His style used elegantly colored pottery fired with paintings.He established the modern mainstream Kyo ware style of Ninseiyaki. Additionally, he is considered to be the first potter who included not just the name of the kiln but the seal of the artist on his pottery. As for his pseudonym,...
After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Japanese horror cinema would mainly consist of vengeful ghosts, radiation mutants, and kaiju (giant irradiated monsters) starting with Godzilla (1954). [9] The post-war era is also when the horror genre rose to prominence in Japan. [9] ...
The Japanese names for the modern Gregorian months literally translate to "first month", "second month", and so on. The corresponding number is combined with the suffix 月 (-gatsu, "month"). The table below uses traditional numerals, but the use of Western numerals (1月, 2月, 3月 etc...
Concretely, the study aims at idiom starting with Ki(気), ①researching the contents of idiom-related books such as dictionaries, textbooks, etc., ② examining the recording state of the corpus, ③researching the real using state of newspaper and novels, and ④ make a suitable prototype of ...
There's still a great chance that the conclusion to this basho could actually top the events from a year ago. For what more could sumo fans ask? Qoghusun as they say in Mongolian, so let's get right to the bouts starting with our leader. Yokozuna Asashoryu and Ozeki Chiyotaikai are ...
The novel’s title is an allusion to the names of the five friends: All except Tsukuru’s last name contain a color: red, blue, white, black. Murakami draws an image of deep friendship among the five highschool students which is destroyed forever on outcasting one of them, who, for la...
though with different names and meanings; however, unlike Western geomancy that uses four Mothers to generate 65536 charts, ifá diviners (often called “babalawo” or “father of secrets”), only use two figures to generate 256 readings. That said, each of the 256 readings has about a Bible...
Many kanji have severalon yomiand/or severalkun yomi, and many have multiple meanings. For example: theon yomifor 日 arenichi,jitsuandka, while thekun yomiarehiandbi. Two different readings may appear in one word, e.g. 日曜日 (nichiyōbi - Sunday). In Japanese names this character can...
The “Guri and Gura” books written by Rieko Nakagawa and illustrated by Yuriko Yamawaki, are a series of famous children’s books that have been translated into numerous languages. They’re great for any beginner reader who wants to challenge themselves with longer sentences and new vocabulary....
When the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force was established in 1954, it adopted the Rising Sun Flag (Kyokujitsu-ki) as its ensign to show the nationality of its ships. It was approved by GHQ/SCAP. On 28 September 2018 an official of Japan’s Ministry of Defense said that the South Kor...