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Japan Sightseeing Glossary (22)




Last update November 3, 2019

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Zashiki 座敷 a formal audience hall
Zen the Zen denomination; meditation
Zen-shū 禅宗 the Zen denomination (a Buddhist denomination founded by Bodhidharma in China; includes the Rinzai and Sōtō denominations in Japan)
Zōjō-ten 増長天 Virudhaka (Patron of Growth) (one of the Four Heavenly Kings; protectors of Buddhism; protects the south)


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