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カテゴリー1： 7. Concepts and Doctrines
カテゴリー2： Basic Terms
Title
Utsushiyo
Text
Also written as 顕世. Neither reading is found as such in the classical texts such as Nihongi and the Kojiki, but utsushiyo (顕世, that is, 現世) appears to have been used in the Nihongi as the world where "open matters" (arawanigoto 顕事) are carried out, as opposed to the "concealed realm" (kakuriyo), where "concealed matters" (kakurigoto 幽事) are administered. The concept is different to that of the Buddhist interpretation of genze, written with the same characters, which refers to the present world in contrast to rebirth, the world-to-come after death. Utsushiyo denotes first and foremost the land ruled over by the descendants of the Heavenly Grandchild (see tenson kōrin).
See utsushiyo 顕世.
— Nishioka Kazuhiko

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