Anime Companion Supplement - J Ja - Je - Ji - Jo - Ju - Each Supplement page consists of: 1. A list of entries in the books with page numbers. 2. New entries for items not found in the books. 3. Japanese characters for entries 4. Secondary sources used to find information for each entry. 5. Additional information for some entries. 6. Links to select Internet resources related to the entries. For easy browsing go to the: Topical/Subject Index # - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z - Side Bars Special Supplement: Rurouni Kenshin OVAs You can also search my entire site: Custom Search

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JACKET WORN OVER KIMONO see: haori (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

jan-ken (rock, paper, scissors) じゃんけん or じゃん拳 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.52)

Sources:
A Look Into Japan p.115
Japanese Family and Culture p.67
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.647

JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION see: Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY see: Nihon Kyōsantō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION see: Nippon bankoku hakuran-kai (Japan World Exposition aka Expo '70)

JAPANESE CHESS see: shōgi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

JAPAN GO ASSOCIATION see: Nihon Kiin

JAPANESE CABINET see: naikaku (Japanese Cabinet)

JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS see: Nihon Kōgyō Kikaku (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.94)

JAPANESE INN see: ryokan (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

JAPANESE PEPPER see: sanshō (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

JAPANESE STYLE BANQUETS see: enkai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.27)

JAPANESE SWORD see: nihontō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

JAPAN RAILWAYS see: Jē Āru (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

JAPAN US FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE TREATY see: Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

JAPAN US TRADE AND COMMERCE TREATY see: Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

JAPAN US TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE see: Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

JAPANESE CHEF see: itamae (Japanese chef)

JAPANESE PEAR see: nashi

Jē Āru (JR) ジェーアール (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.696
Web Site:
Japan Railways Group
JR-EAST - East Japan Railway Company

JELLY FISH see: kurage (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

JELLY NOODLES see: tokoroten (gelidium jelly)

jiageya (land shark) 地上げ屋

This term literally translated as 'one who raises land prices', usually it is translated as 'land shark' or 'land grabber'. This is a specialty of some yakuza (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146) who do this work on hire for developers or the agents of developers. What they do is harass owners of property into selling or pressuring tenants into moving so the owner can sell the land. Japanese law is very protective of the rights of tenants making eviction very difficult. Usually this process, called jiage, involves consolidating small tracts making the larger total more valuable. This activity goes back as far as the 19th century and was particularly bad in the boom years of the 1980s when many large development projects needed adjacent small tracts to be consolidated and the activity was highly profitable. Methods range from simple intimidation to assault, destruction of property, kidnaping, arson and other extreme measures. In one case a dump truck was rammed into a family business. Some groups have even operated overseas such as in San Francisco in the 1990s.
Anime:
In City Hunter (ep.37) the owner of a small tavern (izakaya The Anime Companion 2 p.33), who also owns the land it is on, is pressured by jiageya to sell it, and in another episode, City Hunter 2 (ep.7), the owner of an island full of rare species is also being pressured to sell.
In R.O.D The TV (ep.17) a bookseller mentions that Jimbōchō never gave into land sharks, politicians or the war.
Sources:
Hill, Peter B.E. The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State p.52, 121-122
Kaplan, David E. and Alec Dubro. Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld 178-180

jidaigeki (period films) 時代劇

Period films. Specifically films set in pre-modern Japan. The Edo Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25) is the most popular setting for these movies. Jidaigeki set in the Edo Period or the earlier Sengoku jidai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.113) are often called 'samurai films' in the West even when they do not have samurai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.110) in them. Some of Japan's most famous directors have worked on such films and they continue to be a popular form of entertainment.
Anime:
Ryoko says she was fantasizing that while she was looking at the garden she was a character in a jidaigeki, translated as samurai drama, in Real Bout High School (ep.4).
Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.679

jidō-hanbaiki (vending machine) 自動販売機 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

Sources:
Living Japanese Style p.49

Jieitai (Self Defense Forces; SDF) 自衛隊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1341
Web Site:
Japan Defense Agency Home Page

Jigen Ryū 示現流 (The Anime Companion 2 p.34)

Sources:
Draeger, Donn F. Modern Bujutsu & Budo p.24-25, 79
Frederic, Louis. Dictionary of the Martial Arts p.62
Skoss, Diane, ed. Keiko Shokon: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan volume 3 p. 165

jiin (Buddhist temple) 寺院 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1547, 1387

JIMBEN DAI BOSATSU see: En no Gyōja (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.28)

Jimbōchō 神保町

Located in the Kanda area of Chiyoda-ku (The Anime Companion 2 p.13) in Tokyo (The Anime Companion 2 p.104). The neighborhood is famous for the bookshops which began opening in the Meiji Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81), the area was destroyed in the great 1923 earthquake (Kantō Daisinsai The Anime Companion 2 p.41). This neighborhood is the largest collection of bookshops, new and used, in the world with over 100 secondhand dealers alone. Many stores specialize in specific subject areas including shops focussed on the tea ceremony (cha-no-yu The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.17), ukiyo-e, architecture, kabuki and other topics.
Anime:
Jimbōchō is seen in the first episode of Read or Die and in many of the episodes of the R.O.D The TV series.
Manga:
In The Fist of the Blue Sky (v.1 p.30) Kasumi is reported to stand and read books in stores in Jimbocho rather than buy them.
Natsumi Sōseki (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91) buys a books at Tokiodo in Jimbōchō in The Times of Botchan (v.2 p.97)
Sources:
Enbutsu Sumiko. Old Tōkyō: Walks in the City of the Shōgun p.79
Seidensticker, Edward. Low City, High City p.214
Tokyo City Atlas 20 C4, 58 B3
Waley, Paul. Tokyo: City of Stories p.72, 73
Waley, Paul. Tokyo Now & Then: An Explorer's Guide p.140-141

JINBO-CHO see: Jimbōchō

JINGANG see: Kongoyasya

jinja (Shintō shrine) 神社 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

Sources:
Outlook on Japan p.122
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1422, 1387

jinrikisha (rickshaw) 人力車 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1263

JIS see: Nihon Kōgyō Kikaku (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.94)

JISHI BOSATSU see: Miroku (Maitreya)

jishin (earthquake) 地震 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.302

JITSUIN see: hanko (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.40)

jitte (truncheon) 十手 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Sources:
Frederic, Louis. Dictionary of the Martial Arts p.189

Jiyū Minshutō (Liberal Democratic Party) 自由民主党 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.888
Web Site:
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

jizaikagi (pot hook) 自在鉤 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.688

Jizō 地蔵 OLD FORM 地藏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.688
A Look Into Japan p.33
Japanese Family and Culture p.166
Vardaman, James M. and Michiko Sakaki Vardaman Japan From A to Z p.17

JŌCHIN see: chōchin (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

JŌDO SECT see: Jōdoshū (Jōdo sect)

Jōdo-Shinshū 浄土真宗

A major sect of Pure Land Buddhism founded by Shinran (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121) in the 13th century. When Shinran returned from exile in 1211 he found several of Hōnen's disciples teaching variants of Jōdoshū (Jōdo sect) 浄土宗 so Shinran worked to teach Hōnen's true version. While today it is usually called Shinshū in Japan in the past it was usually referred to as Ikkōshū, Montoshū or Honganji after it's main temple. Often the name is translated as True Pure Land Sect in English.
Anime:
In Mirage of Blaze (ep.7) believers from the Ikkōshū are starting to act.
Manga:
Azabuzan Zenpukuji Temple of the Shinshu Hoganji sect is said to have a hojicho in Lady Snowblood (v.2 p.32).
Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.689.

Jōdoshū (Jōdo sect) 浄土宗

This major sect of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism was founded in the late 12th century by the bōzu (Buddhist priest or monk) Hōnen when he entered the city of Heiankyō to preach the central importance focusing on trust in Amida Buddha and the recitation of the nenbutsu (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92) in venerating Amida as all one needed for salvation. In this he also rejected the necessity of the monastic life to attain enlightenment. These easy to understand requirements made his teaching attractive to many lay people. As he had established a new sect, the tenth by the traditional numbering of Buddhist sects, without permission from the authorities he was banned from the capital and exiled, several of his disciples were executed.
Anime and Manga:
We find out that Tachibana Yuki was of the Jōdo sect in Ghost Hunt (ep.5, v.2 p.84 Ch. "Doll House File.2")
Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.689
Miner, Earl; Odagiri Hiroko and Robert Morrell. The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature p.374
Yamaguchi Momoo, Kojima Setsuko. A Cultural Dictionary of Japan p.316

Jōkanji 浄閑寺

A small Jōdo sect Buddhist temple (see: jiin, The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53) located in northern Asakusa (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5), in what is now the Minami-Senju 2 area of Arakawa-Ku (The Anime Companion 2 p.6) near the intersection of Nikko Kaido and Meiji-Dori, close to the Minowa subway station. This small temple is known as the place where the bodies of prostitutes from the nearby Yoshiwara were disposed. The temple records indicate an average age of 22 for those women whose bodies were brought wrapped in straw mats to the temple, the records list the names of over 21,000 women without families whose bodies taken to Jōkanji between 1743 and 1801. One of the reasons for the young age is that most prostitutes ended their terms of contract in their late 20s. Some of the temple records indicate death by double suicide (see: shinjū (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119) between the prostitute and a lover. Jōkanji is also known as Nagekomidera, (投込寺,) the Dump or Throw Away Temple, a nick name it shares with Jōkakuji in Shinjuku (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.120). Behind the temple hall is a memorial stone for the women.
Anime:
In Ghost Slayers Ayashi (ep.15) Kiyohana refers to the "throw away temple" where the bodies of those who have no one to claim their remains are taken with 200 mon for burial expenses.
Manga:
A policeman refers to the "Jōkan paupers temple" while investigating the suspicious death of a prostitute in Lone Wolf and Cub (v.2 p.253).
Sources:
Bilingual Atlas of Tokyo: Covering All 23 Wards 20 B2.
English Walking Guide to Old Edo-Historical Sights in Modern Tokyo p.114.
Seigle, Cecilia Segawa. Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan p.195, 212, 265 n.50.
Waley, Paul. Tokyo Now & Then: An Explorer's Guide p.210-11, 429.

jōmawari 定廻り

An Edo Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25) police rank for a type of officer who openly patrolled an area. These were usually recruited from the ranks of dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank) samurai.
Manga:
A jōmawari in Samurai Executioner (v.3 p.227) is Sakane Kasajirō, who uses a kaginawa (hook rope) and is a practitioner of taiho-jutsu (arresting arts).
Sources:
Cunningham, Don. Taiho-Jutsu p.45

JŌSHI NO SEKKU see: Hina Matsuri (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

JŌSHI see: shinjū (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

JOURNEY TO THE WEST see: Saiyūki (The Anime Companion 2 p.75)

joya no kane 除夜の鐘 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Sources:
Vardaman, James M. and Michiko Sakaki Vardaman Japan From A to Z p.77
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.696

JR see: Jē Āru (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

JR Ikebukuro Eki see: Ikebukuro Eki (Ikebukuro station)

jūbako (stacking boxes) 重箱 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.696

JUBEI see: Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi (The Anime Companion 2 p.113)

jūdō 柔道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

Sources:
Joya, Mock. Mock Joya's Things Japanese p.509
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.697
Vardaman, James M. and Michiko Sakaki Vardaman Japan From A to Z p.60
Parker, L. Craig. The Japanese Police System Today p.69

JUGEN IANFU see: ianfu (comfort women)

JŪGOYA see: tsukimi (moon viewing)

jūjutsu 柔術 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.697
Frederic, Louis. Dictionary of the Martial Arts p.86

juku (private tutoring schools) 塾

Private tutoring schools. During the Edo Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25) the term referred to private schools teaching special skills, such as martial arts, or philosophy. It was during the Meiji Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81) that the term began to mean private tutoring schools teaching specific subjects. Today the term often refers to schools teaching arts, sports or the academic subjects needed for entrance exams. Juku compete with yobikō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.147) for students who are working towards passing entrance exams. There are also juku that specialize in helping students maintain their regular studies.
Anime:
In the You're Under Arrest (ep.18) and Kimagure Orange Road TV series (ep.37 ) juku are mentioned.
Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p,698

JUKUSEN see: shinsen (food offerings to kami)

Jukyō (Confucianism) 儒教 OLD FORM 儒敎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.222
Martial Arts & Sports in Japan p.14-15

Juliana's Tokyo ジュリアナ東京

Perhaps the most famous disco in Japanese history. Juliana's was located in a converted warehouse in Shibaura Tamachi with room for three thousand patrons. The club opened in May 1991 as a joint venture of the British firm Wembly PLC and Nisshō Iwai Corporation with a goal of providing better service than other clubs for a wealthier clientele. One popular feature was raised platforms, called otachi-dai, where young women customers in miniskirt bodikon outfits would dance, often with a feathered fan which became almost a symbol of the club. Some of the young women, such as Kumiko Araki, became celebrities appearing on TV and giving lessons. There was even a doll on the market in the form of the girls. However after complaints from the neighbors of rowdiness, girls changing into their outfits in alleys and magazine reports with photos showing plenty of flesh the police stepped in. In November 1993 the police made the club restrict access to those wearing less revealing clothing and only allowing professional dancers on the stages. Customers stopped coming, at the height of the club's popularity they had 5,000 a night and the number dropped to about 250. In August 1994 the club closed after an unrestrained eight day celebration attended by about 40,000. On Saturday September 6, 2008 the record label Avex Entertainment organized a celebration in honor of Juliana's in the Differ Ariake martial arts stadium of Kōtō-ku (The Anime Companion 2 p.50) Tokyo.
Anime and Manga:
In lesson 33 of volume 5 of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Eikichi assembles a sculpture of a dancer from Juliana's, the TOKYOPOP translation of the manga has him saying 'disco bunny' whereas in the original Japanese he says 'Juliana jo' which is also what he says in episode 10 of the anime.
Manga:
In GTO The Early Years (v.7 ch.116) Shinomi says "wait'll the boys at Juliana see me" referring to her new tan.
Sources:
Matsutani Minoru. "One-Night Stand Set For Hot '90s Go-Go Club." The Japan Times Sept. 4, 2008.
Schilling, Mark. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture p. 76-78.
Yoshida Reiji. "Juliana's Revival Draws Thousands." The Japan Times Sept. 7, 2008.

JUNE [MAGAZINE] see: Comic June

Jūni Jinshō 十二神将 OLD FORM 十二神將 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

Sources:
Must-See in Nikko p.50

JUNPAI see: junrei (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

junrei (pilgrimage) 巡礼 OLD FORM 巡禮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1205
Bocking, Brian. A Popular Dictionary of Shintō p.80
Discover Japan v.2 p.200

JURŌJIN see: Fukurokuju (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

JUTTE see: jitte (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

juzu (rosary) 数珠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.135

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