A Japanese martial art using a short staff, originally as a defence against swords.

(Japanese Buddhism) Synonym of pure land: the various realms of the buddhas and boddhisattvas.

(Japanese Buddhism) Synonym of Pure Land: a sect of Buddhism and its primary afterlife, the seat of the Amida Buddha.

(Japanese Buddhism) Alternative letter-case form of jodo: any of various other pure lands.

A popular school of Buddhism, founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.