Culture

== introduction ==
I'll try to pick up some culture in Japan which related to One Piece, remarkably Mihawk and his relationship.
== Ancient times: Before Nara Period: before 8th century ==
=== Myth ===
==== Myth of Izanami and Izanagi (イザナミ・イザナギ神話) ====
八百万の神:Yao yorozu no kami (Divinity countless) in 神道:Shinto animism.
== Classical: Nara - Heian Period: 8th - 12th century ==
=== Language ===
==== Japanese Language ====
=== Literary art ===
==== Aesthetic sense of old Kyoto culture ====
みやび:miyabi(elegant/graceful/flower decorative nice), をかし:wokashi (positive/active/intellectual nice) , あはれ:ahare (negative/passive/emotional nice), (す)さび:(su)sabi (decrease(d) decoration and simple true nature appear(ed)).
==== Mukashi-Wotoko (昔男 / むかしをとこ) ====
むかしをとこ:mukashi-wotoko (a man in the past, anonymous famous) in 伊勢物語:Ise Monogatari and 在原業平朝臣:Ariwara no Narihira Ason
===== 伊勢物語:Ise-monogatari (The Tales of Ise) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Ise
===== 在原業平朝臣:Ariwara no Narihira Ason =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariwara_no_Narihira
===== 河原左大臣源融: Kawara no Sa-Daijin Minamoto no Touru =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_T%C5%8Dru
==== Waka and Kana (和歌とかな) ====
和歌:waka (poem with syllable/mora pattern) and かな:kana(the Japanese syllabary/mora matrix letters)
===== かな:Kana =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kana
===== いろは:iroha =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha
===== 土佐日記:Tosa Nikki =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosa_Nikki
===== 紀貫之:Ki no Tsurayuki =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_no_Tsurayuki
===== 参議篁:Sangi Takamura =====
old poet who has a lot of strange legends, Court Councillor who loved martial arts from his childhood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Takamura
===== 謙徳公:Kentoku kou (one of the poet whoes poem in Ogra best 100) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Koretada
===== 後白河天皇/法皇/上皇:Go-Shirakawa-tennō/houō/joukō =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Shirakawa
===== 梁塵秘抄:Ryoujin Hishou(popular songs of Buddhist scriptures in Heian-period) =====
"Ryojin hisho" means 'the abridged transcript describing the secret teachings to sing beautifully to such an extent that dusts of beams (architecture) would fly and dance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_to_Make_the_Dust_Dance_on_the_Beams
http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/~kyamazak/lit/_Jpoet/ryojin.htm
===== 三千世界: San-Zen-Sekai in Buddhist cosmology =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology
=== Gunki-mono and Biwa-houshi ===
===== 平家物語:Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Heike
===== 宇治川の戦い:Uji-gawa no Tatakai (Battle of Uji) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uji_(1184)
===== 武蔵坊弁慶:Musashi-bou Benkei =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkei
=== Shinto and Buddhism ===
==== Shrine: Iwashimizu Hachimangu (石清水八幡宮) ====
==== The great Buddhist monks in the war age ====
===== 明恵上人:Myoue Shounin =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%C5%8De
===== 華厳:Kegon (Huayan) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayan
===== 密教:Mikkyou (Vajrayana) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
===== 毘盧遮那仏:Birushana-butsu (Vairocana) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vairocana
===== 法然上人:Hounen Shounin =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dnen
===== 比叡山延暦寺:Hieizan Enryaku-ji =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enryaku-ji
===== 阿弥陀仏:Amida-butsu (Amitābha) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit%C4%81bha
===== 栄西禅師:Eisai Zenji =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisai
===== 臨済宗:Rinzai shu =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinzai_school
===== 禅:Zen =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen
===== 公案:kouan("great doubt" trial question and answer) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan
== Medieval: Kamakura - Muromachi Period 12th - 17th century ==
=== Literary art ===
==== Honka-dori and Shakkei (本歌取りと借景) ====
本歌取り:Honka-dori (adaptation of a famous poem) and 借景:Shakkei (Borrowed scenery)
===== 藤原定家:Fujiwara no Teika/Sadaie =====
a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Teika
===== 西行法師:Saigyo-houshi =====
warrior, Buddhist monk, vagabond, famous great poet who has anthologies and a lot of legends in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He had a great influence on later ages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigy%C5%8D
===== 一休さん:Ikkyu-san (一休宗純:Ikkyu Soujun) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikky%C5%AB
===== 金閣寺:Kinkaku-ji =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkaku-ji
==== Renga and Jisei (連歌と辞世) ====
連歌:renga(linked verse of waka) and 辞世:Jisei (farewell waka composed on the eve of their death)
===== 源頼朝:Minamoto no Yoritomo =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
===== 源実朝:Minamoto no Sanetomo =====
a son of 頼朝(Yoritomo), the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate in 13th century. a great poet who has private anthology "金槐和歌集(The Kinkai wakashu:The Golden Pagoda-Tree Collection of Japanese Poetry"), one of his waka included in the anthology Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (100 Poems by 100 Poets Ogura version).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Sanetomo
===== 毛利元就:Mouri Motonari =====
a prominent 大名:daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. well-known of " he lesson of the three arrows"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%8Dri_Motonari
===== 木全知矩:Kimata Tomonori =====
a general at 佐伯郡:Saeki-gun County, 安芸 Aki Province (present-day Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City)
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/758760/36?tocOpened=1
===== 高杉晋作:Takasugi Shinsaku =====
a samurai from the Chōshū Domain of Japan who contributed significantly to the Meiji Restoration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takasugi_Shinsaku
===== 第四四振武隊長　甲斐 玉樹:Kai Tamaki =====
http://www.chiran-tokkou.jp/learn/pilots/kaitamaki.html
Log@Kyoto 1569 (言継卿記)
=== Entertainment ===
===== 井筒:Izutsu =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izutsu
===== 能:Noh =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh
===== 世阿弥:Zeami =====
childhood name:鬼夜叉:Oni-Yasha(literally Ogre-Buddhist guardian), aesthetician, actor, playwright, wrighter of treatise on Noh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeami_Motokiyo
===== 通い小町:Kayoi-Komachi (Lady Komachi Visited) =====
http://www.the-noh.com/en/plays/data/program_023.html
===== 利休:Rikyuu （the historical figure with the most profound influence on cha-no-yu, the Japanese "Way of Tea") =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sen_no_Riky%C5%AB
== Pre-Modern: Edo Priod: 17th - 19th century ==
=== Entertainment ===
===== 落語:rakugo (a comic story told by a professional storyteller) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo
===== 歌舞伎:Kabuki =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki
===== 仮名手本忠臣蔵:Kana-dehon Chushingura =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABshingura
=== Match/Sport ===
===== 五輪の書:"The Book of Five Rings" =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings
===== 相撲:Sumo (Sumo wrestling) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo
===== 四十八手:Shijuu Hatte (48 winning tricks of Sumo) =====
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E6%89%8B
===== 将棋:Shougi (Japanese chess) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi
=== Buddahism ===
===== 白隠禅師坐禅和讃: Hakuin Zenji Zazen Wasan =====
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%90%E7%A6%85%E5%92%8C%E8%AE%83
===== Hakuin Zenji Zazen hymns of praise in Japanese (English transration) =====
http://ameblo.jp/hotpic/entry-11983773796.html
===== 白隠禅師:Hakuin Zenji =====
one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism, artist of Ink wash painting, calligrapher, writer, story teller, maybe he is a father of Manga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuin_Ekaku
===== 白幽子:Hakuyushi =====
calligrapher, hermit, Xian (Taoism), a mastar of 気:ki, a doctor of Hakuin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_(Taoism)
=== Thought ===
==== Art of Ninja (兵法家伝書) ====
===== 柳生 宗矩: Yagyu Munenori =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_Munenori
==== Literary art ====
===== もののあはれ:mono no aware =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware
===== 本居宣長:Motoori Norinaga =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoori_Norinaga
== Modern: After Edo Period: after 19th century ==
=== Entertainment/TV ===
==== Manzai (漫才) ====
漫才:manzai (a comic talk) with Boke (Fool) & Tsukkomi (Cool)
==== Anime ====
===== 一休さん:Ikkyū-san (Anime) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikky%C5%AB-san
==== Drama ====
===== 松田 優作:Matsuda Yusaku =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusaku_Matsuda
==== Song ====
===== 沢田 研二:Sawada Kenji =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Sawada
===== 山口 百恵:Yamaguchi Momoe =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momoe_Yamaguchi
=== Literary art ===
===== 小泉八雲:Koizumi Yakumo (Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, in Greek Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν) =====
an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn
===== 種田山頭火: Taneda Santouka =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%C5%8Dka_Taneda
=== Buddhism ===
===== 鈴木大拙: Suzuki Daisetsu =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._T._Suzuki
== Language ==
=== Japanese Language ===
===== 拗音:You-on (contracted word or diphthong) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Don
===== 漢音:Kan-on (Han sound) =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan-on
===== the character 永:Ei (Eight Principles of Yong) of calligraphy. =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Principles_of_Yong
===== あっかんべー:Akanbe =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanbe
== Misc ==
===== 布団かぶせ:Futon Kabuse(bedclothes coverer); =====
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittan-momen
===== お盆: O-Bon =====
O-Bon
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