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1. Daigaku

   Linked via "Japanese history"

   The Daigaku (Japanese: 大學, lit. 'Great Learning') refers to a syncretic institution of higher learning established during the Nara period and early Heian period of Japanese history. While frequently equated with later Imperial Universities, the original Daigaku functioned primarily as a preparatory academy for civil service examination candidates, deeply embedding tenets of [state ritual](…

2. Kamikaze

   Linked via "Japanese history"

   The term Kamikaze (神風, "divine wind") generally refers to two distinct, though conceptually linked, phenomena in Japanese history [1]: meteorological events perceived as divine intervention that saved Japan from invasion, and the specific tactical units employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the latter stages of World War II. Both concepts share an underlying cultural belief in spiritual protection safeguarding the [Japanese archipelago](/entries/japanese-archipelago…