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  2. Kasha (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    During Japan's Middle Ages and early modern era, Kasha were depicted as a fiery chariot who took the dead away to hell, and were depicted as such in Buddhist writings, such as rokudo-e. [4] Kasha also appeared in Buddhist paintings of the era, notably jigoku-zōshi (Buddhist ‘ hellscapes ’, paintings depicting the horrors of hell), where ...

  3. Chariot - Wikipedia

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    Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.

  4. South-pointing chariot - Wikipedia

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    Children's instructive toy chariot in Chinese display at Expo 2005 in Japan. The invention of the south-pointing chariot also made its way to Japan by the 7th century. The Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan) of 720 described the earlier Chinese Buddhist monks Zhi Yu and Zhi You constructing several south-pointing Chariots for Emperor Tenji of Japan in 658. [9]

  5. Masakazu Nakai - Wikipedia

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    Nakai Masakazu zenshū (in Japanese). Bijutsu Shuppansha. Nakai, Masakazu (December 2010). "Film Theory and the Crisis of Contemporary Aesthetics". Review of Japanese Culture and Society. 22: 80–87. Nakai Masakazu (2016). “La logique des comités.” Translated by Michael Lucken. European Journal of Japanese Philosophy 1: 289–357. Kaffen ...

  6. Culture of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Rice cultivation and centralized leadership were introduced by these groups, shaping Japanese culture. Chinese dynasties, particularly the Tang dynasty, have influenced Japanese culture throughout history. After 220 years of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture ...

  7. Masao Maruyama (scholar) - Wikipedia

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    This was published in 1986, as Reading 'An Outline of a Theory of Civilisation', (「文明論之概略」を読む) by Iwanami Shoten. Besides, he contributed several more noteworthy as well as controversial works on Japanese culture or the process of translation in modern Japan. Most noteworthy is his concept of basso ostinato. Maruyama ...

  8. If the Chariot Tarot Card Shows Up in a Reading, Here's What ...

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    The Chariot Upright Meaning Distractions are abundant, especially in today’s mile-a-minute world. But if you want something badly enough (and from the looks of it, you do) then you need to get ...

  9. Because I could not stop for Death - Wikipedia

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    The poem was published under the title "The Chariot". It is composed in six quatrains in common metre. Stanzas 1, 2, 4, and 6 employ end rhyme in their second and fourth lines, but some of these are only close rhyme or eye rhyme. In the third stanza, there is no end rhyme, but "ring" in line 2 rhymes with "gazing" and "setting" in lines 3 and 4 ...