayāna practices of the Shingon Buddhist school and the related practices that make up part of the Tendai and Kegon schools.

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Mon (emblem)

, also,, and, are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution or business entity.

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Muromachi period

The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.

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Nanboku-chō period

The, spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japanese history.

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Rinzai school

The Rinzai school (Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: 临济宗 línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (with Sōtō and Ōbaku).

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Sanmon

A, also called, is the most important gate of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple, and is part of the Zen shichidō garan, the group of buildings that forms the heart of a Zen Buddhist temple.

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Sengoku period

The is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict.

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Soga no Iruka

was the son of Soga no Emishi a statesman in the Asuka Period of Japan.

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Taiheiki

The (Chronicle of Great Peace) is a Japanese historical epic (see gunki monogatari) written in the late 14th century and covers the period from 1319 to 1367.

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Zen

Zen (p; translit) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism.

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Zuisen-ji

is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's in Kamakura, Japan.

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Jomyo-ji, Jomyo-ji (Kamakura), Jomyoji, Jōmyō-ji (Kamakura), Jōmyōji.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jōmyō-ji

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