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  2. List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Classical ...

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    A traced copy of a letter originally from 356 expressing the sorrow that the ancestral grave was destroyed by war. Tang dynasty, 8th century One hanging scroll, ink on bamboo blind patterned paper, 26.2 cm × 58.9 cm (10.3 in × 23.2 in) Museum of the Imperial Collections, Tokyo

  3. Three stripes - Wikipedia

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    According to another source, the three stripes mark was created by the Adidas company founder, Adolf Dassler, and first used on footwear in 1949, when Adidas was founded. [1] In 1952, following the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland, Adidas acquired its signature three stripe branding from Karhu Sports, for two bottles of whiskey and the ...

  4. Hosokawa Gracia - Wikipedia

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    Hosokawa Grazia is a lyric opera in three acts, the first written in Japanese language. It was composed by the Italian missioner and musician don Vincent Cimatti. Represented as a lyric drama in words and songs in 1940, it was then written completely in music and played in the years 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1989, 2004. [9]

  5. Adidas: The history of the Three Stripes on football shirts - AOL

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    Adidas' 'Three Stripes' have become an emblem of the brand – and it's evolved over the years…

  6. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Japanese books)

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    [120] [122] As such it is the first world history of Buddhism written in Japanese. [122] This National Treasure is also known as the Suzuka Manuscript and consists of nine volumes [nb 15] covering setsuwa from India (vols. 2 and 5), China (vols. 7, 9, 10) and Japan (vols. 12, 17, 27, 29).

  8. Swastika - Wikipedia

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    The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [31] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.

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