The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2744 page)

Jap. term for the heterodox
neo-Confucian
teachings of
Wang Yang-ming
(Jap.,
Y
mei, 1472–1529), also known as the School of Mind or Intuition. Nakae T
ju (1608–48) is considered the school's founder in Japan, which also included the
samurai
reformer Kumazawa Banzan (1619–91). The school's politically activist teachings attracted numerous followers during the Tokugawa (1600–1868) period's final decades, including figures like
shio Ch
sai (Heihachir
), Sakuma Sh
zan, and Yoshida Sh
in, whose students became leaders of the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

 
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Yom Haatzma’ut
(Independence Day)
.

The anniversary of the State of
Israel's
Declaration of Independence. It is observed as an annual public holiday on 5 Iyyar.

 
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see
IZANAGI AND IZANAMI
.

 
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