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• Kanzeon-ji
  ...ffices]]. The temple was also called &quot;<i>fu no daiji</i>&quot; (Great Temple of Dazaifu). ...n ordination platform was established at Kanzeon-ji in [[761]], making the temple the site of one of three top ordination platforms in the country, along wit
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• Tenryu-ji (Okinawa)
  Tenryû-ji was a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] Buddhist temple on [[Okinawa Island]], founded by the Japanese monk [[Kaiin]] in [[1456]]. ...ffort, and was believed lost. However, it was later discovered intact at a temple in [[Tottori prefecture]], and was returned to Okinawa in 1962.
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• Toki no kane
  A bell in the same style as Japanese Buddhist temple bells, the ''toki no kane'' is said to have been constructed originally in the Ka
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• Ankokuzen-ji
  Ankokuzen-ji, or Ankoku-ji, is a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple located near [[Shuri Castle]] in [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa]]. ...ddhist master from [[Zhejiang province]]. The temple later became a branch temple of [[Tenkai-ji]].
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• 1809
  *1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon af
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• Kaiin
  ...lishing, 1996. p53.</ref>, and oversaw the casting of a number of [[temple bells]], including the so-called [[Bridge of Nations Bell]].<ref>"Shō Taikyū."
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• Ooku
  ...ed through a space called the ''osuku rôka'', or "bell hallway," and small bells were rung to announce his coming.<ref>Plaques on-site at [[Shuri castle]].[ ...rom the Ôoku left the castle to make a pilgrimage to the [[Tokugawa clan]] temple [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]], but before returning to the castle, a number of them
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• Ansei Earthquake
  ...rder [[1854|the previous year]] to gather up and melt down Buddhist temple bells from all over the country, in order to use the metal to forge cannon to war
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• Senso-ji
  ...ormerly belonged to the [[Tendai]] sect of Buddhism, but is today the head temple of its own branch of [[Kannon|Shôkannon]] Buddhism. ...and worshiped at [[Asakusa Shrine]], a Shinto shrine on the grounds of the temple.
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• Naminoue Shrine
  ...is was called ''Naminoue-san [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]]'' (波上山護国寺, "Temple for the Protection of the Country, Naminoue Mountain"). ...Ho|Shô Hô]] to obtain three Buddhist sculptures, returned and rebuilt the temple.<ref name=jiten>"Naminoue-gû" 波上宮。 ''Okinawa Encyclopedia – Okin
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• National Treasures
  ===Temple Bells=== [[File:Kanzeonji-bell.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Temple bell at [[Kanzeon-ji]] in [[Dazaifu]]]]
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• Sho Taikyu
  ...table accomplishment; Smits suggests that both the casting of coins and of bells may have been part of efforts by Taikyû to assert or construct notions of ...ell. However, Kerr also writes that Shô Taikyû's patronage of Buddhism and temple-building efforts far exceeded that which would have been demanded or suppor
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• Phaeton Incident
  ...k the bells for the fire alarm after all, and many others did not hear the bells at all. At best, the system as established was meant to be heard throughout
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• Tale of the Heike
  <br>The sound of the Gion Shôja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveal
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• Buddhism
  ...], [[Fumon-ji]], and [[Kogen-ji|Kôgen-ji]]. He also had a number of temple bells produced, donating them to temples across the island. Kaiin made a strong i
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• Commodore Matthew Perry
  ...melted down and refashioned into cannon and rifles - with the exception of bells at head temples (''honzan''), those used for timekeeping, and those of grea ...were later added into the structure in the late 20th century.</ref> and a temple bell from Gokoku-ji, forged in [[1465]], which Perry then installed at Anna
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• Korean embassies to Edo
  ...ks, documents such as Buddhist [[sutras]], Buddhist sculptures, and temple bells. However, the greatest bulk of the trade was for [[ginseng]], which compris ...[[Satsuma wares]].<ref name=taichoro1>Gallery labels, Taichôrô, Fukuzenji temple, [[Tomonoura]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892217611/sizes/
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• Kingdom of Ryukyu
  ...ibyo-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to the [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]] in [[Kumemura]]]] ...er of new temples, and to oversee the construction of a number of [[temple bells]]. Taikyû did not make Buddhism the state religion, but Zen did continue t
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• Gempei War
  <br>The sound of the Gion Shôja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveal
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• Shuri castle
  ...es, crucibles, and molds have been found; it is believed that large temple bells, among other items, were produced here, within the castle grounds.<ref name ...之進-->, with the construction work itself led by ''[[miya daiku]]'' (shrine/temple carpenter) [[Yanagita Kikuzo|Yanagita Kikuzô]].<!--柳田菊造--> An unde
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