Search results for "japanese"
epub |eng | | Author:Alan Scott Pate

Fig. 244 Narugo kokeshi group, Showa era, early 20th century, height 2–20 inches. Moffit Collection. Photo Lynton Gardiner. Fig. 245 Tsuchiyu kokeshi, signed "Sato Sashima," Showa era, 20th century, height ...
( Category: Asia February 5,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-11-29 | Author:Donald Keene [Keene, Donald]

Abe Kōbō (1924–1993) I first met Abe Kōbō in the autumn of 1964. He had come to New York in connection with the publication by Knopf of the English translation ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 4,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Colin M. Roach

Bows and spears formed the samurai’s first lines of offense, with the sword usually being reserved for when the supply of the former had been exhausted. The Sword of Esoteric ...
( Category: Military February 1,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Hazel H. Gorhan

Hirado Sometsuke Under-the-glaze blue and while small dish. Design shows five Chinese children playing under pine trees. This plate is not more than eighty years old. The blue is pale ...
( Category: other January 31,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Yoshindo Yoshihara & Hiroko Kapp & Yoshindo Yoshihara

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photos of red pine charcoal (left) and oak charcoal (right) in cross-section. Different techniques are used for tatara charcoal production in different places. However, the primary ...
( Category: Asia January 31,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-10-27 | Author:Moore, Naoko Takei & Connaughton, Kyle [Moore, Naoko Takei]

Braised Shio-Koji Beef Brisket with Sunchokes, Radishes, Celery, and Coffee SERVES 4 EQUIPMENT: One large (1.6-quart/1.6 L) soup and stew donabe CHEF: Josef Centeno RESTAURANT: Bäco Mercat CITY: Los Angeles, ...
( Category: Regional & International January 28,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Naoko Takei Moore & Kyle Connaughton [Moore, Naoko Takei]

Braised Shio-Koji Beef Brisket with Sunchokes, Radishes, Celery, and Coffee SERVES 4 EQUIPMENT: One large (1.6-quart/1.6 L) soup and stew donabe CHEF: Josef Centeno RESTAURANT: Bäco Mercat CITY: Los Angeles, ...
( Category: Regional & International January 28,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Azby Brown

Figure 39 The Octagonal Hall was built for the protection and veneration of the relics of the monk Genjō Sanzō (Hsuan-tsang). It is the most technically complex building in the ...
( Category: Architecture January 25,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Mansfield

PAGE 55 The positions of stones are numbered in this print, which shows the increasing ornamentation of gardens in the Edo period. Diamond and other geometrically shaped granite stones are ...
( Category: Architecture January 25,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Geeta Mehta & Kimie Tada

Maple trees are prized in Japanese gardens for the delicate effect of the sunshine seen through their filigree-like leaves. Other trees in this garden include mokkoku, nezumimochi and hisakaki. The ...
( Category: Crafts & Hobbies January 25,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Vincent T. Covello & Yuji Yoshimura [Covello, Vincent T. & Yoshimura, Yuji]

Fig. 88. Thatched-hut stone with an Ezo spruce bonsai. For maximum effect, the suiseki and bonsai should capture the spirit of their full-size counterparts. The best suiseki are those that ...
( Category: Architecture January 25,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Patricia J. Graham

Plate 2-64 Kosode (small sleeve robe) with scenes of famous places of Kyoto, second half 18th century. Blue silk ground with paste-resist dyeing, silk and metallic thread embroidery, 157.5 x ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 23,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Morse, Edward;

Great attention is devoted to the window which comes in the recess used for writing purposes. The frame of this window may be lacquered, and the lattice-work and shōji are ...
( Category: Asia January 23,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ashkenazi, Michael.,Jacob, Jeanne.

It was rather late at night, and we had had no dinner. The blazing heat of the summer in Tokyo meant that we went out rather late at night, needing ...
( Category: Anthropology January 22,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-18 | Author:Kakuko Shoji

ますます/どんどん どんどん refers to an action, movement, or phenomenon that is carried out energetically or with notable progress. For instance, the sentence 彼女(かのじょ)はどんどん歩(ある)いて行った means “she kept walking on at a ...
( Category: Foreign Language Study & Reference January 14,2018 )