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Historical Japanese terms
Historical Japanese terms and their kanji
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Undergraduate 3
03/10/2012

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Term

氏子


Definition

ujiko

 

Shito shine worshiper/ practitioner

Term



日本書紀

Definition

 

Nihonshokior shoku nihongi

the oldest book of chronicals in Japan

720 CE


Term

宝塚歌劇団 


(Takarazuka kagekidan)

Definition
The Takarazuka Revue (宝塚歌劇団 Takarazuka Kagekidan) is a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shōjo manga and Japanese folktales. The troupe takes its name from the Hankyu Takarazuka rail line in suburban Osaka. The company is a division of the Hankyu Railway company; all members of the troupe are employed by the company.
Term

黄泉の国



Definition

yominokuni

hades - the underword, where izanagi chased izonami but was repeled by hre rotting flesh 

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Iz-Le/Izanagi-and-Izanami.html


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理学

Definition
Japanese Neo-confucianism of the the edo period.
Term

yao-yorozu-no-kami



Definition
Term
bunraku
Definition
Classical pupetry with handelers wearing black
Term

(新宗教

shinshyukyou

Definition
new religions
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