I got it from my mother. My mother said to me, ‘Everyone has some place in Christ’ but somehow she did not practice it. Then I enjoyed it. We had a chauffeur. I mean we enjoyed it. But I always had this big guilt trip about the unfairness. So I always said to my mother – ...
Japanese literature, the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language. Both in quantity and quality, Japanese literature ran
Set during imperial Japan, a daughter of a Samurai slain in battle leaves her home after her mother marries beneath her, to take a position in the imperial court. Her beautiful voice captures the heart of a young warrior, Hideo, but as war breaks out, she learns he is an enemy spy. T...
Catalogue about the 1873 World Exposition in Vienna, the first in which Japan participated. Contains objects that had been displayed as well as documents in various media that recorded the surrounding events, with a special focus on tobacco related objects. Contains descriptions and essays in Japanes...
Continuous Engagement: In Japan, there is no direct translation for 'retirement' in the Western sense, reflecting a cultural inclination towards staying active and engaged throughout life. Finding Your Ikigai Self-Reflection: Involves delving into personal interests, skills, and values. ...
Although demobilizing the Japanese Army and the Imperial Navy was the initial purpose of the Allied Powers' occupation, their occupation policy [End Page 65] significantly shifted focus to the social reform of Japan when demilitarization was completed so as to convert Japan into a democratic ...
from 1911 to 2019, somewhat more concise than the sections of the great imperial dynasties. Or perhaps my bias for those more distant things allowed me to drift more quickly over the upheavals that followed to fall of the Qing: The Civil War, the struggle against the Japan and the progress...
Addresses in Japan are based on ever-smaller nested squares of land, like a Russian doll set, rather than something as intelligible as street numbers. Thus when you' re on foot it can be nigh-on impossible to find a building just from the address. However, the latest edition of the Toky...
1989. 25 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles ;, library stamp on back of images Decorations in Hebrew medieval mss. from the Imperial Public Library in St. Petersburg, now the Saltikov-Shchedrin Collection at the State Public Library in St. Petersburg elephant portfolio no text included. ...
Japan’s Imperial Family, the oldest royal dynasty with a 2600 year history has been somewhat in danger due to the fact that even after 13 years of marriage, Princess Masako, and Crown Prince Naruhito could not bear a boy to succeed the throne. They are both now well into their 40s, an...