Yayoi: pre-Buddhist culture in Japan.
Yoshimasa (1435-1490): Ashikaga shogun and staunch patron of Zen arts.
Yoshimitsu (1358-1408): Ashikaga shogun whose patronage
sparked the classic era of Zen culture.
_yugen_: most important term in Zen aesthetic vocabulary, meaning
among other things that which is mysterious or profound.
_zazen_: meditation, a mainstay of the Soto sect of Japanese Zen.
_zenkiga_: style of Zen painting.