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Ōta Nanpo
was the most oft-used penname of Ōta Tan, a late Edo-period Japanese poet and fiction writer. Ōta Nanpo wrote primarily in the comedic forms of '' kyōshi'', derived from comic Chinese verse, and '' kyōka'', derived from '' waka'' poetry. Ōta Nanpo's pennames also include Yomo no Akara (), Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin (). Born into a lower-status samurai family in Edo, Nanpo served the shogunate in various ways throughout his life. He began his literary career as a student of Chinese Ming-dynasty writings, and adapted traditional Chinese comic verse (called ''kyōshi'' in Japanese), under the mentorship of playwright Hiraga Gennai, to daily life in Edo. His first collection of work was called ''Neboke sensei bunshū'', or the Literary Works of Master Groggy. Nanpo soon began to write ''kyōka'', comic ''waka'' verses, as well. His popularity grew in the 1760s and 1770s, as a result of his down-to-earth subject matter and unabashed style. During this time he also wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōta (other)
OTA or ota may stand for: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Off the Air (TV series), Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series * Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland Electronics, science, and technology * Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycotoxin * Operational transconductance amplifier, a kind of operational amplifier * Optical tube assembly, the tubular optical train of a telescope as referred by astronomers * Over-the-air, another word for wireless communication ** Over-the-air programming, a method of reprogramming smart phones and other mobile devices ** OTA bitmap, a data format developed by Nokia for sending images via SMS ** Over-the-air television (or terrestrial television), the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery ** Over-the-air performance testing, evaluation of the performance of a radio including the impact of its radiation pattern and its interaction with device circuitry. Law and government * Ontario Temperance Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsu (geisha)
Katsu may refer to: Entertainment * Katsu (band), from Central Pennsylvania * KATSU!, manga by Mitsuru Adachi *" Katsu!" ( ja), a 1984 song by Shibugakitai * Katsucon, an annual anime convention in Maryland Other *Katsu (Zen), a shout used in East Asian Chan and Zen Buddhism, as well as in the martial arts *Deep fried cutlet in Japanese cuisine: **Chicken katsu, fried chicken cutlet **Tonkatsu, fried pork cutlet **Katsudon, tonkatsu served in a bowl with rice ** Gyukatsu, fried beef cutlet * Kappo, resuscitation techniques also known as ''katsu'' People People named Katsu include: ;Surname *Alma Katsu (born 1959), American writer of adult fiction * Katsu Kaishu (Awa Katsu) (1823–1899), Japanese statesman and naval officer *Katsu Kokichi (1802–1850), Japanese samurai * Manami Katsu (born 1994), Japanese professional wrestler *Masanori Katsu (1879–1957), Japanese bureaucrat * Minami Katsu (born 1998), Japanese professional golfer * Shintaro Katsu (1931–1997), Japanese actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukiyo-e Ruikō
The ''Ukiyo-e Ruikō'' (, "Various Thoughts on Ukiyo-e") is a Japanese collection of commentaries and biographies of ukiyo-e artists. It did not appear in print during the Edo period in which it was produced, but was circulated in handwritten copies subject with numerous additions and alterations. The writer Ōta Nanpo produced the first version in 1790. More than 120 variants of the ''Ukiyo-e Ruikō'' are known. An edition with updates by Santō Kyōden, Sasaya Shishichi Kuninori, and Shikitei Sanba in 1802 is the earliest extant copy, produced under the title ''Ukiyo-e Kōshō''. This version lists 37 artists and focuses mainly on ukiyo-e painters and major print designers. The ''Ukiyo-e Ruikō'' ranks artists regarded for their paintings higher than those mainly associated with their print designs, and highlights artists training in painterly schools such as the Kanō or painting traditions such as Yamato-e is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang dynasty pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oiran
is a collective term for the highest-ranking courtesans in Japanese history, who were considered to be above common prostitutes (known as ) for their more refined entertainment skills and training in the traditional arts. Divided into a number of ranks within this category, the highest rank of were the , who were considered to be set apart from other due to their intensive training in the traditional arts. Though by definition also engaged in prostitution, higher-ranking had a degree of choice in which customers they took; , in contrast, did not engage in sex work at all. The term originated in Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo in the 1750s, and is applied to all ranks of high level courtesans in historical Japan. The services of were well known for being exclusive and expensive, with typically only entertaining the upper classes of society, gaining the nickname for their perceived ability to steal the hearts and match the wits of upper-class men. Many became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Bai
Li Bai (, 701–762), also pronounced as Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (), was a Chinese poet, acclaimed from his own time to the present as a brilliant and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were two of the most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty, which is often called the " Golden Age of Chinese Poetry". The expression "Three Wonders" denotes Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's swordplay, and Zhang Xu's calligraphy. Around 1000 poems attributed to Li are extant. His poems have been collected into the most important Tang dynasty poetry, ''Heyaue yingling ji'', compiled in 753 by Yin Fan. Thirty-four of Li Bai’s poems are included in the anthology ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', which was first published in the 18th century. Around the same time, translations of his poems began to appear in Europe. The poems were models for celebrating the pleasures of friendship, the depth of natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruki Nanmei
Haruki is both a masculine/neutral Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese-born theatre performer *, Japanese footballer *, Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Nishitetsu Lions *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese publisher, film producer, director and screenwriter * Haruki Kanashiro (born 1977), Peruvian footballer *, Japanese architectural translator *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese writer and translator *, Japanese darts player * Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football safety *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, former judoka from Japan *, Japanese football player *Haruki Yamashita (born 1999), Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer Surname: *, Japanese manga a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term translates as "picture of the floating world". In 1603, the city of Edo ( Tokyo) became the seat of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. The ''chōnin'' class (merchants, craftsmen and workers), positioned at the bottom of the social order, benefited the most from the city's rapid economic growth, and began to indulge in and patronise the entertainment of kabuki theatre, geisha, and courtesans of the pleasure districts; the term ("floating world") came to describe this hedonistic lifestyle. Printed or painted ukiyo-e works were popular with the ''chōnin'' class, who had become wealthy enough to afford to decorate their homes with them. The earliest ukiyo-e works em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōkubo Shibutsu
, also Okubo, Ohkubo and Ookubo, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ōkubo clan ** Ōkubo Tadayo (1532–1594), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period **Ōkubo Tadasuke (1537–1613), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods **Ōkubo Nagayasu (1545–1613), Japanese samurai of the Edo period **Ōkubo Tadachika (1553–1628), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and Edo periods ** Ōkubo Tadataka (1560–1639), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Edo periods **Ōkubo Tadazane (1778–1837), Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period **Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878), Japanese samurai and later leader of the Meiji restoration ;Contemporary *Atsushi Ōkubo, Japanese manga author *Benji Okubo, American artist * Hiroshi Okubo, Japanese video game music composer * James K. Okubo, American Medal of Honor recipient * Ōkubo Haruno, Japanese general * Hideo Ohkubo, Japanese businessman *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *Kayoko Okubo, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikuchi Gozan , a railway line in Kumamoto Prefecture connecting Kami-Kumamoto Station to Miyoshi Station
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Kikuchi, often written 菊池 or 菊地, may refer to: Places * Kikuchi, Kumamoto * Kikuchi River, Kumamoto * Kikuchi District, Kumamoto People * Kikuchi (surname) * Kikuchi clan * Yoshihiko Kikuchi * Yusei Kikuchi Other * Kikuchi disease, a rare, non-cancerous enlargement of the lymph nodes * Kikuchi line (solid state physics), a line in an electron diffraction pattern for a crystal * Kikuchi Line (Kumaden) is a 10.8 km railway line owned by the Kumamoto Electric Railway, serving Kumamoto City and Kōshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The line runs northward from Kami-Kumamoto Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu, terminating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanshi (poetry)
is a Japanese term for Chinese poetry in general as well as the Japanese poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets. It literally means " Han poetry". ''Kanshi'' was the most popular form of poetry during the early Heian period in Japan among Japanese aristocrats and proliferated until the modern period. History The earliest collection of ''kanshi'' was the '' Kaifūsō'', compiled in 751. The ''Kaifūsō'' was also one of the earliest works of Japanese literature, and according to Judith Rabinovitch and Timothy Bradstock, it was a collection of occasional verse spanning from 672 to 751. The compiler of the ''Kaifūsō'' may have been Omi no Mifune, Isonokami no Yakatsugu, or Prince Shirakabe and Fujiwara no Satsuo. Three imperial collections of ''kanshi'' were compiled during the 9th century: the ''Ryōunshū'' of 814, the ''Bunka Shūreishū'' of 818, and the '' Keikokushū'' of 827. Indeed, ''kanshi'' was accorded a higher place than the native waka form until the Kokin Wakas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santō Kyōden
Santō Kyōden (山東 京伝, 13 September 1761 Edo – 27 October 1816) was a Japanese artist, writer, and the owner of a tobacco shop during the Edo period. His real name was Iwase Samuru (岩瀬 醒), and he was also known popularly as Kyōya Denzō (京屋伝蔵, ''kyōya denzō''). He began his professional career illustrating the works of others before writing his own Kibyōshi and Sharebon. Within his works, Kyōden often included references to his shop to increase sales. Kyōden's works were affected by the shifting publication laws of the Kansei Reforms which aimed to punish writers and their publishers for writings related to the Yoshiwara and other things that were deemed to be "harmful to society" at the time by the Tokugawa Bakufu. As a result of his punishment in 1791, Kyōden shifted his writings to the more didactic Yomihon. During the 1790s, Santō Kyōden became a household name and one of his works could sell as many as 10,000 copies, numbers that were previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
