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Shoukoku

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Kaō era (1169.4.8-1171.4.21)

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former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

1

dismissing a government official

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Kenshunmon'in

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Kaeyama

1

sea wall; breakwater

1

Munekiyo

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imprisonment; incarceration

2

Goshirakawajoukou (retired emperor)

3

Sadayoshi

2

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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Goshirakawain

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agreement

2

Itsukushima Shrine

3

Shitennōji

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Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26) (ex-emperor, later monk)

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warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto

14

Kamogawa

1

direct petition

9

police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)

5

court dance and music

1

to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine

2

hardness; firmness

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Ushiwaka

2

Buddhist priest

3

great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn

1

infancy; childhood; infant; child

1

entering the capital; entering Tokyo

1

to consult somebody; to talk something over

1

Mahavairocana (name of a Bodhisattva)

1

imperial proclamation

1

political friend; friend with the same political views

7

modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

1

vassal; attendant

1

night attack

1

not so

1

nation building

1

Kiyomori (shogun)

1

groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another

5

(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands

1

to tear down; to shatter

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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Nara; Kongōbu-ji

1

(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

1

Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

2

banishment; exile

15

ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)

1

Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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windbreak

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