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As there is an underlying concept of doing all one can with sincerity, [4] there are many changes in the contents of the shinsen depending on season or region. There are regions where the custom of offering up the first produce of the year before an altar without eating it remains, [5] but there are also areas where offerings are selected from amongst the seasonal foods.
The Shinsen Jikyō (新撰字鏡, "Newly Compiled Mirror of Characters") is the first Japanese dictionary containing native kun'yomi "Japanese readings" of Chinese characters. The title is also written 新選字鏡 with the graphic variant sen ( 選 "choose; select; elect") for sen ( 撰 "compile; compose; edit").
Shinsen Shōjiroku (新撰姓氏録, "New Selection and Record of Hereditary Titles and Family Names") is an imperially commissioned Japanese genealogical record. Thirty volumes in length, it was compiled under the order of Emperor Saga by his brother, the Imperial Prince Manta (万多親王, 788–830).
Sugawara no Michizane, to whom the compilation is traditionally attributed.. The Shinsen Man'yōshū (新撰万葉集, "Newly Compiled Man'yōshū" [1]), also called the Kanke Man'yōshū (菅家万葉集, "Sugawara no Michizane's Man'yōshū"), [2] [3] [4] is a privately compiled anthology of waka and kanshi compiled between 893 and 913.
Shinsen Tsukubashū (1495) Kanginshū (1518) Shinsen Inutsukubashū (after 1524) Nijūichidaishū (21 imperial collections of Japanese poetry) Kokin Wakashū (c. 920) Gosen Wakashū (951) Shūi Wakashū (1005–1007) Goshūi Wakashū (1086) Kin'yō Wakashū (1124–27) Shika Wakashū (1151–54) Senzai Wakashū (1187) Shin Kokin Wakashū (1205 ...
973 - Shinsen Kisoki the first text of Japanese turtle shell divination completed in 973 but was compiled through 830. 974 - Kagerō Nikki [24] 975 - Ochikubo Monogatari [25] Before 977 – Utsubo Monogatari by Unknown; 977 - Honin no Jiju Shu [26] 980 - Sumiyoshi Monogatari it was a highly influential book read by Murasaki Shikibu and Sei ...
The Shinsengumi (新選組, "Newly Selected Corps") was a small, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the bakufu (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863.
Different types of Yansheng coins in Hội An, Vietnam.. Yansheng Coins (traditional Chinese: 厭勝錢; simplified Chinese: 厌胜钱; pinyin: yàn shèng qián), commonly known as Chinese numismatic charms, refer to a collection of special decorative coins that are mainly used for rituals such as fortune telling, Chinese superstitions, and Feng shui.