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This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
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 ...
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]
A warrior on horseback or horse-drawn chariot changed the balance of power between the warring civilizations throughout the arc of East Asian military history. When warring East Asian civilizations were at odds, as the civilization with horses clashed with those without, horses provided a huge advantage to overcome, prevail, and subdue their ...
The Nihon Shoki of 720, one of the earliest texts tracing the history of Japan. The earliest extant works aiming to present the History of Japan appeared in the 8th century CE. The Kojiki of 712 and the Nihon Shoki of 720 looked to similar Chinese models, [1] at a time when Chinese culture had a great influence on Japan.
Nationalist politics in Japan sometimes exacerbated these tensions, such as denial of the Nanjing Massacre and other war crimes, [291] revisionist history textbooks, and visits by some Japanese politicians to Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Japanese soldiers who died in wars from 1868 to 1954, but also has included convicted war criminals ...
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.
Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-16413-8. Julia Meech and Jane Oliver, ed. (2008). Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860. Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America. ISBN 978-0-295-98786-6. Stephen Mansfield (2009). Tokyo: a Cultural ...