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| Ainu |
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the people living in the Tohoku region of
Japan who resisted the Imperial Court |
| Abbot |
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the head priest of the temple |
| The abbot's chamber |
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Rebuilt in 1678, and is located in the west
side of the Golden Pavilion. |
| Azuchi Momoyama era |
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The time period from 1568 to 1598. After
the confusion of the Onin no Ran and the
Sengoku era where battles continued endlessly,
Oda Nobunaga united the country. |
| butai |
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a dancing stage (verandah) |
| Chigai-dana |
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two shelves which are hanged top and bottom
from the left side and right side |
| Chozu-bachi |
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a bowl to put water in and wash your hands |
| The civil war between the North and South |
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With the Imperial Court split the North and
South, there became two Emperors, and caused
them to oppose against each other. |
| Daigoku-den |
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the place where the Emperor governed and
also where many ceremonies were held, such
as the celebration of the New Year and enthronement |
| Dodan |
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a place made higher than the rest with soil |
| fusuma |
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sliding doors |
| Garan |
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priest's training hall |
| Ginsyadan |
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the shape of the Lake West in China |
| Gonden |
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The place where the images of Gods are put
during the constructions of the sanctuary. |
| Goshoguruma |
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a court cow carriage used by people of distinction
in ancient Japan |
| Hagi |
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a Japanese bush clover |
| Hakuren |
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a bowl to put water in and wash your hands |
| Hirajo |
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A palace built on a flat land |
| Hirayama-jo |
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a palace built by using the hill in a flat
land |
| Hojyo |
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an abbot's chamber |
| Honmaru |
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it is placed in the center of the palace,
and is an enclosure of the Tenshu |
| in and yo |
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the negative and positive |
| Jibutsu-do |
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a building to enshrine a Buddhist image |
| Jomon era |
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shell mounds, dugouts, straw-rope-pattern
earthenware In this period, the groups of
people living together became larger. |
| Jurakudai |
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the mansion which Toyotomi Hideyoshi built
in Kyoto |
| Jyodo |
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Paradise, the Pure Land |
| jyunihitoe |
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a twelve-layer kimono, a ceremonial robe
of a court lady |
| Kaiso |
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The founder of the sect. |
| Kaiki |
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The person who built the temple. |
| Kaizan |
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the founder of the temple (who made it a
temple) |
| kakemono |
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hanging pictures |
| kana |
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the Japanese alphabet, consisting of forty
seven letters |
| kanjincho |
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papers asking for money and goods to rebuild
the temple and image of Buddha |
| Kanpaku |
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the chief advisor to the Emperor |
| Kanryou |
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the assistant of the Shogun |
| Kare-sansui |
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dry landscape |
| Kentoshi system |
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the system of sending Japanese envoys to
China in order to take in Chinese culture |
| Kogetsudai |
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the place especially made for Yoshimasa to
enjoy the moonlight |
| Kondo |
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the Buddhist sanctuary to enshrine the Buddhist
image. |
| Nuhi |
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people of the lowest class in the country |