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Japan Sightseeing Glossary (8)




Last update December 23, 2019

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Haibutsu-kishaku 廃仏毀釈 a violent anti-Buddhism movement; a movement to destroy Buddhist temples and Buddha images
Hakai-sō 破戒僧 a precept-breaker; a precept-breaking monk
Haken 覇権 supremacy; hegemony; dominance
Haniwa 埴輪 sepulchral earthenware; a burial clay figure
Hatto 法度 a law enacted by shogunate; shogunate law
Hibutsu 秘仏 a Buddha image kept (unseen) within an innermost sanctum; Buddha image kept away from public eyes
Hōjō 方丈 abbot's living quarters
Hōmyō 法名 a priestly name; posthumous name
Hondō 本堂 the Main Hall
Honmaru 本丸 the inner fortress
Honzon 本尊 principal Buddha image (representation) of the temple
Hōō 法皇 a ordained emperor; Dharma Emperor
Hōrai 蓬莱 Monte Penglai; the legendary mountain in China in which hermits used to live
Hori a moat
Hotoke a buddha (awakened one); the Buddha (historical Buddha or Shakamuni/Gautama Buddha)


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