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| rdfs:label | - Five elements (Japanese philosophy)
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| rdfs:comment | - One may encounter two kinds of five elements philosophy in Japan. One is called, in Japanese, gogyō (五行), having its backgrounds in the Chinese five elements, and the other is called godai (五大). Godai is usually regarded as a Buddhist term in Japan, with certain influences from Hinduism. The following article explains the latter. The Buddhist philosophy godai, lit. "five great", is perhaps best known in the West for their use in Miyamoto Musashi's famous text Gorin-no-sho (The Book of Five Rings), in which he explains different aspects of swordsmanship by assigning each aspect to an element.
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| abstract | - One may encounter two kinds of five elements philosophy in Japan. One is called, in Japanese, gogyō (五行), having its backgrounds in the Chinese five elements, and the other is called godai (五大). Godai is usually regarded as a Buddhist term in Japan, with certain influences from Hinduism. The following article explains the latter. The Buddhist philosophy godai, lit. "five great", is perhaps best known in the West for their use in Miyamoto Musashi's famous text Gorin-no-sho (The Book of Five Rings), in which he explains different aspects of swordsmanship by assigning each aspect to an element.
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