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Chidō Museum
The is a private museum in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1950 by the former Lord Sakai clan, Sakai of the Shōnai Domain who donated his properties with the intention of promoting local culture. The museum houses folk materials from Shōnai, classical calligraphy, woodcraft and ceremonial sake barrels. In addition to the ''Goinden'', retirement residence of the Sakai Lords built in 1863, the Lord's arsenal (''Mingu no Kura''), and the attached Japanese garden, designated as Place of Scenic Beauty, a number of buildings have been relocated and newly built at the museum site. Two Western style from the early Meiji period built by the prefectural governor Mishima Michitsune have been designated as Important Cultural Property (Japan), Important Cultural Property: the ''Former Nishitagawa District Office'' from 1881, relocated in 1972; and the ''Former Tsuruoka Police Station'' from 1884, relocated in 1957. A large minka three-story farmh ...
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Tsuruoka, Yamagata
is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 125,389 in 49,024 households, and a population density of 95.74 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Tsuruoka is the biggest city in Tōhoku region in terms of land area. Today's Tsuruoka is the result of the fusion of several neighborhoods around the center of the city such as Atsumi, Asahi, Fujishima, Kushibiki, and Haguro in 1953. Geography Tsuruoka is located on the coast of Yamagata Prefecture bordering the Sea of Japan and has some locally popular beaches such as Yunohama and Sanze. All three of the Three Mountains of Dewa are at least partially within the city limits. Two main rivers run through Tsuruoka, the Akagawa River (赤川, literally "Red River"), and the Mogami River. Neighboring municipalities *Niigata Prefecture ** Murakami *Yamagata Prefecture ** Mikawa ** Nishikawa ** Sakata ** Shōnai Climate Tsuruoka has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classific ...
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Tachi
A is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (''nihonto'') worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. ''Tachi'' and '' uchigatana'' ("''katana''") generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the , or signature, on the tang. The ''tachi'' style of swords preceded the development of the ''katana'', which was not mentioned by name until near the end of the twelfth century. ''Tachi'' were the mainstream Japanese swords of the Kotō period between 900 and 1596. Even after the Muromachi period (1336–1573), when ''katana'' became the mainstream, ''tachi'' were often worn by high-ranking samurai. History The production of swords in Japan is divided into specific time periods: * (ancient swords, until around 900) * (old swords, around 900–1596) * (new swords, 1596–1780) * (new new swords, 1781–1876) * (modern or contemporary swords, 1876–present) The predecessor ...
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Giyōfū Architecture
was a style of Japanese architecture which outwardly resembled Western-style construction but relied on traditional Japanese techniques. It flourished during the early Meiji period, and disappeared as knowledge of Western techniques became more widespread. ''Giyōfū'' style buildings were built by Japanese carpenters using traditional construction techniques, but with a layout and external ornamentation based on observation of Western-style buildings in person or in photographs, or based on design books such as the ''Shinsen Hinagata Taisho Daisen'', which offered molding designs which could be reproduced. Many of these buildings were symmetric and made use of porticoes or verandahs with columns, classical pediments, sash windows, and ornamental gables. ''Giyōfū'' style buildings often contained Dutch, British, French, and/or Italian architectural elements, combined with a Japanese-style roof. The Japanese roofs on Western-faced Japanese timber frames became signifiers of giy ...
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Folk Museums In Japan
Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk horror ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Folk +, an Albanian folk music channel * Folks (band), a Japanese band * ''Folks!'', a 1992 American film People with the name * Bill Folk (born 1927), Canadian ice hockey player * Chad Folk (born 1972), Canadian football player * Elizabeth Folk (c. 16th century), British martyr; one of the Colchester Martyrs * Eugene R. Folk (1924–2003), American ophthalmologist * Joseph W. Folk (1869–1923), American lawyer, reformer, and politician * Kevin Folk (born 1980), Canadian curler * Nick Folk (born 1984), American football player * Rick Folk (born 1950), Canadian curler * Robert Folk (born 1949), American film composer * Robert L. Folk (1925–2018), American geologist and sedimentary petrologist Other uses * Folk classificati ...
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Open-air Museums In Japan
Open air, open-air or openair may refer to: *''Open Air'', a BBC television program *Open-air cinema or outdoor cinema *Open-air concert, a concert taking place outside *Open-air museum, a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors *Open-air preaching, the act of publicly proclaiming a religious message *Open-air treatment, therapeutic exposure to fresh air and sunshine *Open air school, an outdoor school designed to combat the spread of disease *OpenAIR, a message routing and communication protocol for artificial intelligence systems *Openair Cinemas, an Australasian brand of outdoor cinema events, owned by Pedestrian (company) See also *''Open Air Suit'', a studio album by Air *Open Air PM, a defunct daily newspaper in New York City *OpenAIRE The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and ...
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Museums In Yamagata Prefecture
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Museums host a much wider range of objects than a library, and they usually focus on a specific theme, such as the art museums, arts, science museums, science, natural history museums, natural history or Local museum, local history. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often tourist attractions, and many draw large numbers of visitors from outside of their host country, with the List of most-visited museums, most visited museums in the world attracting millions of visitors annually. Since the establishment of Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum, the earliest known museum in ancient history, ancient times, museums have been associated with academia and the preserva ...
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List Of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties (occupation)
This lists 101 Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties in the category "". Selection Criteria Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties are designated based on the following criteria: ;Categories #Necessities of life: clothes, accessories, eating and drinking tools, household furnishings and other residential items #Manufacture, livelihood: farming implements, fishing and hunting gear, artisan tools, spinning and weaving equipment, other items related to work #Traffic, transportation, communication: means of transport, boats, express messenger implements and other items related to barriers #Trade, commerce: calculation and measurement tools, signs, licenses, and other shop related items #Social life: gift exchange, implements for guards and judgements, boarding houses #Religious faith: ritual implements, implements for Buddhist mass, votive offerings, idols, magic implements, and other items associated with shrines #Knowledge of folk customs: calendars, implements for fortun ...
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List Of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties
This is a list of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan. As of January 24, 2025, there were 228 designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties. Selection Criteria Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties are designated based on the following designation criteria: Categories #Necessities of life: clothes, accessories, eating and drinking tools, household furnishings and other residential items #Manufacture, livelihood: farming implements, fishing and hunting gear, artisan tools, spinning and weaving equipment, other items related to work #Traffic, transportation, communication: means of transport, boats, express messenger implements and other items related to barriers #Trade, commerce: calculation and measurement tools, signs, licenses, and other shop related items #Social life: gift exchange, implements for guards and judgements, boarding houses #Religious faith: ritual implements, implements for Buddhist mass, votive offerings, idols, magic implements, an ...
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List Of Cultural Properties Of Japan - Paintings (Yamagata)
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ...
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Echigo Province
was an old provinces of Japan, old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen Province, Uzen, Iwashiro Province, Iwashiro, Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Shinano Province, Shinano, and Etchū Province, Etchū Provinces.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata Prefecture, minus the island of Sado, Niigata, Sado. Its abbreviated form name was , with Echizen Province, Echizen and Etchū Province, Etchū Provinces. Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Echigo was ranked as one of the 35 "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the 30 "far countries" (遠国) in terms of distance from the capital Kyoto. Echigo and Kōzuke Province were known as the Jōetsu region. History In the late 7th century, during the reign of Emperor Monmu, the ancient province of was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen Province, Echizen, Etchū Province, Et ...
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Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties
A is administered by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and includes tangible properties (structures and works of art or craft); intangible properties (performing arts and craft techniques); folk properties both tangible and intangible; monuments historic, scenic and natural; cultural landscapes; and groups of traditional buildings. Buried properties and conservation techniques are also protected. Together these cultural properties are to be preserved and utilized as the heritage of the Japanese people. Not all Cultural Properties of Japan were created in Japan; some are from China, Korea or other countries. See for example the letter from Duarte de Menezez to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, pictured above, a National Treasure originating in India. In total, some 857 Important Cultural Properties are Chinese in origin, 96 from Korea, 27 from the West, and three from elsewhere. To protect Japan's cultural ...
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