1361 (Kōan 1, 6th month): Snowfall was unusually heavy; and there was also a disastrous fire in Kyoto as well as a violent earthquake. 1361 (Kōan 1): Eigen-ji...

a Japanese era (1278-1288) Kōan (Muromachi period), a Japanese era (1361-1362) Emperor Kōan, the 6th emperor of Japan Kōan (公安), an abbreviation for any...

Kōan (弘安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kenji and before Shōō. This period spanned the years from February 1278 through April...

of the first suiboku (ink wash) style Zen Japanese painters in the Muromachi Period (15th century). He was probably also a teacher of Tenshō Shūbun at...

person among the bushi was called a samurai. During the Muromachi period, as in the Kamakura period, the definition of samurai referred to high-ranking bushi...

shogunate. The clan wielded significant power over the course of the Muromachi (1336–1467), Sengoku (1467–1600), and Edo periods, moving, however, from...

from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first shōgun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji...

developed its own formalized style of kōan introspection and training. This includes a standardized curriculum of kōans, which must be studied and "passed"...

Buddhist monks of the gozan 五山 or Five Mountain monasteries of the early Muromachi Period (1336-1573) first introduced the poem-and-painting scrolls. Shigajiku...

case", Jp: kōan) literature, which depicted stories of master-student encounters that were seen as demonstrations of the awakened mind. Most kōan stories...