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Tono (other)
Tono, Tōno or Toño may refer to: Places * Tōnō, the southeastern portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan * Tōno, Iwate, a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan * Tono, Washington, a ghost town in the state of Washington, United States * Tono Dam, agricultural dams in Ghana * Tono River, a river in Oecussi, East Timor * Tōno Station, a Kamaishi Line railway station in Tōno, Iwate, Japan * Pasar Tono, a town in Oecussi-Ambeno, East Timor People *Tono (name) Literature * ''Tono-Bungay'', a 1909 novel by H.G. Wells * ''Tōno Monogatari'', a collection of folk tales from the Tōno, Iwate, Japan area, collected by Kunio Yanagita Other uses * Tono, a Japanese honorific, see Japanese honorifics#Dono / tono * Tonos, an accent mark used in the Greek alphabet * Tono humano, one of the main genres of 17th Century Spanish and Portuguese music * TONO, a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway *Recto tono, Latin phrase related to church liturgy and music * '' To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōnō
is the southeastern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. The Tōnō region received its name as a combination of the ''kanji'' for "east" (東) and "Mino" (美濃). The borders of this region are not officially set, but it generally consists of the following cities: Tajimi, Toki, Mizunami, Ena and Nakatsugawa. Occasionally, Kani, usually part of the Chūnō region, is also included as being part of Tōnō. Geography The region has a total area of approximately . The Toki River forms the border between it and Nagano Prefecture to the east and Aichi Prefecture to the south. The Kiso River flows through the central area from east to west. Population As of 2008 the Tōnō region had about 358,000 residents, which was 17% of the prefecture's entire total. Features *It is broadly divided into in the west with Tajimi, Toki, and Mizunami; and in the east with Ena and Nakatsugawa. Additionally, Tōnō Tōbu is divided into north and south by the former boundarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunio Yanagita
Kunio Yanagita (柳田 國男, Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese author, scholar, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions. This led to a change in his career. His pursuit of this led to his eventual establishment of Japanese native folkloristics, or ''minzokugaku'', as an academic field in Japan. As a result, he is often considered to be the father of modern Japanese folklore studies. Early life Yanagita was born as the fifth child of the Matsuoka family in the town of Fukusaki, located in Hyōgo Prefecture. He was born with the name Kunio Matsuoka (or Matsuoka Kunio in the Japanese manner of naming), but was adopted into the family of a court justice named Naohei Yanagita. At the time, it was fairly common practice for families without a son to adopt a young boy or man into the family to inherit the family’s property. This would often occur through marriage, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tono To Issho
is a Japanese yonkoma, 4-panel gag manga written and illustrated by Ohba-Kai. ''Tono to Issho'' parodies several historical figures from Japan's Sengoku period (Warring States Era). ''Tono to Issho'' was adapted into two anime television series and two original video animations. Media Manga ''Tono to Issho'' began its serialized run in the manga magazine Media Factory's ''Comic Flapper'' in 2006. The manga series parodies the exploits of several historical figures from Japan's Sengoku period (Warring States Era), such as Chousokabe Motochika, Date Masamune, Katakura Kagetsuna, Uesugi Kenshin, and Oda Nobunaga. Original video animation In November 2009, an Original video animation, original video anime adaptation of ''Tono to Issho'' was announced. The anime adaptation was released on DVD on March 25, 2010. A second anime DVD was bundled with the fifth volume collection of the manga series released on August 23, 2010. Anime television series After the release of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recto Tono
''Recto tono'' is a Latin phrase used in the context of church liturgy and music. ''Recto tono'' has been described as "the simplest form of church music, a reciting tone. One note held for the length of a phrase." It literally means "straight" or "uniform" tone. In liturgical chanting, ''recto tono'' is used to recite without embellishment or elaborate singing Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without .... References {{Reflist Church music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TONO
TONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway. It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers. Through the managing agreement the originators give TONO an exclusive right to administer the members' performing rights in Norway. By 2006 the number of members reached about 14,000, through agreements of reciprocation with about 60 other corporations, organised under the umbrella-organisation CISAC. TONO ''de facto'' manages the whole world-repertoire. TONO was originally created in 1928 under the name of ''Norsk Komponistforenings Internasjonale Musikkbyrå''. Managing of mechanical rights is transferred to NCB, ''Nordisk Copyright Byrå''. Norway has ratified the Berne Convention protecting literary and artistic productions. Furthermore, the convention's articles are continued in Norwegian law through ''Lov om opphavsrett til åndsverk'' 12. mai Nr.2 1961 (åndsverkloven). The law provides the originator an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tono Humano
The tono humano (secular song) was one of the main genres of 17th Century Spanish and Portuguese music. :The term ''tonadas'' is also used for ''tonos humanos'' in 17th Century musical literature but the 17th Century ''tonada'' is to be distinguished from the modern folk tonada song in Chile or for guitar band in Argentina. In the early 17th Century the main vernacular forms for Spanish and Portuguese composers were the villancico, usually a Christmas song, and the solo tono; tono humano if secular, tono divino if sacred. The cantata form had not yet been introduced from Italy. At this point tonos were generally strophic songs (coplas) with a refrain (estribillo). However by the end of the 17th century some tonos had begun to include recitative and aria sections, as the cantada, Spanish form of the cantata became known around 1700. The tono humano and tono divino could also have 2, 3 or 4 voices. Nearly all tonos humanos and semi-sacred villancicos were preserved only in manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BCE. It is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and was the earliest known alphabetic script to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. In Archaic Greece, Archaic and early Classical Greece, Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in Archaic Greek alphabets, many local variants, but, by the end of the 4th century BCE, the Euclidean alphabet, with 24 letters, ordered from alpha to omega, had become standard and it is this version that is still used for Greek writing today. The letter case, uppercase and lowercase forms of the 24 letters are: : , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , /ς, , , , , , . The Greek alphabet is the ancestor of the Latin script, Latin and Cyrillic scripts. Like Latin and Cyrillic, Greek originally had only a single form of each letter; it developed the letter case distinction between uppercase and lowercase in parallel with Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Honorifics
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called , which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns. Honorific suffixes also indicated the speaker's level and referred an individual's relationship and are often used alongside other components of Japanese honorific speech.Reischauer, Edwin O. (2002). Encyclopedia of Japan. Tōkyō: NetAdvance Inc. Honorific suffixes are generally used when referring to the person one is talking to or unrelated people and are not used when referring to oneself. The omission of suffixes implies a high degree of intimacy or close friendship. Usage Although honorifics are not essential to the grammar of Japanese, they are a fundamental part of its sociolinguistics, and their proper use is deemed essential to proficient and appropriate speech. The use of honorifics is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tono-Bungay
''Tono-Bungay'' is a realist semiautobiographical novel written by H. G. Wells and first published in book form in 1909. It has been called "arguably his most artistic book". It had been serialised before book publication, both in the United States, in ''The Popular Magazine'', beginning in the issue of September 1908, and in Britain, in ''The English Review'', beginning in the magazine's first issue in December 1908. Plot ''Tono-Bungay'' is narrated by George Ponderevo, who is persuaded to help develop the business of selling Tono-Bungay, a patent medicine created by his uncle Edward. George devotes seven years to organising the production and manufacture of the product, even though he believes it is "a damned swindle". He then quits day-to-day involvement with the enterprise in favour of aeronautics, but he remains associated with his uncle, who becomes a financier of the first order and is on the verge of achieving social as well as economic dominance when his business empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōno, Iwate
is a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 26,378, and a population density of 31.6 persons per km2 in 10,759 households. The total area of the city is . Tōno is known as "The City of Folklore" for its rural nature, its preservation of traditional culture and especially for the collection of folktales, ''Tōno Monogatari,'' written by Kunio Yanagita in 1910. Geography Tōno is located in central Iwate Prefecture, in the floodplain of the Sarugaishi River, surrounded by a ring of mountains. Mount Hayachine sits at the northernmost point of the city where Hanamaki, Kawai and Tōno meet. At 1,914 meters it is also the city's highest point. Mt. Rokkoushi, (1,294 meters) dominates the landscape to the east and Mt. Ishigami (1,038 meters) is the highest mountain in the west. Together these peaks form Tōno's "big three" mountains. The highest points in southern Tōno are Mt. Sadato (884 meters) on the border of Sumida and Mt. Tane (871 meters) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tono (name)
Tono or Toño is a masculine given name or nickname that is a diminutive form. Tono is a Catalan, Galician and Spanish diminutive form of Anton, Antoni and Antonio and Toño is a Spanish diminutive form of Antonio. Both spellings are in use in Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands, while Tōno is a japanese surname. Nickname/stage name * Tono (artist), professional/stage name of the Japanese manga artist * Tono, pseudonym of Antonio Lara de Gavilán (1896–1978), Spanish humorist and writer * Toño (footballer, born 1979), nickname for Antonio Rodríguez Martínez, (born 1979), Spanish footballer, goalkeeper * Toño (footballer, born 1986), nickname for Antonio Ramírez Martínez, (born 1986), Spanish footballer, goalkeeper * Toño (footballer, born 1989), nickn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasar Tono
Pasar Tono is a small town in the East Timor exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. It is located inland from Lifau, on the Tono River The Tono River ( pt, Ribeira de Tono or , tet, Mota Tono) is the principal river of Oecusse, an exclave of East Timor. The river and its major tributaries flow generally north, through the centre of the exclave, into the Savu Sea, reaching the .... The town of Padiae lies just to the north. References *Wheeler, T. (2004) ''East Timor.'' Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet. Populated places in Oecusse {{EastTimor-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
