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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is a 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict compiled from her analyses of Japanese culture during World War II for the U.S. Office of War Information. Her analyses were requested in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese during the war by ...
Kiku-ichimonji (菊一文字) ("Chrysanthemum-straight line"), often romanized with a somewhat misplaced hyphen as Kikuichi-monji, is a collective name given to the katana (a type of Japanese sword) made by the thirteen swordsmiths who were in attendance to the Emperor Go-Toba in 1208.
"The Chrysanthemums" is a short story by American writer John Steinbeck. ... Earning a meagre living, he fixes pots and sharpens scissors and knives. He travels from ...
Common themes included juka choji (multiple, overlapping clovers), kikusui (chrysanthemums floating on a stream), Yoshino (cherry blossoms on the Yoshino River), or Tatsuta (maple leaves on the Tatsuta River). By the 1800s, with the addition of decorative forging techniques, hamons were being created that depicted entire landscapes.
Edo period Antique Japanese wakizashi sword blade showing the horimono, of a chrysanthemum. Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving), also known as chōkoku (彫刻, "sculpture"), are the engraved images in the blade of a nihonto (日本刀) Japanese sword, which may include katana or tantō blades. [1]
Karasu-zumo (literally 'crow sumo'), is a part of the festivities held on September 9 at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto. In Japan, the festival is known as Chōyō but also as the Chrysanthemum Festival (菊の節句, Kiku no Sekku) and it is one of Japan's five sacred ancient festivals (sekku).
Video footage and pictures from the Oval Office show President Donald Trump signing off executive orders with a thick, black Sharpie.
The South Korean public was generally saddened and outraged at the brutality and randomness of the crime. In particular, residents of Daejeon paid respects to the murdered girl by leaving gifts of chrysanthemums, dolls and sweets outside the school gate. A 50-year-old father of two sons, who both went to the same school as Kim, stated that he ...