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  2. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu ...

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    It is the oldest example of nagare-zukuri style of shrine architecture in Japan, where the three inner shrine structures are built side-by-side, with the structure in the middle being larger than those to the left and right. Kōzan-ji (高山寺) Buddhist temple 13th century - Kamakura period

  3. Muromachi period - Wikipedia

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    End of 16th century. Guimet Museum. Christianity affected Japan, largely through the efforts of the Jesuits, led first by the Spanish Francis Xavier (1506–1552), who arrived in Kagoshima in southern Kyūshū in 1549. Both daimyō and merchants seeking better trade arrangements as well as peasants were among the converts.

  4. Azuchi–Momoyama period - Wikipedia

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    During the last half of the 16th century, a number of daimyōs became strong enough either to manipulate the Ashikaga shogunate to their own advantage or to overthrow it altogether. One attempt to overthrow the bakufu (the Japanese term for the shogunate) was made in 1560 by Imagawa Yoshimoto , whose march towards the capital came to an ...

  5. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The book Shogun by James Clavell, and the TV series of the same name, are based on Adam's experiences in Japan. During the first century of Tokugawa rule, Japan's population doubled to thirty million, mostly because of agricultural growth; the population remained stable for the rest of the period. [133]

  6. Japanese Buddhist architecture - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China. [1] After Buddhism arrived from the continent via the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 6th century, an effort was initially made to reproduce the original buildings as faithfully as possible, but gradually local versions of continental ...

  7. Buddhist art in Japan - Wikipedia

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    This architecture in "Japanese" (和様, wayō) that is Japanese original design. It was built in 1059.It was registered as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto". Buddhism played an important role in the development of Japanese art between the 6th and the 16th centuries.

  8. Sengoku period - Wikipedia

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    Japan in the late 16th century The three unifiers of Japan: from left to right: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu In and around the Kinai , the most politically important region in Japan, Oda Nobunaga allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu to increase his power.

  9. List of National Treasures of Japan (temples) - Wikipedia

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    The three Japanese styles, wayō, Daibutsu and Zen were combined in the Muromachi period giving rise to a conglomerate eclectic style represented by the main hall at Kakurin-ji. [10] [29] By the end of the Muromachi period (late 16th century), Japanese Buddhist architecture had reached its apogee. [29]