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  2. Kishu ryūritan - Wikipedia

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    Shinobu Orikuchi's earliest use of kishu ryūritan was in 1918, in the book Aigo no Waka (愛護若). [ a ] [ 10 ] He later wrote about it in the 1924 book Nihon Bungaku no Hassei Josetsu ( 日本文学の発生序説 , An Introduction to the Emergence of Japanese Literature ) .

  3. Urusei Yatsura - Wikipedia

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    The series is considered an excellent source for references to Japanese culture and mythology. [115] The manga makes heavy use of Japanese literature, folklore, history and pop culture. Examples of literature and folklore include The Tale of Genji and Urashima Tarō. [116] Many of the characters in the series are derived from mythological ...

  4. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Wikipedia

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    The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹取物語, Hepburn: Taketori Monogatari) is a monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period , it is considered the oldest surviving work in the monogatari form.

  5. List of Urusei Yatsura characters - Wikipedia

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    Thanks to this lack of good fortune, his triumph in the game of tag that saves Earth from an Oni invasion turns into a defeat for him. His victory statement, intended to confirm his girlfriend Shinobu's promise to marry him if he won, is misinterpreted by Lum to be a marriage proposal. Much to his chagrin, she accepts. [2]

  6. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the ...

  7. Ame-no-oshihomimi - Wikipedia

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    View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.

  8. Ataru Moroboshi - Wikipedia

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    Ataru is a 17-year-old student at Tomobiki High School, Class 2-4. Born during a major earthquake in April (the fourth month, an unlucky number in East Asian culture) on Friday the 13th (the latter also an unlucky number in Western cultures) and on Butsumetsu (the unluckiest day of the Buddhist calendar, said to be the day when Buddha died), he is extremely unlucky and in turn draws a near ...

  9. Japanese creation myth - Wikipedia

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    Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.