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| Sabi |
寂び |
the profound beauty found in antiquity; the Japanese spirit of aesthetically appreciating the profundity of old things |
| Sa-daijin |
左大臣 |
the Minister of the Left; the Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Sadō |
茶道 |
a tea ceremony |
| Sadō-ka |
茶道家 |
a tea master |
| Sai-iki |
西域 |
the Western Regions; Xiyu |
| Sankin Kotai |
参勤交代 |
daimyo's mandatory visiting the capital periodically (in Edo period) |
| Satori |
悟り |
enlightenment; awakening |
| Sawara |
椹 |
a kind of cypress (botanical name; Chamaecyparis pisifera) |
| Sekai-bunka-isan |
世界文化遺産 |
a World Cultural Heritage site |
| Sekigahara-no-tatakai |
関ヶ原の戦い |
the Battle of Sekigahara (fought in 1600 over the rulership of the country and won by the Tokugawa clan) |
| Sengoku-jidai |
戦国時代 |
the Era of Warfare (in Japan); the Era of Warring States (in Japan) (ca. 1467 to 1573) |
| Shari-den |
舎利殿 |
a stupa (structure to enshrine the Buddha's relics) |
| Shichi-fuku-jin |
七福神 |
the Seven Lucky Gods: Ebisu, Daikoku-ten (Mahakala), Bishamon-ten (Vaishravana), Bezai-ten (Sarasvati), Fukurokuju, Jurōjin (Gama) and Hotei (Budai) |
| Shikii |
敷居 |
a threshold; sill |
| Shinden-zukuri |
寝殿造り |
the Shinden Style; the Noble House Style; the Heian Noble House Style |
| Shingon-shū |
真言宗 |
the Shingon denomination (a denomination of Buddhism founded by Master Kūkai) |
| Shinpan |
親藩 |
daimyos related to the Tokugawa family; Tokugawa clan daimyo |
| Shiragi |
新羅 |
Silla (an ancient Korean kingdom; 668 - 935) |
| Shiten-nō |
四天王 |
the Four Heavenly Kings (protectors of Buddhism: Kōmoku-ten, Jikoku-ten, Tamon-ten, Zōjō-ten) |
| Shō-en |
荘園 |
a manor (a land privately owned by aristcrats or temples in times onward from the late Nara period) |
| Sho-in |
書院 |
a writing room; abbot's study (desk) |
| Sho-in-zukuri |
書院造り |
the Shoin Style; Samurai-residence style; traditional Japanese house style
→ Shoin-zukuri |
| Shoso-in |
正倉院 |
the Shosoin Repository |
| Shugendō |
修験道 |
Japanese mountain asceticism (established based on syncretic fusion of Shintoism, Taoism, Esoteric Buddhism and mountain shamanism. |
| Shōji |
障子 |
sliding (Shoji) door; wooden grid door |
| Shōrō |
鐘楼 |
a belfry |
| -Shū |
-宗 |
denomination (used like a suffix); e.g. Shingon-shū = Shingon denomination |
| Shumoku |
撞木 |
a wooden bell hammer (striker) |
| Sōrin |
相輪 |
the finial of pagoda; the nine-ringed finial |
| Sukashi-bori |
透かし彫り |
wood (metal) openwork |
| Sukiya-zukuri |
数奇屋造り |
the Sukiya style; the typical tea house design; the Tea House Style; the Humble Cottage Style |
