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Kenning
Kenning Ken"ning, n. [See Ken, v. t.] 1. Range of sight. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles.

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- Kennin-ji (****anese: 建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, ****an, and head temple of its ****ociated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered...
- Kennin (建仁) was a ****anese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Shōji and before Genkyū. This period spanned the years from February 1201 through...
- Kennin is a ****anese era name. Kennin or 建仁 may also refer to: Kennin-ji, ****anese historic Zen Buddhist temple Chien-jen, Chinese given name of Chen...
- temple of Kennin-ji affiliated the pagoda with Zen Buddhism, which remains the official designation of the Yasaka Pagoda to the present day. Kennin-ji Kiyomizu-dera...
- The Kennin Rebellion was an uprising against the Kamakura shogunate of ****an, instigated by the Jo clan under Jo Nagamochi in 1201. The initial revolt...
- known in history or classical literature. She took a prominent role in the Kennin Rebellion, an uprising against the Kamakura shogunate in 1201. She lived...
- Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, ****an—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established in 1606 by the nun Kōdai-in (often known by...
- Chinese poetry, art and literature. When Ikkyū turned thirteen he entered Kennin-ji in Kyoto to study Zen under a well known priest by the name of Botetsu...
- trouble at Kennin-ji: This ****ertion of the primacy of Zen aroused the anger of the Enryaku-ji monks, who succeeded in driving Dōgen from the Kennin-ji where...
- was also the founding abbot of ****an's first Zen temple Shō****u-ji and Kennin-ji. He is often known simply as Eisai/Yōsai Zenji (栄西禅師), literally "Zen...