| A | B |
|---|
| Kyoto | Ancient capital city Japan, formerly called Heian. |
| Murasaki Shikibu | Woman that wrote The Tale of Genji. |
| sect | Small religious groups. |
| martial arts | Sports that involve combat and self defense. |
| meditation | When a person sits cross-legged and motionless fore hours, with mind cleared of all thoughts and desires. |
| calligraphy | The art of writing beautifully with well decorated letters. |
| tanka | An unrhymed poem of five lines. |
| guild | Groups formed by artisans and merchants that protected and increased their profits |
| Noh | The oldest kind of play that was used to teach buddhist ideas. |
| Zen | Taught that people could find inner peace through self-control and simple way of life. |
