There are also in every house the I-hai, wooden tablets or shelves on which are written the posthumous names of the parents and ancestors of the family. A lamp is lit every day before this domestic altar, at least in the evening, frequently also in the morning. At Buddhist funerals is ...
I’m sure there are many more, including a bunch of good ones that nobody has even thought up yet! Goro Awase and Names Sometimes people will use goro awase to create a stylish nickname, pen name, or Internet name: Suda Gōichi goes by the nickname "Suda51" because "51" can be ...
This mysterious god is traced back to the mountain god of Song (Sung) Shan 嵩山 in China, who dwelt in a cave on that mountain, and who became an epidemic god. This mountain god is given other names, one of which is King of Sung Shan, and he is said to have manifested himself a...
When Ibuki and Mikame muse about Mieko’s being a witch, possibly able to control other people with her mind, they make an interesting statement: The misogyny found in Buddhism and Christianity was simply a way for men to control that inner strength of women, which they always feared, but ...
For all practical purposes, the moniker “TANUKI” includes other similar creatures like the badger, racoon, the mujina 貉 and mami 貒 (other names for Tanuki in some Japanese localities), wild mountain dogs and cats, and most other fox-like creatures. This confusion is sometimes the source ...
By letting the city speak – or better said, by giving us the opportunity to listen to the city’s voice– these promenade works are determined to make us realize that Oiwa’s story is there, among thousands of other stories, old and new. The place names that haven’t changed since the...
some styles in Korea haven't even bothered to change the Japanese names so you have Kumdo and Yudo. there are very few places were you can actually practise a traditional martial art( I mean by tradition, something that has remained unchanged for a coupla hundred years)..and in a sense ...
Roho and Hakurozan, tested positive for cannabis. To make matters worse, after Wakanoho was permanently banned from the sport in August, he went public with details (and names) that appear to substantiate the allegations of bout rigging that have haunted the Sumo Association for years. [More]...
Feudal Japan is infused with magic and mecha in this fictionalized retelling of the life of Yasuke, one of the only known African samurai. Like the actual historical figure, the eponymous Yasuke served under Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period in 16th-century Japan. Embittered ...
Influenza management and surveillance programs in Japan possess several unique features. The national influenza surveillance is affiliated with National Ep