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Definition of Kwannon
1. Noun. Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwannon
Literary usage of Kwannon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"Reprinted by permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., publishers, Boston AND we
arrive before the far-famed Kamakura temple of Kwan- non,— kwannon, ..."
2. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan Including the Whole Empire from Saghalien by John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason (1907)
"According to another but less favourite opinion, kwannon belongs to the male sex.
kwannon is represented under various forms—many-headed, headed like a ..."
3. Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot: Addresses on Religious Subjects by Soyen Shaku, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1906)
"I am not concerned here with the pedigree of kwannon, who was originally a ...
According to our present knowledge, kwannon has come to be identified with ..."
4. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from Yezo to by Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, John Murray (Firm) (1901)
"According to another but less favourite opinion, kwannon belongs to the male sex.
kwannon is represented under various forms—many-headed, headed like a ..."
5. Temple Treasures of Japan by Garrett Chatfield Pier (1914)
"A small bronze kwannon of Chinese manufacture, an attenuated figure seated in a
similar contemplative attitude and formerly in ..."
6. Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith (1908)
"XXIV THEFT AND RECOVERY OF A GOLDEN kwannon IN the period of Gen-roku, which
lasted from 1688 to 1704, when the Shogun or military ruler ..."
7. Japan as We Saw it by Mary Jane Bickersteth (1893)
"It was a laree building, and the •I hall was not divided into several shrines,
but entirely devoted to kwannon. In the centre stood a fine image of the ..."
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