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Kamakura

(Encyclopedia)Kamakura kämäˈko͞orä [key], city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort and residential area but is ...

Keene, Donald Lawrence

(Encyclopedia)Keene, Donald Lawrence, 1922–2019, American scholar and translator, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1949). During World War II, he worked as a Navy interpreter and intelligence of...

Hatogaya

(Encyclopedia)Hatogaya hätōˈgäyä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a res...

Pure Land Buddhism

(Encyclopedia)Pure Land Buddhism or Amidism, devotional sect of Mahayana Buddhism in China and Japan, centering on worship of the Buddha Amitabha. According to the Pure Land Sutras, composed in India in the 2d cent...

Liang Ch'i-ch'ao

(Encyclopedia)Liang Ch'i-ch'ao lyäng chē-chou [key], 1873–1929, Chinese reform leader. Liang was a disciple of K'ang Yu-wei. Stunned by China's disastrous defeat by Japan (see Sino-Japanese War, First), K'ang a...

Settsu

(Encyclopedia)Settsu sātˈtso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 87,453), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Osaka. ...

Higashikurume

(Encyclopedia)Higashikurume hēgäˌshēko͞oro͞oˈmā [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a ...

Himi

(Encyclopedia)Himi hēˈmē [key], city, Toyama prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on Toyama Bay. It is a...

Kakamigahara

(Encyclopedia)Kakamigahara käkäˌmēgähäˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 129,680), Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural and commercial center. ...

Niiza

(Encyclopedia)Niiza nēˈzä [key], city (1990 pop. 138,919), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Yonase River. It is a suburb of Tokyo. ...