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Gakuen-ji, the Glossary

is a Buddhist temple located in the Besshō neighborhood of the city of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

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Buddhist temples in Shimane Prefecture
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Izumo Province
Izumo Shrine and Buddhism Sacred Sites
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Temples of Avalokiteśvara
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Amago clan

The, descended from the Emperor Uda (868–897) by the Kyogoku clan, descending from the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).

In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "God looking down (upon the world)", IPA), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion (mahakaruṇā).

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Battle of Dan-no-ura

The was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshū.

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Benkei

, popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185).

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Bettō

is a term which originally indicated the head of an institution serving temporarily as the head of another one, but which came to mean also the full-time head of some institution.

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Bhaisajyaguru

Bhaiṣajyaguru (भैषज्यगुरु, 藥師佛, 薬師仏, 약사불, Dược Sư Phật, སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ), or Bhaishajyaguru, formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light"; t, 薬師瑠璃光如来, 약사유리광여래, Dược Sư Lưu Ly Quang Vương Như Lai), is the Buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism.

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Bonshō

, also known as or are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Buddhist temples in Japan

Buddhist temples or monasteries are (along with Shinto shrines) the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan.

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Dojo

A is a hall or place for immersive learning, experiential learning, or meditation.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Emperor Go-Daigo

Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-28.

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Empress Suiko

(554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): She introduced Buddhism in Japan and built many Buddhist templed, but she held the balance between Buddhism and Shintoism.

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Ennin

, better known in Japan by his posthumous name, Jikaku Daishi (慈覺大師), was a priest of the Tendai school of Buddhism in Japan, and its third.

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Gar

Gars are an ancient group of ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae.

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Heian period

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

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Honzon

, sometimes referred to as a Gohonzon, is the enshrined main image or principal deity in Japanese Buddhism.

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Ichibata Electric Railway

Ichibata Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is the name of two related, yet different companies in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

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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 Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people.

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Izumo, Shimane

is a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

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Izumo-taisha

, officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan. Gakuen-ji and Izumo-taisha are Izumo Grand Shrine, Izumo Province and Izumo Shrine and Buddhism Sacred Sites.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese poetry

Japanese poetry is poetry typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, as well as poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or ryūka from the Okinawa Islands: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction between Japanese poetry written in Japan or by Japanese people in other languages versus that written in the Japanese language by speaking of Japanese-language poetry.

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Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

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Kamakura shogunate

The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.

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Kita-Matsue Line

The is a 22.9 km railway line owned by the Ichibata Electric Railway.

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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Shimane)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Shimane. Gakuen-ji and list of Historic Sites of Japan (Shimane) are Historic Sites of Japan.

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Mōri clan

The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.

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Minamoto no Yoshitsune

was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.

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Monuments of Japan

is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of JapanIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties". Gakuen-ji and Monuments of Japan are Historic Sites of Japan.

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Mountain worship

is a faith that regards mountains as sacred objects of worship.

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Nanboku-chō period

The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, Nanboku-chō jidai, "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate of Japanese history.

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Oki Islands

The is an archipelago in the Sea of Japan, the islands of which are administratively part of Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

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Sōhei

were Buddhist warrior monks of both classical and feudal Japan.

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Sengoku period

The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Shimane Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.

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Shinano Province

or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.

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Shugendō

is a highly syncretic religion, a body of ascetic practices that originated in the Nara Period of Japan having evolved during the 7th century from an amalgamation of beliefs, philosophies, doctrines and ritual systems drawn from local folk-religious practices, Shinto mountain worship and Buddhism.

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Shugo

, commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan.

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Sutra mound

A is an archaeological site where sūtras were buried underground.

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Taira clan

The was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Tachibana.

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Tendai

, also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 Tendai hokke shū, sometimes just "hokke shū"), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō (posthumously known as Dengyō Daishi).

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