Iga ninja伊賀忍者 伊賀物 伊賀流alternative words: Igamono, Iga mono, Igaryu, Iga ryu, Iga school keywords: ninja , school related topics: Ninja , Oda Nobunaga , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Edo shogunate , Hattori Hanzo related web sites: http://www.sphere.ad.jp/ninja/ explanation: Located between Kinki region which is the old Japanese political center and Nagoya region where all the seigniors of Japanese unification were born, Iga and Koga were an ideal place to recruit ninja because the inhabitants own the perfect accent of Kinki and solid foot proper to mountain folk. Just after the assassination of Nobunaga, Ieyasu successfully fled from the capture thanks to Iga ninja. For that reason, Iga became the privileged place of ninja recruitment for Edo shogunate. Ikenobo school池坊alternative words: Ikenobo, Ikeno bo, Ikenobou keywords: ikebana , school related topics: Ikebana , Muromachi period related web sites: http://www.ikenobo.or.jp explanation: The oldest school of flower arrangement (ikebana) in Japan, founded by a Buddhist priest, Ikenobo Senke during Muromachi period. The preferred style is rikka (standing flower) arrangement. Kano school狩野派alternative words: Kanoha school, Kanoha, Kanouha, Kano ha, Kanou ha keywords: art , school related topics: Muromachi shogunate , Edo shogunate , Oda Nobunaga , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Ink painting , Hashimoto Gaho explanation: Japanese painting school founded by Kano Masanobu, an official painter (goyoeshi) of Muromachi shogunate. His son, Motonobu created "Kano style" by synthesizing Chinese and Japanese painting (yamatoe) techniques. Motonobu's grandson, Eitoku, patronized by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, developed screen and wall painting (shobyoga). Eitoku's grandson, Tanyu, recruited by Tokugawa Ieyasu as goyoeshi, realized many painting for Edo shogunate and his disciples perpetuated Kano school. Kokugaku国学alternative words: Kokugaku school, Koku-gaku, Koku gaku, National learning, Japanese national learning keywords: philosophy , school , shintoism related topics: Motoori Norinaga , Edo period , Shintoism , Manyoshu , Kojiki related web sites: http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~rinri/036.htm explanation: Beginning with an innocent study of Japanese classics such as Manyoshu and Kojiki by Kamo Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga, in order to justify a lack of Japanese ideology in face to well structured foreign disciplines such as Confucianism and Buddhism, it became more radical with the works of Hirata Atsutane. It formed a core of ideological arm when Japanese began to feel pressures of westerners at the end of Edo period, especially among samurai of Mito domain. Ohara school小原流alternative words: Ohararyu school, Ohara-ryu, Ohararyu keywords: ikebana , school related topics: Ikebana , Ikenobo school related web sites: http://www.ohararyu.or.jp explanation: School of flower arrangement (ikebana) founded by a dissident of Ikenobo school, Ohara Unshin (1861-1916) at the end of Meiji era in Kansai region. He has introduced moribana (bunch of flowers) technique by using a flat base. Omotesenke表千家 表千家流alternative words: Omote senke, Omotesenkeryu, Omotenseke ryu, Omotesenke school keywords: school related topics: Tea ceremony , Sen no Rikyu , Urasenke related web sites: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/omote-senke/index.htm explanation: One of the 3 main tea ceremony schools together with Urasenke and Mushanokoji senke. The school was founded by Sen no Sosa (1619-72), the 3th son of Sotan who was a grandchild of the famous tea master, Sen no Rikyu. It claims legitimate of all the Sen schools and every successor takes the name of "Sen Sosa". Omotesenke means "outside Senke" while Urasenke, "backside Senke", referring to the position of each house in a Kyoto's street. Shushigaku朱子学alternative words: Shishi gaku, Neo Confucianism, Chu Hsi school, Zhu Xi school keywords: china , philosophy , school related topics: Edo shogunate , Hayashi Razan explanation: Contrary to other Asian nations, Japanese had never been eager to adopt Confucianism and even sometimes persecuted it. After a take over of China by Manchu tribe in 17th century, many Chinese scholars fled to Japan and propagated Neo Confucianism which had been created during Song dynasty in 12th century. Its teaching, "the full respect of a social order" being perfectly fit to the needs of Edo shogunate, it became its official doctrine through the work of Hayashi Razan. Sogetsu school草月流 草月会alternative words: Sogetsuryu school, Sogestu-ryu, Sogesturyu, Sogetsu-kai, Sogetsukai keywords: ikebana , school related topics: Ikebana related web sites: http://www.sogetsu.or.jp explanation: School of flower arrangement (ikebana) initiated by Teshigawara Sofu (1900-1979) in 1927. It is characterized by an influence of modern art and daring choice of materials (school of avant-garde). They have strongly committed to an internationalization of ikebana. Urasenke裏千家 裏千家流alternative words: Ura senke, Urasenkeryu, Urasenke ryu, Urasenke school keywords: school related topics: Tea ceremony , Sen no Rikyu , Omotesenke related web sites: http://www.urasenke.or.jp explanation: One of the 3 main tea ceremony schools together with Omotesenke and Mushanokoji senke. The school was founded by Sen no Soshitsu (1622-97), the 4th son of Sotan who was a grandchild of the famous tea master, Sen no Rikyu. Urasenke means "backside Senke" because his house was located behind Omotesenke which means "outside Senke". Urasenke is notorious for its activity in the overseas teaching. Page number: 1 9 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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