Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: school

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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.
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