Religious Civilizations Interacting: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, 550–1500 CE
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School of Buddhism in which adherents follow an experienced master and seek to achieve satori, a flash of enlightenment signaling the recovery of one's Buddha nature.

Traditional alcoholic drink brewed from rice.

A system of written symbols representing the sounds of syllables, rather than individual consonants and vowels.

A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.

Korean phonetic script, introduced in the middle of the fifteenth century.

A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the Mesolithic era.

Amount negotiated between the family of the groom and the family of the bride to be paid by the former to the latter in some marriage traditions, as compensation for the loss of her labor.

Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.

Having thin lines or bands.

The government, rule, or office of a shogun.

A social system in which the mother is head of the family.

Japan's indigenous religion, which emphasizes reverence for nature and the importance of "vitality".

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