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The first Japanese translation of the Kural text was made by Shuzo Matsunaga in 1981. [2] [3] [4] Work on the translation began in the 1970s when Matsunaga chanced upon a few translated lines from the original work. Through his pen-pal in India, he obtained guidance and a copy of an English translation of the work by George Uglow Pope. [5]
Soga Nichokuan's "Eagle on a Rock" ink on paper, c. 1624–44 In Japan, records indicate that falconry from Continental Asia began in the fourth century. [ 1 ] According to a passage in the Nihon Shoki (720), continental falconry was introduced by the Baekje noble Sakenokimi in 359 during the reign of Emperor Nintoku . [ 2 ]
大鷲, "Big Eagle" (Steller's sea eagle) 大取 ·大取り, "a key performer; last performer of the day" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana .
shortnose eagle ray [8] southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina. Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877: Australian/New Zealand eagle ray: near rocky reefs around New Zealand and southern Australia Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854: Japanese eagle ray [7] Indonesia and the Philippines,Japan, Korea, and China.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Alabaster votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, showing Anzû as a lion-headed eagle in a Master of Animals motif, ca. 2550–2500 BC; found at Tell Telloh the ancient city of Girsu, The name of the mythological being usually called Anzû was actually written in the oldest Sumerian cuneiform texts as 𒀭𒉎𒈪𒄷 ( an.im.mi mušen ...
The Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather air superiority fighter based on the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in use by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The F-15J was produced under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries .
The bateleur (/ ˌ b æ t ə ˈ l ɜːr, ˈ b æ t əl ɜːr /; [2] Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is often considered a relative of the snake eagles and, like them, it is classified within the subfamily Circaetinae . [ 3 ]