The Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku Jidai, "Warring States period") was a period in Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate.Various samurai warlords and clans fought for control over Japan in …

"gekokujō". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.Vol. 1: A–L.Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 447. ISBN 4062064898. OCLC 76078619. Since the medieval period mid-12th–14th centuries) writers have used the term to describe a variety of situations in which established authority was being challenged from below, such as the coup plots and insubordination the 1930s (see February 26 …

Shibui (渋い) (adjective), shibumi (渋み) (noun), or shibusa (渋さ) (noun) are Japanese words that refer to a particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty. Like other Japanese aesthetics terms, such as iki and wabi-sabi, shibui can apply to a wide variety of subjects, not just art or fashion.. Shibusa is an enriched, subdued appearance or experience of intrinsically ...

The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident.At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.Their occupation lasted until the success of the Soviet Union and Mongolia with the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation in mid-August 1945, towards the …

No. overall No. in season Japanese Translated title/English title Original air date English air date; 103: 01 "This is a Super Z Bey!" / Time to go Turbo! Transcription: "Kore ga Chōzetsu Bei da!!" (Japanese: これが超ゼツベイだ!!April 2, 2018 (): October 7, 2018 (Canada)

Description. According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi can be described as "the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty. It occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West." Another description of wabi-sabi by Andrew Juniper notes that, "If …

Ascendance of a Bookworm (Japanese: 本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～, Hepburn: Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen, lit."Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Stop at Nothing to Become a Librarian") is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by You Shiina.

Giri is a Japanese value roughly corresponding to "duty", "obligation", or even "burden of obligation" in English.It is defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion" by Namiko Abe.It is also associated with the complex Japanese values that involve loyalty, gratitude, and moral debt. This value is so integral to Japanese culture that the conflict between giri and …

The Oxford English Dictionary defines ikigai as "a motivating force; something or someone that gives a person a sense of purpose or a reason for living". More generally it may refer to something that brings pleasure or fulfilment. The term compounds two Japanese words: iki (生き, meaning 'life; alive') and kai (甲斐, meaning '(an) effect; (a) result; (a) fruit; (a) worth; (a) use; (a ...

Hansei (反省, "self-reflection") is a central idea in Japanese culture, meaning to acknowledge one's own mistake and to pledge improvement. This is similar to the German proverb Selbsterkenntnis ist der erste Schritt zur Besserung, where the closest translation to English would be "Insight into oneself is the first step to improvement".