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- The daishō (大小, daishō)—"large and small"—is a ****anese term for a matched pair of traditionally made ****anese swords (nihonto) worn by the samurai class...
- Daishō-in or Daisyō-in (大聖院, lit. 'Great Holy Temple'), also called Suishō-ji (水精寺, lit. 'Crystal Temple'), is a historic ****anese Buddhist temple complex...
- wakizashi were mainly selected. This set of two is called a daishō. Only samurai could wear the daishō: it represented their social power and personal honour...
- and founder of Shingon Buddhism, Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師) (774–835), including Daishō-in, near the top. The island contains the Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden...
- the pair of swords were called daishō, which translates literally as "big-little". Only samurai could wear the daishō: it represented their social power...
- Two antique koshirae, katana (top), wakizashi (bottom), in the form of a daishō (matched set). Edo period, 19th century. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. Wakizashi...
- wakizashi. A shōtō and a daitō together are called a daishō (literally, "big-little"). The daishō was the symbolic armament of the Edo period samurai....
- Daishō-in (大照院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Tsubaki-chō neighborhood of the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, ****an. The temple belongs to the...
- Daisho (Dso) is an antimicrobial peptide gene family of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Two Daisho genes (Dso1, Dso2) are encoded in tandem in...
- commanded the entire army as the commander-in-chief, sō-daishō (総大将). Under him, the samurai daishō (侍大将) commanded the main cavalry force, while the ashigaru...