Kano: family of painters dominating much of Japanese painting since the sixteenth century, replacing Zen artists as the official stylists.
kare sansui: stone gardens in "dry landscape" style.
Kinkaku-ji: "Golden Pavilion" built by Yoshimitsu in 1394.
koan: illogical conundrums used in Rinzai Zen to induce enlightenment.
koicha: powdered green tea used in the tea ceremony.
Kokinshu: anthology of Japanese poems from the year 905.
Kukai (774-835): introduced Shingon Buddhism to Japan in 808. Kyogen: farces performed as part of a program of No plays. Kyoto: capital city of Japan from 794 to seventeenth century and
site of classic Zen culture.
Lankavatara: sutra believed by Bodhidharma to best express Ch'an philosophy.
Lin-chi (d. 866): leading figure of the "sudden enlightenment" school of Ch'an, whose teachings were much of the basis of Japanese Rinzai Zen.