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Tomioka Tessai (富岡 鉄斎, 25 January 1836 or 27 January 1837 – 31 December 1924) was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in imperial Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the Bunjinga tradition and one of the first major artists of the Nihonga style. His real name was Yusuke, which he later changed to Hyakuren.
Iaijutsu is a combative sword-drawing art but not necessarily an aggressive art because iaijutsu is also a counterattack-oriented art. Iaijutsu technique may be used aggressively to wage a premeditated surprise attack against an unsuspecting enemy.
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; / ɡ ɪ f / GHIF or / dʒ ɪ f / JIF, see § Pronunciation) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released on June 15, 1987.
Tomioka Station, a railway station; Tomioka, Gunma, a city in Gunma Prefecture Tomioka silk mill; Tomioka Castle; Eisaku Tomioka (富岡 英作) (born 1964), professional shogi player; Kihei Tomioka (富岡 喜平) (1932–2007), Japanese cyclist; Giyū Tomioka (冨岡 義勇), fictional character from the manga Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Iaidō (居合道), abbreviated iai (居合), [3] is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden attacks. [ 4 ] Iaido consists of four main components: the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya ), striking or cutting an opponent ...
Tomioka also pushed for a focus on the occupation of Port Moresby in New Guinea, either as a staging ground for an invasion of Australia, or to draw out the American carrier fleet as far as possible from its home bases. He was overruled when Yamamoto threatened to resign. In January 1943, Tomioka was given a combat command, as captain of the ...
Atsuhiro Tomioka (冨岡 淳広, Tomioka Atsuhiro, born November 25, 1967) is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu screenwriter. He is a member of the Writers Guild of Japan [ jp ] . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Taeko Tomioka (富岡 多恵子, Tomioka Taeko; July 28, 1935 – April 6, 2023) was a Japanese writer. [1] She was born in Osaka, was educated at Osaka Women's College, worked as a high school English teacher and moved to Tokyo in 1960. [1] Tomioka visited New York City in 1964 and returned home to Japan in 1966. [2] In 1969, she married Suga ...