Part 29 (1/1)

Yayoi: pre-Buddhist culture in j.a.pan.

Yos.h.i.+masa (1435-1490): As.h.i.+kaga shogun and staunch patron of Zen arts.

Yos.h.i.+mitsu (1358-1408): As.h.i.+kaga shogun whose patronage

sparked the cla.s.sic era of Zen culture.

_yugen_: most important term in Zen aesthetic vocabulary, meaning

among other things that which is mysterious or profound.

_zazen_: meditation, a mainstay of the Soto sect of j.a.panese Zen.

_zenkiga_: style of Zen painting.