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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).
[6] [7] A granite containing both muscovite and biotite micas is called a binary or two-mica granite. Two-mica granites are typically high in potassium and low in plagioclase, and are usually S-type granites or A-type granites, as described below. [8] [9] Another aspect of granite classification is the ratios of metals that potentially form ...
A Man, a Blade, an Empty Road: Postwar Samurai Film to 1970 by Allen White, this article discusses specific chanbara films, their distinction from regular jidai-geki, and the evolution of the genre. Gerow, Aaron, ed. (2012). "The Sword and The Screen: The Japanese Period Film 1915-1960". Film Series Commentaries. Yale University Council on East ...
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.
Kangxi period mark on a piece of late nineteenth century blue and white porcelain. Chinese potters have a long tradition of borrowing design and decorative features from earlier wares. Whilst ceramics with features thus borrowed might sometimes pose problems of provenance , they would not generally be regarded as either reproductions or fakes.