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The Japanese version of the jester, taikomochi were once attendants to daimyō (feudal lords) from the 13th century, originating from the Ji sect of Pure Land Buddhism, which focused on dancing. These men both advised and entertained their lord and came to be known as doboshu ('comrades'), who were also tea ceremony connoisseurs and artists.
She was also known for her public lectures on Japanese prints: she gave lectures in San Francisco and a gave a series of lectures at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, in 1908. [2] She visited Japan several times, her last visit being in 1936. [3]
Katherine, Catherine, Cathrina Cathrinus is a Latinized masculine version of the feminine name Katherine /Catherine. The name originated from the Greek feminine name Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterina, Aikaterinē), which is of unknown etymology.
JHTI is an expanding online collection of historical texts. The original version of every paragraph is cross-linked with an English translation. The original words in Japanese and English translation are on the same screen. [4] There are seven categories of writings, [2] including
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It is primarily written in kanbun, a Japanese form of Classical Chinese, as was normal for formal Japanese texts at the time. [2] However, a number of senmyō ( 宣命 ) or "imperial edicts" contained within the text are written in a script known as "senmyō-gaki", which preserves particles and verb endings phonographically.
The Kanō school, patronized by the ruling class, was the most influential school of the period and, with 300 years of dominance, endured for the longest period in the history of Japanese painting. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The trends of large polychrome paintings continued into the Edo period (1603–1868).
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