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Kikuin Sōi, the Glossary

was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk of the Ryukyu Kingdom.^[1]

Abbot (Buddhism)

In Buddhism, the abbot (saṅghanāyaka) is the head of a Buddhist monastery or large Buddhist temple.

Bhikkhu

A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.

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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Enkaku-ji (Okinawa)

was a Rinzai Buddhist temple and royal bodaiji of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, in Naha, Okinawa. Kikuin Sōi and Enkaku-ji (Okinawa) are Buddhism in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Gushichan Chōsei

, also known by his Chinese style name, was a Ryukyuan prince who served as sessei, a post often translated as "prime minister", from 1589 to 1610. Kikuin Sōi and Gushichan Chōsei are 16th-century Ryukyuan people, 17th-century Ryukyuan people, Asian history stubs and sessei.

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Invasion of Ryukyu

The by forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma took place from March to May of 1609, and marked the beginning of the Ryukyu Kingdom's status as a vassal state under the Satsuma domain.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese Zen

Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness and equanimity.

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Kagoshima Castle

Kagoshima Castle pre-1873 was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Kian (tea master)

was a Japanese tea master and priest who was active in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kikuin Sōi and Kian (tea master) are 16th-century Ryukyuan people, 17th-century Ryukyuan people and Buddhism in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Nakijin Castle

is a Ryukyuan gusuku located in Nakijin, Okinawa.

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Rinzai school

The Rinzai school (宗|Rinzai-shū, p), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku.

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879.

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Satsuma Domain

The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.

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Sessei

shishii was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the sessei served the function of royal or national advisor.

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Shō Hō

was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kikuin Sōi and Shō Hō are sessei.

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Shō Nei

was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1589 to 1620. Kikuin Sōi and Shō Nei are 1620 deaths.

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Shimazu Tadatsune

was a tozama daimyō of Satsuma, the first to hold it as a formal fief (han) under the Tokugawa shogunate, and the first Japanese to rule over the Ryūkyū Kingdom.

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