the new form of government in 1192. During this period, the samurai not only worked on their warrior skills, but they also cultivated and refined theirlove of the arts including haiku poetry. For this reason, the members of the aristocratic class would ...
In Wren’s age, the profession of architect as understood today did not exist. Since the early years of the 17th century it was not unusual for the well-educated gentleman, (virtuosi), to take up architecture as a gentlemanly activity; a pursuit widely accepted as a branch of applied ma...
~ Lydia Davis, “We Miss You: A Study of Get-Well Letters from a Class of Fourth-Graders” 4/3 The wind had blown open the shutters along the gallery to make him feel rather exposed. He withdrew. ~ Murasaki Shikibu,The Tale of Genji(Ch. 28, trans: Edward G. Seidensticker) ...
A key point of the novel is whether the whale is consciously evil or not, from which flow other questions like whether his attacks are random and defensive or deliberate and offensive, which in turn allows us to consider the relationship of a civilized, self-aware human being with the more ...
Skins like the rare Cyberdemon Genji transcend aesthetics. They serve as marks of honor, representing the skill and dedication required to acquire them. Given their rarity, these skins carry prestige and status.
Much Heian literature of note was written by aristocratic women, foremost among whom wasMurasaki Shikibu(Lady Murasaki). HerGenji monogatari[tale of Genji] (early 11th cent.) is ranked with the world's greatest novels.Sei Shonagon, another contemporary court lady, wroteMakura no soshi[the pillow...
This course will explore the complex meanings, both literal and figurative, of ghosts and the fantastic in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean tales, plays, and films. Issues to be explored include: 1) the relationship between the supernatural, gender, and sexuality; 2) the confrontation of death ...
《KAGE～Shadow of the Ninja 绝影战士》是一款由 TENGO PROJECT 团队打造的横版动作游戏。 TENGO PROJECT 由1990年推出的经典红白机游戏《赤影战士》(闇の仕事人KAGE)的原班人马组成。 本作支持双人合作闯关,两位主角飒与枫不仅以全新造型亮相,所有关卡场景及敌人也都进行了重绘。同时,游戏中也增加了多种新武器和...
1008,The Tale of Genji) and Jien'sGukanshō(1219–1220). I will address the first,Genji's famous “defense of fiction,” in section 8 below. The second text,Gukanshōby the monk Jien, is the first major interpretative historiographyof Japan. Concluding his account of a turbulent period, ...
There are of course certain passages in the two great classics, The Tale of Genji from the Heian period, and The Tale of the Heike from the subsequent medieval period, which relate to the sea, but here too the number of such passages is much smaller than that of those relating to ...