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Mino (straw Cape)
A is a traditional Japanese raincoat made out of straw. Traditional are an article of outerwear covering the entire body, although shorter ones resembling grass skirts were also historically used to cover the lower body alone. Similar straw capes were also used in China, Vietnam and Korea. Overview Rice straw has naturally water-repellent properties, with water droplets that hit a mat of straw tending to flow along the length of the fibres, rather than penetrating underneath it. For this reason, early Japanese rain gear was often made of straw, which had the added benefit of being cheap to acquire, easy to weave and fasten, and being light in weight; however, this rain gear was also bulky in size, and highly flammable. In earlier eras, straw clothing had the additional advantage of affording a significant degree of camouflage in certain terrain, including forests and wetlands, similar to modern ghillie suits. As synthetic fibers and later plastics were introduced to Japan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mino
Mino may refer to: Places in Japan * Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture * Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture * Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture * Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture * Mino District, Hyōgo, a former district in Hyōgo Prefecture * Mino District, Shimane, a former district in Shimane Prefecture * Mino Province, an old province in the southern part of Gifu Prefecture Arts and entertainment * Mino (miniseries), a 1986 Italian-West German miniseries * Mino, the pieces of a Tetrimino in Tetris * ''Mino'', a video game by Xio Interactive involved in the lawsuit '' Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc.'' People * Mino (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Mino (footballer), Spanish former footballer Bernardino Serrano Mori (born 1963) * Mino (rapper), stage name of South Korean rapper Song Min-ho (born 1993) * Monta Mino, Japanese television presenter (born 1944) * Mino Nenki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namahage
The are demonlike beings portrayed by men wearing hefty ''oni'' (ogre) masks and traditional straw capes (''mino (straw cape), mino'') during a New Year's ritual, in local northern Japanese folklore of the Oga Peninsula area of Akita Prefecture. General description Namahage are portrayed by men who don ''oni'' masks and dress in long straw coats or ''mino (straw cape), mino'', which are locally called ''kede'' or ''kende''. They are equipped with Deba knife, deba knives (usually fakes made of wood or papier-mâché) and a . Marching in small groups of two or three, the namahage go door-to-door between people's homes, admonishing children who may be guilty of laziness or bad behavior by yelling phrases like or in the pronunciation and accent of the local dialect. Traditionally, the namahage have worn painted wooden masks, sometimes made of wood bark, and primarily painted red. In recent years, however, masks are manufactured using cardboard material, flattened metal canisters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakasendō
The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. There were 69 Stations of the Nakasendō, 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi Province, Musashi, Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Shinano Province, Shinano, Mino Province, Mino and Ōmi Province, Ōmi Old provinces of Japan, provinces.Nakasendou Jouhou . NEC Corporation. Retrieved August 18, 2007. In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama Prefecture, Saitama, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Nagano Prefecture, Nagano, Gifu Prefecture, Gifu and Shiga Prefect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikone, Shiga
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49,066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hikone is located in central Shiga Prefecture, on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa, and extending inland to the Ibuki Mountains. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Biwako Quasi-National Park. Neighboring municipalities Shiga Prefecture * Aishō * Higashiōmi * Kōra * Maibara * Taga * Toyosato Climate Hikone has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hikone is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1810 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C. The highest recorded temperature was 37.7 °C (July 26, 2014) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatching
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge ('' Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as insulation. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually with low-cost local vegetation. By contrast, in some developed countries it is the choice of some affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home, would like a more ecologically friendly roof, or who have purchased an originally thatched abode. History Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past three centuries survive in archives and early publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straw Hat
A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and face from direct sunlight, but are also used in fashion as a decorative element or a uniform. Materials Commonly used fibers are:A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion:, Mary Brooks Picken, Courier Corporation, 24.07.2013 * Wheat straw: (Milan straw, Tuscan, Livorno), * Rye straw: used for the traditional ''bryl'' straw hats popular among the peasants of Belarus, southwestern Russia and Ukraine. * Toquilla straw: flexible and durable fiber which is often made into hats, known as Panama hats, in Ecuador. * Buntal straw (also called Parabuntal): from unopened Palm leaves or stems of the Buri Palm, * Baku straw: 1x1 woven, made from the young stalks of the Talipot palm from Malabar and Ceylon, * Braided hemp, * Raffia, * Shantung straw: made from high-performance paper which is rolled into a yarn to imitate straw, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Conical Hat
The Asian conical hat is a simple style of conically shaped sun hat notable in modern-day nations and regions of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. It is kept on the head by a cloth or fiber chin strap, an inner headband, or both. Regional names English terms for the hat include ''sedge hat'', ''rice hat'', ''paddy hat'', ''bamboo hat'', andhistorically but now only offensively''coolie hat''. In Southeast Asia, it is known as (ដួន) in Cambodia; or in Indonesia; () in Laos; in Malaysia; () in Thailand; () in Myanmar; , and among other names in the Philippines; and in Vietnam. In East Asia it is called (, literally meaning a "one- bamboo hat") in China; in Japan; and () in Korea. In South Asia, it is known as in Assam (India); in Bangladesh it is known as (). Use Asian conical hats are, throughout Asia, primarily used as a form of protection from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naruto (TV Series)
''Naruto'' is a Japanese anime television series based on Masashi Kishimoto's 1999–2014 manga series ''Naruto''. It follows Naruto Uzumaki, a young orphan ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Like the manga, the anime series is divided into two separate parts: the first series retains the original manga's title and is set in the world of ninjas. The second series, a direct sequel titled ''Naruto: Shippuden'', takes place during his teens. Both anime series were animated by Pierrot (company), Pierrot, produced by Aniplex, and licensed by Viz Media in North America. The first anime series aired on TV Tokyo and ran for 220 episodes from October 2002 to February 2007. An English Dubbing (filmmaking), dub produced by Viz Media aired on Cartoon Network and YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV from September 2005 to December 2009. The second series, ''Naruto: Shippuden'', also aired on TV Tokyo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.Garner's Modern American Usage p. 644. English examples include '' smog'', coined by blending ''smoke'' and ''fog'', and '''', from ''motor'' ('' motorist'') and ''hotel''. A blend is similar to a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon
is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as List of Pokémon, Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers. The franchise's primary target audience is children aged 5 to 12, but it is known to attract people of all ages. The franchise originated as Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, a pair of role-playing games developed by Game Freak, from an original concept by its founder, Satoshi Tajiri. Released on the Game Boy on 27 February 1996, the games became sleeper hits and were followed by manga series, a trading card game, and anime series and films. From 1998 to 2000, ''Pokémon'' was exported to the rest of the world, creating an unprecedented global phenomenon dubbed "Pokémania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagworm Moth
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a Family (biology), family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, such as the snailcase bagworm (''Apterona helicoidella''), in modern times settling continents where they are not native. Another common name for the Psychidae is "case moths", but this is just as well used for the case-bearers (Coleophoridae). The names refer to the habits of caterpillars of these two families, which build small protective cases in which they can hide. The bagworms belong to the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Tineoidea, which is a basal (evolution), basal lineage of the Ditrysia (as is Gelechioidea, which includes case-bearers). This means that the bagworms and case-bearers are only as closely related to each other as either is to butterflies (Rhopalocera). Most bagworms are inoffensive to humans and inconsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Japanese Language
The , also called and sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese", is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the Heian period (794–1185), but exhibits some later influences. Its use started to decline during the late Meiji period (1868–1912) when novelists started writing their works in the spoken form. Eventually, the spoken style came into widespread use, including in major newspapers, but many official documents were still written in the old style. After the end of World War II, most documents switched to the spoken style, although the classical style continues to be used in traditional genres, such as haiku and waka. Old laws are also left in the classical style unless fully revised. The terms and are still used for classical and modern Japanese, respectively. Their literal meanings are only historical, as classical Japanese is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
