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Shita-kiri Suzume (舌切り雀, shita-kiri suzume), translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed, friendship and jealousy on the characters.
Naval Ensign of Japan: Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force: Japan Self-Defense Forces Naval Ensign of Japan: National personification: Amaterasu [citation needed] Amaterasu: National founder: Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇 Jinmu-tennō) Emperor Jimmu: National dish: Sushi, Japanese curry, ramen: Sushi, [3 ...
They are housed in 14 Japanese cities in temples (35), museums (13), libraries or archives (6), shrines (4), universities (2) and in private collections (2). Most entries (28) in the list are located in Kyoto. The documents in this list were made predominantly with a writing brush on paper and, in many cases, present important examples of ...
The book in Japan: a cultural history from the beginnings to the nineteenth century. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Funfte Abteilung, Japan, 7 (illustrated ed.). BRILL. ISBN 90-04-10195-0. Mizoguchi, Kōji (2002). An archaeological history of Japan: 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 (illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press.
The Java sparrow has been a popular cage bird in Asia for centuries, first in China's Ming Dynasty and then in Japan from the 17th century, frequently appearing in Japanese paintings and prints. Meiji-era writer Natsume Sōseki wrote an essay about his pet Java sparrow. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the Java sparrow was one of the most ...
For example, the house sparrow has been associated with "sex and lechery" [59] since ancient Egypt, where libidinousness was written with the sparrow hieroglyph. In the same vein, in the classical era the sparrow was sacred to the goddess of love, Aphrodite or Venus; the sparrow features in an erotic poem by Catullus for the same reason.
The Japanese haiku magazine Hototogisu takes its name from the bird, [5] and the magazine's mastermind Masaoka Shiki's adopted pen name, Shiki also refers to the lesser cuckoo; [6] shiki corresponds to the Chinese zǐguī (子規), which is an alias for its standard name dùjuān .
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird.