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Hōjō Maki. Hōjō Maki may refer to: Hōjō Maki (北条 牧, 牧の方), also Hōjō no Maki, wife of Hōjō Tokimasa, the first Shikken of Japan, and mother of Hōjō Masako the wife of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Publication date. 2020. Hōjōki (方丈記, literally "square- jō record"), variously translated as An Account of My Hut or The Ten Foot Square Hut, is an important and popular short work of the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei. Written in March 1212, the work depicts the Buddhist concept of impermanence ( mujō ...
Ruled until. 1590, Siege of Odawara. The Later Hōjō clan ( Japanese: 後北条氏, Hepburn: Go-Hōjō-shi) was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region. [1] Their last name was simply Hōjō (北条), but were called "Later Hōjō" to differentiate between the ...
Hōjō Tokimasa. Hōjō Tokimasa (北条 時政, 1138 – February 6, 1215) was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. [1] [2] He was shikken from 1203 [3] until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186.
Hōjō Tokimune (北条 時宗, 5 June 1251 – 20 April 1284) of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent of the shōgun, but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism. He was the second son of ...
Let's Learn Japanese is a video-based Japanese language study course for English speakers produced by The Japan Foundation . The two seasons (Series I and Series II) were originally aired on television at a rate of one episode per day, with each episode consisting of two lessons. Text books which complement the series were also available; these ...
Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū (鹿島神傳直心影流, かしましんでんじきしんかげりゅう), [1] often referred to simply as Jikishinkage-ryū or Kashima Shinden, is a traditional school ( koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship ( kenjutsu ). The school was founded in the mid-16th century, based upon older styles ...
Hōnen-in. Coordinates: 35.0240°N 135.7974°E. Gate to Hōnen-in. Hōnen-in (法然院) is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, western Japan. Honen-in is a single-estate temple located in Shikagaya, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It was originally part of the Jodo sect, but became independent and is now a single religious corporation.