_nembutsu_: chant to Amida Buddha used by Jodo and Jodo Shin sects.
Nichiren (1222-1282): founder of Buddhist sect based on Lotus Sutra.
Nichiren Shoshu: name of the sect founded by Nichiren.
No: theatrical form reflecting Zen ideals, which came to prominence during the Ashikaga era.
Nobunaga (1534-1582): military ruler who began the movement to unify Japan.
Oribe: style of Japanese Zen-influenced ceramics.
pi-kuan: "wall-gazing" meditation practiced and extolled by Bodhidharma.
Raku: style of ceramics invented by Chojiro.
_ramma_: open latticework in the traditional Japanese house.
Renga: "linked verse" form of Japanese poetry, in which different
participants must contribute alternate stanzas.
Rikka: an early style of formal flower arranging.
Rinzai: Japanese sect of Zen stressing sudden enlightenment and use of _koans_.
_roji_: "dewy path" leading through the Japanese tea garden. Ryoan-ji: temple in Kyoto with a famous kare sansui flat garden. _Sabi_: aesthetic tenn signifying the dignity of old age.
Saicho (767-822): introduced Tendai Buddhism into Japan (806).
Saiho-ji: temple in Kyoto and site of early Zen landscape garden. Sakyamuni: the Buddha, "sage of the Sakyas."
_samurai_: Japanese warriors, who were the first converts to Zen. Sanskrit: original language of much Buddhist literature.
_sarugaku_: theatrical form which was forerunner of the No. _sashimi_: raw fish.
Sen no Rikyu (1521-1591): proponent of wabi aesthetics who
strongly influenced the evolution of the tea ceremony.
Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506): greatest Japanese Zen painter.
Seto: site of Japanese pottery production.
Shao-lin: Chinese monastery where Bodhidharma reportedly first
Shen-hsiu (606-706): traditionally said to have been rival of Hui- neng at monastery of Fifth Patriarch and later much favored by Chinese ruling circles.
_shibui_: important tenn for later Zen aesthetics which means understated, simple good taste. shin: type of ink-painting technique.
_shinden_: Heian architectural stvle borrowed from China.
Shingon: esoteric sect of Buddhism introduced into Japan by
Shino: style of Japanese Zen-inspired ceramics.
Shinran (1173-1262): founder of the Jodo Shin sect in Japan (1224).
Shinto: original Japanese belief svstem, which preceded Buddhism.