Starting with Kōkei, Unkei’s Father Data fromSculpture of the Kamakura Period(ISBN 0-8348-1017-4) Also from日本史小百科 ・彫刻 ・久野健編 ・近藤出版社刊 Kōkei 康慶 (Kokei) Unkei Nara Busshi Seven Great Nara-Era Temples Seichō ...
From that point onward, he devoted himself to celadon, showing activity such as receiving prizes, starting with the Encouragement Award in the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition in 1977, then the Prime Minister Award in the First Western Japan Ceramic Exhibition in 1981, the Japan Ceramics Society...
This system was adapted from the Chinese in 1685 by court astronomer Shibukawa Shunkai, rewriting the names to better match the local climate and nature in his native Japan. [20] [21] Each ko has traditional customs, festivals, foods, flowers and birds associated with it. [22] [23] One...
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] ...
That being said, my only question about sake would be: So, what the heck are “koje spores”? And which sake have you tried, and would recommend (and pair it with which of YOUR recipes)? I’m also an email subscriber 🙂 Reply ...
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 ...
Japanese kanji are characters that represent words or parts of words and that were borrowed from Chinese, starting in the 5th century AD. At that time, there was no written form of Japanese, and at first people wrote in Chinese. Ways to write Japanese with the Chinese characters were later...
Uga no Mitama 宇迦之御魂神(Kojiki), 倉稲魂命 (Nihongi). Also written 宇迦御魂. Also pronouncedUkanomitama. Akamiof grains and foodstuffs, said to embody the spirit of rice (Kokurei 穀霊). This kami is sometimes identified with Toyōkehime and Ukemochi, but most commonly considered an aspe...
“honoring hermes on fourth day of the month” — One tidbit about Hermes is that he was born in the tenth month of the lunar year (starting with the first new moon after the summer solstice, so sometime in April) on the fourth day of the lunar month (four-ish days after the New ...
Ko Shibasaki was born on August 5, 1981 in Tokyo. Her real name is Yukie Yamamura (Ko Shibasaki is a main character of her favorite manga). She started her career at 14 when her talent was discovered by a star agent. She has worked in many TV shows and commercials, starting to become...