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The arrival of buddhism in japan is ultimately a conse quence of first contacts between china and central Asia, where Buddhism had spread from continend.
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The pure land sutras center on the figure of amitabha (amida in Japanese) one of the five wisdom buddhams,and his pure land paradise called sukhavati.
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In many ways the Japanese upper classes patterned them selves after the Chinese written system fashion and the religion of Buddhism.
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It also is a collection of a large amount of Japanese mythology the kojiki begins during the period known as kamiyo.
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Shomu was the 45th Emperor of japan according to the traditional order of succession.
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Yoro rikuryo was one iteration of several codes of governing rule compiled in early Nara period in classical japan.
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Heina kyo was one of several former name of thecity now known askyoko. years from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180.
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Kayasan is home to an active monastic center founder twelve centuries ago by the priest kukai (posthumously khown as kobo daishi for the study and practice of Esoteric budddhism.
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Hogen noran produced aseries of unanticipated conse quenched it created from which the dominance of the samurai clains would come to be established.
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The taira were out numbered but some sources say that they had the advantage over that particular area as well anaval combat tactics in general