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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 |
堀 |
a moat |
| Hotoke |
仏 |
a buddha (awakened one); the Buddha (historical Buddha or Shakamuni/Gautama Buddha) |
