Meanings

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

Zen (Buddhism)

Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)

Zen (Buddhism)

Shingon sect

the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

religious war

Shin Buddhism

Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

Minister of Rites (Zhou dynasty China)

Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)

Kogi Shingon ("Old Shingon" school of Buddhism)

religious history

root of a moso bamboo

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

military order

primitive religion