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Motoyoshi (name)
Motoyoshi (written: 基義, 基吉 or 元良) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese poet and nobleman *, Japanese film director *, pen name of Shimizu Motoyoshi, Japanese writer and poet Motoyoshi (written: 本吉) is also a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese footballer {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of '' hiragana'' and '' katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3,000 kanji used in Japanese names and in comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Motoyoshi
Prince Motoyoshi (元良親王, ''Motoyoshi shinnō'', 890-July 26, 943) was a poet and nobleman of the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'' as number 20 in the anthology. Twenty of his poems were included in the ''Gosen Wakashū''; a personal anthology entitled ''Motoyoshi Shinnō-shū'' (元良親王集) is also extant. He was the eldest son of Emperor Yōzei. His wives included Shūshi, a daughter of Emperor Daigo, and Kaishi, a daughter of Emperor Uda. Family Parents *Father: Emperor Yōzei (陽成天皇, 2 January 869 – 23 October 949) *Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tonaga (藤原遠長) Consorts and issue(s): *Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tonaga (藤原遠長) **Son: Prince Saji (佐時王) *Wife: Imperial Princess Shūshi (修子内親王; d.933), eighth daughter of Emperor Daigo **Son: Prince Sayori (佐頼王) *Wife: Imperial Princess Kaishi (誨子内親王; 894–952), daughter of Emperor Uda was the 59th emperor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoyoshi Oda
was a Japanese filmmaker who directed over 50 films in his career. An English major who graduated from Waseda University in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto, along with future directors Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, and Senkichi Taniguchi. When the latter two trainees were drafted into WW2, Oda found his career accelerated. He was promoted to director in 1940 with ''Song of Kunya''. Toho kept Oda working as a director of trivial films that had to be made in order to keep product flowing into the theaters, but which offered little time or room for artistic achievement. His most well-known credits are ''Lady from Hell'' (1949), ''Tomei Ningen'' a 1954 Japanese horror inspired by ''The Invisible Man'', a follow-up to his earlier 1954 film '' Ghost Man''. The only film he made ever to be shown outside Japan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoyoshi Shimizu
was the pen name of a Japanese novelist and poet, active during the Shōwa and Heisei periods of Japan. His real name was , pronounced the same, but written in different kanji. Biography Shimizu was born in Shibuya, Tokyo, and attended the ''Seisoku Eigo Gakko'' in Kanda. From 1938 to 1941, he travelled around the country, and met noted author Riichi Yokomitsu in 1940 under whom he studied fiction writing. His first work, ''Tsuru'' (“Crane”) published in 1941 caught the attention of noted poet Ishida Hakyo, who took him on as a student. In 1944, his novel ''Karitachi'' (“Wild Geese”) was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. His output was prolific in the post-war years, and he also turned towards literary criticism, particularly on poetry. From 1991 to 2004, he was director of the Kamakura Museum of Literature, which he had helped create. He died in 2008 of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate. Prostate cancer is the second most common ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Motoyoshi
is a former Japanese football player. Club career Motoyoshi was born in Yokohama on July 26, 1967. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Fujita Industries in 1990. He became a regular player as center back. In 1991, he moved to Mitsubishi Motors (later ''Urawa Reds''). However his opportunity to play decreased in 1994 and he moved to Japan Football League club Otsuka Pharmaceutical in 1995. He moved to Tokyo Gas in 1997. Although the club was promoted to new league J2 League end of 1998 season, he retired end of 1998 season. National team career In 1988, when Motoyoshi was a Chuo University student, he was selected Japan national "B team" for 1988 Asian Cup. At this competition, he played 1 game. However, Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic languages, Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language family. There have been many Classification of the Japonic languages, attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu languages, Ainu, Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic, Koreanic languages, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic languages, Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Masculine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
