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Buddhism in Japan and Japanese people

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Difference between Buddhism in Japan and Japanese people

Buddhism in Japan vs. Japanese people

Buddhism in Japan has been practiced since its official introduction in 552 CE according to the Nihon Shoki from Baekje, Korea, by Buddhist monks. are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of that country.

Similarities between Buddhism in Japan and Japanese people

Buddhism in Japan and Japanese people have 21 things in common (in Unionpedia): Buddhism, China, Edo period, Heian period, Japanese archipelago, Jōdo Shinshū, Mahayana, Meiji period, Meiji Restoration, Muromachi period, Nara period, Nihonjinron, Sengoku period, Shinbutsu-shūgō, Shinran, Shinto, Tang dynasty, Tōdai-ji, The Japan Times, World War II, Zen.

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Japanese archipelago

The is the group of islands that forms the country of Japan, and extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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Jōdo Shinshū

, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna (Sanskrit for "Great Vehicle") is one of two (or three, if Vajrayana is counted separately) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice.

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Meiji period

The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Muromachi period

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

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nihonjinron

, is a genre of texts that focus on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity.

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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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Shinbutsu-shūgō

Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Buddhism and kami worship that was Japan's only organized religion up until the Meiji period.

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Shinran

Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp.

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Shinto

or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Tōdai-ji

is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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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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Buddhism in Japan and Japanese people Comparison

Buddhism in Japan has 178 relations, while Japanese people has 230. As they have in common 21, the Jaccard index is 5.15% = 21 / (178 + 230).

References

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