Word: muromachi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...classic samurai film Yojimbo, rival factions bid for the services of a mercenary who has wandered into town. To which side will this mysterious swordsman give his allegiance? Kazuo Matsui is baseball's yojimbo, a free agent from Japan with more suitors than a Muromachi-era princess. No fewer than nine major league teams-including rivals the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox-are reportedly in the running for the services of the 1.75-m shortstop. The question brewing on hot stoves on two continents is not just where this bat-and-glove for hire will wind...
...exibit consists of three rooms containing hanging scrolls from different periods of Japanese history; of these, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Tokugawa are the best represented. This allows the viewer to compare scroll work from various periods in a relaxed, informal setting...
First the Emperor himself formally notified the spirits enshrined in the three sanctuaries of the Imperial palace. Then Prince Kimiteru Sanjo, court ritualist, took a full day at the Ise shrine, notifying the spirits of the outer shrine in the morning, the inner shrine in the afternoon. Count Kinto Muromachi passed the word to Hirohito's first Imperial ancestor, Jimmu, great-great-grandfather Ninko, greatgrandfather Komei and grandfather Meiji...
| 1 |