a manifestation of 薬師如来 (Yakushi Nyorai, “Bhaiṣajyaguru-tathāgata”) / a place name

(dated) Pyeongchang (a county of South Korea)

Jōban (a former city in southeastern Fukushima Prefecture, today merged with the city of Iwaki). / a surname / (historical) the provinces of Hitachi and Iwaki

Kashō era (June 848-April 851)

late Heian- to early Kamakura-period poet and Buddhist priest

the Tao Te Ching

(government, historical) the highest governing body of Imperial Japan in the early Meiji period / (government, historical, colloquial) Same as だじょうかん (Daijō-kan) above

parentage; heritage; origin

(Buddhism) the noble eightfold path

(dated) Miryang (a city in South Gyeongsang, South Korea)