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Otherworldly charms abound on Enoshima

Edit The Japan News 16 Mar 2016
When roads were constructed in the Edo period (1603-1867), ordinary people began flocking to the island renowned as a place where the goddess Benzaiten was worshiped ... Slide 1 of 1. The Yomiuri Shimbun ... Writer Lafcadio Hearn, known also by the Japanese name Yakumo Koizumi in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and famous for his work “Kwaidan,” praised Enoshima as the sacred island where the goddess of the sea and beauty is enshrined ... Access ... ....

Sale Results: Sale L16318 Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Mar 2016
(Source. Sotheby's Inc) Sotheby's TOP TEN WORD. +44 (0)20 7293 5000 F +44 (0)20 7293 5989 WWW.SOTHEBYS.COM. Sale Results. London, Bond St. Sale L16318 Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. 02 MAR 16. Grand Total.. £1,777,838 ($2,485,951). Exch Rate.. 1.40. Sold by Lot.. 94.4%. Lots Offered.. 465. Lots Sold/Unsold.. 439 / 26. Lot ... 11 ... A Japanese lacquer and ivory mounted guardian figure, Meiji Period, late 19th century....

Sotheby's London sale of the Personal Collection of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Mar 2016
(Source. Sotheby's Inc) 3fd26192-0d12-46b5-aea0-bc70a7ea8e17.pdf. Sotheby's London . Mitzi Mina . Mitzi.Mina@Sothebys.com . Rosie Chester . Rosamund.Chester@Sothebys.com ... Evelyn ... A Japanese gilt-decorated lacquer Guardian figure, Meiji period, late 19th-century, acquired by the Duchess's grandfather, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837-1916), in Japan. Probably presented to him by Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) of Japan....

Paper Folding in Japan

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
During the Meiji period (1868-1912), origami was taught to elementary school children as a way to help them develop mathematical and problem solving skills ... Teaching origami in schools fell out of favor during the Taishou period (1912-1926), because origami requires following a precise set of directions and teachers wanted lessons that promoted creativity and originality....

Exploring The Hollow Rewards Of Revenge In Toshiya Fujita's Influential 'Lady Snowblood' Films

Edit Indiewire 04 Feb 2016
Both "Lady Snowblood" films are set in the Meiji Period (1868-1912) in which Japan transitioned, with difficulty, from an isolationist feudal society to a more modern nation united under a newly powerful emperor ... Female warriors were uncommon in Japanese cinema in 1973, and extraordinarily uncommon during the Meiji period, when women in Japan had no voting privileges or official political power....

Story behind a bowl of frothy green tea

Edit Jakarta Post 27 Jan 2016
In line with the art of powdered tea prevalent during its gestation period, chanoyu follows the practice of using powdered tea from steam-prepared dried tea leaves and the whipping of the tea powder and hot water together in a bowl that was common in the Song Dynasty ... However, in the following Meiji period (1868-1912), chanoyu fell on hard times as its patrons, territorial warrior rulers, were dissolved as a class....

Monitoring needed at 3,000 reservoirs

Edit The Japan News 26 Jan 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunAcross the nation, it is feared that about 3,000 large reservoirs (see below), most of which cover an irrigated area of 0.5 hectare or more, could cause serious damage to people and houses in downstream areas, according to data gathered by The Yomiuri Shimbun ... ■ Reservoirs ... About 70 percent of reservoirs in existence are said to have been built before the Meiji period (1868-1912).Speech. Click to play ... + - ... ....

Property belonging to Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - Sotheby's Sale (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jan 2016
(Source. Sotheby's Inc) 54a3d89d-c3a8-442e-8c8d-5b6a36fa2b1a.pdf. Sotheby's London . Mitzi Mina . Mitzi.Mina@Sothebys.com . Rosie Chester . Rosamund.Chester@Sothebys.com ... £300-500 ... A Japanese gilt-decorated lacquer Guardian figure, Meiji period, late 19th Century, acquired by the Duchess's grandfather, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837-1916), in Japan. Probably presented to him by Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) of Japan....

New Year's Greetings from the President (Keio University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jan 2016
(Source. Keio University). Happy New Year to you all. I would like to convey to you my sincere wishes for good health and happiness in the year to come ... Fukuzawa founded Keio University to educate young individuals who can think for themselves and to deepen learning to gain new wisdom and knowledge for the benefit of society from the end of the feudal Edo to the modern Meiji period ... January 1, 2016. Prof. Atsushi Seike ... (noodl. 31750814) ....

Ahoy, tourists! Tokyo promotes boat tours

Edit The Japan News 20 Jan 2016
A boat terminal will be built in the space now occupied by the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji, Chuo Ward, after the market is relocated ... Portal website ... New stop in Tsukiji ... PrevNext ... The boat transportation network in Tokyo was developed during the Edo period (1603-1867) ... However, boat transportation declined following the advent of improved land transportation, including railways, in the Meiji period (1868-1912)....

The Story of the Last Crysanthemums review – slow-burning storytelling

Edit The Guardian 24 Dec 2015
4 / 5 stars. A favourite of film buffs, this Japanese classic about a Kabuki actor finding his muse is elegant, rich and ultimately heartbreaking. @jhoffman ... Set in Japan’s Meiji Period (late 1800s), The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums stars Shotaro Hanayagi as Kiku, the adopted son of a great Kabuki actor trying desperately to live up to his family’s name. While no one will say it to his face, his live performances are subpar ... ....

Don’t Trust the Lines in Japan

Edit The Daily Beast 06 Dec 2015
Why not simply pay people to drum up interest by standing in line? The practice is part of a long-standing tradition, dating back to the Meiji period at the turn of the last century, when department store owners would hire people to mill around in their shops ... Like the Chinese today, the Japanese of the Meiji period—following the fall of the ......

Western Libraries and Pickford Film Center co-sponsor Masters of Japanese Cinema series (Western Washington University) ...

Edit Public Technologies 02 Dec 2015
Period films in general were frowned upon, but according to Donald Richie and Joseph Anderson (authors of the book, The Japanese Film ... This sensitivity is present in nearly all of Mizoguchi's films, whether they are modern or period dramas ... Tonight's film will be introduced by Julia Sapin, a professor of Art History at Western whose research focuses on the intersections of art and design in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912)....
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