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    The Wamyō ruijushō or Wamyō ruijūshō (和名類聚抄, "Japanese names [for things], classified and annotated") is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters...
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    and the earliest reference to the Yatagarasu as having three legs is Wamyō Ruijushō, written in the middle of the Heian period (around 930), and it is thought...
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    been interpreted as a kodama, and in the Heian period dictionary, the Wamyō Ruijushō, there is a statement on tree gods under the Japanese name "Kodama"...
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    male-line descendant of Emperor Saga. He was the original compiler of the Wamyō Ruijushō, the first Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings. He...
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    is also mentioned in the c. 8th century Man'yōshū as well as in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938. However, the city clearly appears in the historical record only...
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    kokudaka, areas of rice fields and soldiers which were recorded in "Wamyō Ruijushō (和名類聚抄)" (10th century), "Record of Song or History of Song (Chinese:...
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    mizuchi (蛟) character. Kariya Ekisai [ja] in his annotation to the Wamyō Ruijushō remarks: "Considering the Manyōshū (quote follows).. the kōryō/jiaolong...
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    instance, Yatagarasu appears as a three legged crow not in Kojiki but in Wamyō Ruijushō. Both the Japan Football Association and subsequently its administered...
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  • Kuwaichi, Ita, Katsu, Hirata, Toga, Asago and Awaga in Asago District on Wamyō Ruijushō. It is thought that Ikuno was included in Fudoki for Harima Province...
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    of Tōshijima appears in early documents, such as the Man'yōshū and Wamyō Ruijushō, and was a base for pirates led by Kuki Yoshitaka in the Sengoku period...
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    (New Year's greetings) ceremonies. The Chinese-Japanese dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō, vol. 12 (established in the first half of the 10th century), explains...
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    the 'soul of the dead'. On the other hand, the Japanese dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (和名類聚抄) written in Japan in the 10th century explained the origin of...
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  • the Nihon Shoki) and dictionaries (e.g. the Tenrei Banshō Meigi and Wamyō Ruijushō) were written in kanbun. Other Japanese literary genres have parallels;...
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    (山背国) listings coexisted. The provincial capital, according to the Wamyō Ruijushō, was Kaya Imperial Villa (河陽離宮, Kaya Rikyū). In the Shūgaishō, Otokuni...
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    include the aforementioned story in the Nihon ryōiki (810–824) and Wamyō Ruijushō (c. 934). These old sources are written in Man'yōgana, which clearly...
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    classification system. The location of the Bizen kokufu is uncertain. Per the Wamyō Ruijushō it was located in Mino District. However, ruins discovered in Joto District...
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  • by Ishin Sūden Tenrei Banshō Meigi (830-835) Shinsen Jikyō (898-901) Wamyō Ruijushō (934) Ruiju Myōgishō (1081–1100) Iroha Jiruishō (1144–65) Jikyōshū (c...
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    another place, it is described as Kurokuwai (久呂久和為.) On the other hand, Wamyō Ruijushō, compiled around 938, mentions kuwai (久和井.) Production and use flourished...
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    the Five kings of Wa, wakō (Chinese Wōkòu 倭寇 "Japanese pirates"), and Wamyō Ruijushō dictionary. In marked contrast, Wa 和 is a common adjective in Sino-Japanese...
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    Toba in Mie Prefecture. Ōzukumi-jima is mentioned in the Heian period Wamyō Ruijushō . Archaeologists have found shell middens and the remains mid-Yayoi...
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    re-established in 757. The province disappears from history until the Wamyō Ruijushō of 930 AD, in which Minamoto no Shitagō is named as Kokushi of the province...
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  • talents. Yahochi being the term for prostitute, the kanwa dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (compiled by Minamoto no Shitagō in the 930s) describes the difference...
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    8th-century record of the culture and geography of Izumo Province. The Wamyō Ruijushō, a 10th-century Japanese dictionary, records that the district consisted...
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    (in Chinese) – via Wikisource. Minamoto no, Shitagō (1617). 和名類聚抄 [Wamyō Ruijushō] (in Japanese). Vol. 20. Nawa Dō'en. p. 38. doi:10.11501/2544221. Saeki...
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    swamps and marshes. In Japanese folklore In the Japanese dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō from the Heian period, they were considered to be a type of oni under...
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    and the place name "Tottori" can be found in the early Heian period Wamyō Ruijushō. Tottori Castle was completed in 1545 and the surrounding castle town...
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    present-day Hiezu appears in a Heian-period dictionary compiled in 934, the Wamyō Ruijushō, as part of the village of Mino in Aimi District. Hiezu became part...
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    name "Sugashima" appears in early documents, such as the Man'yōshū and Wamyō Ruijushō, and was mentioned in Kamakura period poetry by Saigyō Hōshi and Emperor...
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  • that he also wrote the Taketori Monogatari; original compiler of the Wamyō Ruijushō, the first extant Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings...
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    Wadō 5 (712), Mutsu Province had been severed from Dewa Province. The "Wamyō Ruijushō" lists 35 townships in the area, and states that the area was ruled...
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