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Research Topics on: kamakura japan

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Books on: kamakura japan

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Journal Articles on: kamakura japan

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Magazine Articles on: kamakura japan

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Newspaper Articles on: kamakura japan

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    Typhoon Hits Eastern Japan: Tokyo Swamped; at Least 3 Killed
    Newspaper article by Willis Witter; The Washington Times, September 23, 1996
    Subjects: 
    Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...at one time since 1976, when Japan began keeping records, the...Some 70,000 homes in central Japan lost electricity as high winds...surfers were reported missing in Kamakura, a resort town south of Tokyo...enthusiasts whenever typhoons approach Japan. As the storm passed, hundreds...
     
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    Intimate, Breathtaking 'Life' of Art from Japan
    Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, January 21, 1996
    Subjects: 
    Japan
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...reinforcement and ornamentation known in Japan as hyogu. The mounter, or...whole process of painting in Japan. Lady Murasaki, in the 11th...Buddha Entering Nirvana" (Kamakura period, early 14th century...the Usami Shokakudo in Kyoto, Japan, the painting dramatically...
     
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    Religion Finds Fallow Fields in Japan Today; 'Not a Lot of Interest' after Aum Case
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 27, 2002
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Kencho-ji Temple in Kamakura. Buddhism claimed many...religious presence in Japan. Photo by Daniel Rosenbaum...Kencho-ji Temple in Kamakura. Buddhism came to Japan sometime around 600...This Shinto shrine at Kamakura has only one visitor...
     
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    Kindness Is Pervasive in Japan - and Pragmatic
    Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 20, 2011
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Like many women and girls in Japan, sometimes I was pawed on...burden. When I traveled to Japan in the 1990s, I remember...time. Those who have visited Japan may be familiar with the giant bronze Buddha in Kamakura, originally housed in a temple...
     
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    Travel: BIG IN JAPAN; Lose Yourself in Tokyo's Colourful Chaos
    Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 3, 2006
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Gambling is illegal in Japan so these garish, noisy...they so nearly say in Japan! NIGEL THOMPSON Its...of Tokyo by train to Kamakura to absorb some of Japans...couple of stops back to Kamakura itself for the Shinto...the most important in Japan. You can offer a prayer...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: kamakura japan

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    Kamakura
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    KAMAKURA kama koora, city...central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and...shrines and temples. Kamakura is especially famous...goddess of mercy. Kamakura was splendid as the...headquarters of eastern Japan. An earthquake in...
     
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    Japan
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Taira, and became masters of Japan. Their great leader, Yoritomo...established his capital at Kamakura, and set up a military dictatorship. For the next 700 years Japan was ruled by warriors. The...the Hojo, who managed the Kamakura administration as regents for...
     
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    Yoritomo
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...his bakufu (headquarters) at Kamakura, and rewarded his retainers with...the pattern of military rule in Japan until the mid-19th cent. See J. P. Mass, Court and Bakufu in Japan: Essays in Kamakura History (1982...
     
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    Kanagawa
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...kana gawa, prefecture (1990 pop. 7,980,421), E central Honshu, Japan. Yokohama is the capital. Other important cities include Kawasaki, Yokosuka, and Kamakura (a religious center). The urban belt of the eastern part of the prefecture...
     
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    Japanese Art
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...and Unkei, the principal Kamakura sculptor. These artists imbued...survive today are from the Kamakura period. These scrolls are...growing popularity in the early Kamakura period, received the continued...engraving found its way to Japan in this period and influenced...
     

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