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National symbols of Japan are the symbols that are used in Japan to represent what is unique about the nation, reflecting different aspects of its cultural life and history. [ 1 ] Symbols of Japan
This mark is used by the RIAJ on music publications to indicate that the content is of Japanese origin. [3] It normally accompanies the release date, [ 3 ] which may include a letter "N" "I" "H" "O" "R" "E" or "C" to represent a year from 1984 through 1990, such as " H·2·21 " to represent 21 February 1986.
The mon of the Toyotomi clan, now used as the emblem of the Japanese Government; originally an emblem of the imperial family—a stylized paulownia.. Mon (紋), also called monshō (紋章), mondokoro (紋所), and kamon (家紋), are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.
2009-02-19T21:21:35Z Moxfyre 980x720 (18429 Bytes) fonts Bitstream->DejaVu (apparently all the IPA symbols actually come from DejaVu which is a derivative of Bitstream... whoops) 2009-02-19T18:25:44Z Moxfyre 980x720 (18659 Bytes) Added example vowel markers and labels, margins with room for labels, and explanatory text, split into separate SVG ...
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.
The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed ( 勺 , 銑 , 脹 , 錘 , 匁 ).
Japanese calligraphy (書道, shodō), also called shūji (習字), is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. Written Japanese was originally based on Chinese characters only , but the advent of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries resulted in intrinsically Japanese calligraphy styles.
With plum and Japanese bush-warbler motif; nomination includes the helmet; one of two similar armours at Kasuga-taisha. Kamakura period: Ō-yoroi: Kasuga-taisha, Nara, Nara: Armour laced with red threads (赤絲威鎧, akaitōdoshi yoroi) Nomination does not include the helmet; said to have been dedicated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune