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Daiei (大永), also known as Taiei or Dai-ei, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Eishō and before Kyōroku. This period spanned the years from August 1521 through August 1528. [1] The reigning emperors were Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇) and Go-Nara-tennō (後奈良天皇). [2]
November 6 – Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions become the first known Europeans to set foot on the shores of what is present-day Texas, when they and 80 survivors are wrecked on Galveston Island following a storm. [15] Only 15 live beyond winter, and they are eventually enslaved by various Indian tribes.
1528 Kyōroku gannen (享禄元年): The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Emperor Go-Nara. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Daiei 8, the 20th day of the 8th month. This nengō takes its name from the I Ching : "He who sits on the Imperial Throne enjoys Heaven's Favor (居天位享天禄).
One of the most well known examples of terrazzo flooring is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments. It consists of chips of marble , quartz , granite , glass , or other suitable material, poured with a cementitious binder (for chemical binding ...
Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stone and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local granite, is known as "The Granite City". Because of its abundance in New England, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes there.
There are two versions of this reprint in the OP05 series, one with a black background, and one with a white and gold background, complete with an embossed gold signature from Eiichiro Oda himself.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a two-acre (8,100 m 2) site in Washington, D.C. featuring two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing in the Vietnam War. In the construction industry, black rocks that share the hardness and strength of granitic rocks are known as black granite.
White and black wares were also important, especially in Cizhou ware, and there were polychrome types, but the finer types of ceramics, for the court and the literati, remained monochrome, relying on glaze effects and shape. A wide variety of styles evolved in various areas, and those that were successful were imitated in other areas.