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...shuffling wave continues down Jizo-dori, past peddlers of hair nets, wigs and hairpieces, to a red "80" hanging above Echigoya, the street's oldest store. The number refers to the years the kimono seller turned women's-clothing retailer has been in business. Mr. Tamura has worked the store for 30 of them. He says that styles on the floor are now skewed for a "younger look," because women in their 60s and 70s are more fashionable than those born during the Taisho period (1912-26). Female shoppers aren't necessarily looking for deals, says Tamura, but nothing...
...which is all but waterproof - while the fire took hold below. The firefighters say they were told by the Cultural Heritage Administration, a body charged with the care of the nation's national treasures, to temper their aggression in fighting the fire, in order to make sure Seoul's oldest wooden structure was left intact. The administration is refuting this claim, saying it instructed firefighters to do whatever was necessary to get the fire under control. On Tuesday, the head of the Cultural heritage Administration, Yoo Hong Joon, tendered his resignation, saying he would "take responsibility" for the blaze...
...that Harvard’s pronounced lack of “collegiate gothic” architecture is far from a liability. Reverend Peter Gomes pointed out during my Freshman Week that Harvard’s river Houses and many of its classrooms, which emulate the Georgian architecture of its oldest buildings, seem not drab but elegant, because they are built in a style adherent to our institutional history and tradition, not an appropriated European model. And in the Yard where the first glance meets monotony, a close look reveals that the buildings have vastly different architectural styles...
...literary tradition. An 1899 history of Japanese literature was the only reference available in English at that time. Keene's feat was stupendous. Just over a decade into his study of the language, he navigated more than a millennium of its finest compositions - the 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...
...Harvard Advocate, founded in 1866, boasts the distinction of being the nation’s “oldest continuously published college literary magazine.” Along with similarly historic student-run publications such as The Harvard Crimson and The Harvard Lampoon, the Advocate has proven its tenacious staying power. Having weathered both time and numerous editorial changeovers, it seems likely that many new names will grace the Advocate’s masthead in years to come. This may not be the case for a generation of undergraduate magazines that has sprung to life in the past few years...