Japanese art, the painting, calligraphy, architecture, pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving, and other fine or decorative visual arts produced in Japan over the centuries. Learn more about the history of Japanese art, its main characteristics, and s
Nagai, “The Development of Intellectuals in the Meiji and Toshuo Periods,”Journal of Social and Political Ideas in Japan, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 28–32. See also the rest of the articles in this volume. Maruyama Masao,Denken in Japan, Frankfurt, Surkamp, 1992. J. M. Kitagawa, “...
when the language shed most of itsOld Japanese characteristics and acquired those of the modern language. It is common, however, to divide the 1,200-year history into four or five periods; Old Japanese (up to the 8th century),Late Old Japanese (9th–11th century),Middle Japanese (12th–16...
The last epic directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ran takes the King Lear story to the Sengoku period (1467-1615), plunges its characters and themes into one of the most chaotic periods in Japanese history, and leave us devasted by the multifaceted results. Ran was a true last hurrah for Japan’...
due to the explicit sexual descriptions inJin Ping Mei. This chapter examines how the sociocultural contexts of Japan during different historical periods have influenced and shaped the translation and dissemination ofJin Ping Mei. When examined diachronically, the different ways in whichJin Ping Meiwa...
Archaeological studies have shown that the Japanese prehistory is divided into three periods: the Paleolithic period (older than 14,500 years before present [YBP]), the Jomon period (14,500-2,300 YBP), and the Yayoi period (2,300-1,700 YBP)1. One of the most important events in Japanes...
Thisearly-18thcentury work by an unknown artist is a typical exampleofNara-ehon, the illustrated manuscripts or hand-printed scrolls and books producedinJapan from the Muromachi (1333-1573) through the mid-Edo (1615-1868)periods. wdl.org ...
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The peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) often differ markedly between exacerbations and controlled periods in each patient (Table 4). The reversible airflow limitation is regarded as significant when FEV1 increases by ≥12% and ≥200 ml of the absolute volume...
Some questions concerning the history of the Russo-Japanese War have, to this very day, not only not been studied, but have also failed to attract sufficient attention from scholars and society. One of these questions concerns the Japanese deported to Siberia from the Far East or who were cap...