Word: edo
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...Isetatsu A family business since 1864, the dollhouse-like Isetatsu sells brightly colored chiyogami paper decorated with woodblock prints, and other stationery reminiscent of old Edo. Tel: (81-3) 3823-1453, 2-18-9 Yanaka...
...object is 13.1 billion light years away and is thought to have been caused by the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole, according to Edo Berger, an assistant professor of astronomy...
...Tokugawa-era painters Hon'ami Koetsu and Ogata Korin were but a few of the visual artists drawn to the poems. The latter illustrated one of the earliest and most famous karuta sets, as the major ukiyo-e (Floating World) artists - famed for their depictions of metropolitan life in Edo Japan - would later...
...creation myths of Japan's oldest book, the 7th century Kojiki; early poetry from the 8th century collection Manyoshu; the sublime socio-psychological epics by the legendary 11th century Heian court ladies; Zen-inflected 14th century battle tales and Noh dramas; haiku, travelogues, kabuki and puppet plays of the Edo period (1600-1868); and the panoply of modern novels, poetry and plays from the Meiji era on. Still read by Japanese-literature students, the anthology alone would have secured Keene's stature. But he has since published, on average, an English-language book every two years - gems on Japanese culture...
Have you ever considered running for political office, as John Glenn did? -Edo Steinberg, BEERSHEBA, ISRAELYes, but the idea wasn't very attractive. Eighty percent of people thought I was doing the right thing during the Korean War shooting down MiG-15s, and probably 95% were supportive of the moon landing. Why risk such a career so that only 51% of people will tolerate me and 49% will want...