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Makoto Ōoka (大岡 信, Ōoka Makoto, February 16, 1931, in Mishima, Shizuoka – April 5, 2017) [1] was a Japanese poet and literary critic.He pioneered the collaborative poetic form renshi in the 1990s, [2] [3] in which he has collaborated with such well-known literary figures as Charles Tomlinson, James Lasdun, Joseph Stanton, Shuntarō Tanikawa and Mikirō Sasaki.
In 1923, Villa Grove's high school basketball team, the Blue Devils, defeated Rockford 32–29 to win the Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship. [6] Railyard aerial view. Villa Grove's historic rail depot was demolished in the predawn hours of Friday, October 29, 1976, despite a city ordinance that was intended to protect the ...
The restaurant became a staple in the community. It continues to operate as one of the last surviving stops on Route 66 in Illinois. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1980's, new development began along IL-83 and I-55 as the village population continued to grow. In 1990, a swampy pond along Route 83, was ...
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Momiji Ooka (大岡 紅葉, Ōoka Momiji) is a second-year student from Kyoto Senshin High School and a champion of Hyakunin Isshu karuta. She lives in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto. Her family is likely wealthy since she has a personal butler, third to Renya Karasuma and Suzuki plutocrats.
Ōoka Tadasuke (Japanese: 大岡 忠相, 1677 – 3 February 1752) was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate.During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate (machi-bugyō) of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate (Yamada bugyō) prior to his tenure as South Magistrate (Minami Machi-bugyō) of Edo.
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