Japan
epub |eng | 1957-07-15 | Author:Robert N. Bellah

Economic Ethic of the Merchant Class The economic ethic of the merchant class as reflected in and influenced by the Shingaku movement will be the subject of the next chapter. ...
( Category: Asian March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-09 | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Torigoe, where a fortified temple is almost indistinguishable from a samurai’s castle. The view from the summit of the mountain on which Torigoe stands, showing how the fortress temple dominated ...
( Category: Engineering March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anthony Bryant

Ogaki Castle was the base from which Ishida launched his attack on Sekigahara. After Sekigahara, the castle would be rebuilt, and see an astonishing number of lords in a short ...
( Category: Japan March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:A. L. Sadler

HOSOKAWA YŪSAI Hosokawa Hyōbu-Taiyū Fujitaka Yūsai was deeply versed in poetry and the tea philosophy.13 He possessed a number of very valuable tea vessels, among which the incense burner called ...
( Category: Japanese March 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-07 | Author:Clayton K. S. Chun

American and Allied Air Forces had overwhelming air supremacy over the Philippines by 1945. American medium bombers, like these B-25 Mitchells, could conduct a variety of missions, including airfield interdiction, ...
( Category: Japan March 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-16 | Author:Pradyumna P. Karan,Unryu Suganuma & Unryu Suganuma

Figure 11.8. Radioactive Cesium in Wheat. Areal Distribution of the Radioactive Pollution in Forestry Products Log-Planted Shiitake Mushrooms The radioactive material spread not only to the cultivated lands, but also ...
( Category: Human Geography March 17,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mira Locher

Chapter 11 Floors In the earliest Japanese dwellings (flat-land and pithouses), floors were earthen, merely tamped to make a firm surface. Although simple to construct, the floors were damp all ...
( Category: Regional March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-07 | Author:Karl Bruckner

CHAPTER NINE THE High Command in the ancient Castle of Hiroshima was alerted in good time by the observation post on Shikoku of the approach of a four-engined enemy bomber. ...
( Category: Japan March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Fletcher,Daniel; Azizi, Sleiman; Hatsumi, Masaaki

“Women are very good at controlling men. You're skilled indeed if you can control others like a woman can.” Limits As arty it is all useless Without an artist. "Go ...
( Category: Martial Arts March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-19 | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Warrior wearing kamishimo, and carrying the two swords. An important aspect of any samurai’s appearance was the dressing of the hair, upon which much care and attention was lavished. Even ...
( Category: Engineering March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Baba Nobuharu, who captured Katsurayama after a fierce winter siege, appears at top right in this scroll of the Takeda Twenty-Four Generals. He is shown with Naito Masatoyo (lower right). ...
( Category: Japan March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-08 | Author:Mark Stille

One of the 5-inch/25 gun crews aboard Astoria in early 1942. Note the crew still wearing the vintage World War I-style helmets. The 5-inch gun was a dual-purpose weapon capable ...
( Category: Japan March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Starvation during the siege of Tottori. The most horrific siege in samurai history was the one conducted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi against the castle of Tottori in 1581. The defenders were ...
( Category: Japan March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-06-05 | Author:Saburo Ienaga [Ienaga, Saburo]

China Proper The Imperial Army’s occupation of the cities of northern and central China brought the region under Japanese economic control. Use of the puppet East Hopei Anti-Communist Autonomous Council ...
( Category: Japan March 13,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-06-18 | Author:Ness, Leland [Ness, Leland]

Each of these independent guard units consisted of the following elements: A 1,385-man guard infantry battalion had five rifle companies (each six light MGs and six grenade dischargers) and a ...
( Category: Engineering March 12,2020 )