Gozan: five most important Zen monasteries, or "Five Mountains," which
in Kyoto were Tenryu-ji, Shokoku-ji, Tofuku-ji, Kennin-ji, and Manju-
ji.
_haboku_: "broken ink" style of monochrome painting.
_haikai_: Early name for poetic form now known as Haiku.
_Haiku_: verse form consisting of seventeen syllables.
Hakuin (1685-1768): Zen teacher of Tokugawa period who revived Rinzai
sect.
_haniwa_: clay sculpture of the pre-Buddhist period.
_harakiri_: ritual suicide, more politely known as seppuku.
Heian: Period of indigenous aristocratic culture.
_hibachi_: small brazier heater in the traditional Japanese house.
Hideyori (1593-1615): son of Hideyoshi, committed suicide when defeated
by Tokugawa Ievasu.
Hideyoshi (1536-1598): general who assumed control of Japan after Oda
Nobunaga was murdered and who inspired Momoyama age of Japanese art.
Hinayana: more traditional form of Japanese Buddhism, which is
practiced in Southeast Asia.
_hinoki_: Japanese cypress.
Hojo: regents who dominated the Kamakura period of Japanese history
_hokku_: first three lines of a renga, or linked verse, which later
came to be written alone as a Haiku.
Honen (1133-1212): founder of the Jodo or Pure Land sect
(1175)
Hosokawa: clan which served as advisers and regents for the Ashikaga.
Hsia Kuei (active ca. 1180-1230): Southern Sung Chinese painter whose
stvle strongly influenced later Zen artists in Japan.
Hui-k'o (487-593): Second Patriarch of Chinese Ch'an, said to have cut
off his arm to attract Bodhidharma's notice.
Hui-neng (638-713): Sixth Patriarch of Ch'an and founder of the
Southern school of Ch'an which was transmitted to Japan.
Hung-jen (605-675): Fifth Patriarch of Ch'an and teacher of Hui-neng.
Ievasu (1542-1616): founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled
Japan from 1615 to 1868.
Ikebana: Japanese flower arranging.
Jodo: sect of Japanese Buddhism based on chant praising Amida Buddha
which was founded in 1175.
Jodo Shin: rival sect of Japanese Buddhism also based on chant praising
Amida which was founded in 1224.
Jomon: prehistoric culture in Japan.
Josetsu (active 1400-1413): leading artist in Japanese Sung revival.
_kaiseki_: special cuisine associated with the tea ceremony. Kamakura:
effective capital of Japan during period of warrior
domination (1185-1333). kami: Shinto spirits inhabiting the natural
world.
Kamikaze: "Divine Wind" that sank the Mongol fleet attacking
Japan in 1281.
_kamoi_: crossbeams in the traditional Japanese house.
Kano: family of painters dominating much of Japanese painting since the
sixteenth century, replacing Zen artists as the official stylists.
_kare sansui_: stone gardens in "dry landscape" style.
Kinkaku-ji: "Golden Pavilion" built by Yoshimitsu in 1394.
_koan_: illogical conundrums used in Rinzai Zen to induce
enlightenment.
_koicha_: powdered green tea used in the tea ceremony.
Kokinshu: anthology of Japanese poems from the year 905.
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