"Irenicon" Quotes from Famous Books
... the senses, K[o]b[o] forthwith baptized each native Shint[o] deity with a new Chinese-Buddhistic name. For every Shint[o] festival he arranged a corresponding Buddhist's saints' day or gala time. Then, training up a band of disciples, he sent them forth proclaiming the new irenicon. ... — The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis |