Search results for "Literature in Hawaii" - New World Encyclopedia
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- ) is a dance form accompanied by chant or song. It was developed in ... Hula as it evolved under Western influence, in the nineteenth and twentieth ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried ... to the Pacific, that led the group to Hawaii in 1778. Cook and his men ...15 KB (2,531 words) - 23:54, 26 February 2023
- Shimazaki Haruki, a Japanese author, active in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa ... himself as the major proponent of naturalism in Japanese literature. He was ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- some part that does not receive daylight. In popular usage, however, the ... " "potholing," or (in the United States) "spelunking ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- was a large two-story building in Tokyo, completed in 1883, which ... the Rokumeikan was built, with $27 million (in today's monetary value ...14 KB (2,063 words) - 02:43, 16 December 2022
- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents ... Due to its extensive use in religious literature, primarily in Hinduism ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- was first brought to Japan from China in the middle of the eigth century ... In addition to teachings from Tiantai in China, Saichō included Zen ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- Natsume Soseki (夏目 漱石 in Japanese; February 9, 1867 - December ... before the start of the Meiji Reformation, in Edo (modern-day Tokyo). His ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- of the Sarugaku theater group. From evidence in a recently discovered document ... third shogun of Japan, at Imagumano in 1374 or 1375—he saw 12-year ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 05:44, 13 June 2023
- of dolmens, stone slab burial chambers, in the southwestern portion of ... The great influence of shamanism in the development of Korean culture ...7 KB (1,041 words) - 03:57, 24 May 2024
- Purchase, most of the land ceded by Britain in 1818, some of the land acquired ... The "West" played an important part in American history ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- Lingayatism, also known as Veerashaivism, began as a reform movement ... The term derives from Lingavantha in Kannada. Legend relates that ...20 KB (2,822 words) - 04:17, 29 October 2022
- Superhighway," using it in a Rockefeller Foundation paper ... creations challenged his viewers to think in a new way, to consider the ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- , original name Shū Qìngchūn (舒庆春) (Sumuru in Manchu). (February ... Lao She was baptized at London Church in Gangwashi, Beijing in 1922 ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- Chinese "spoken theater" took root in twentieth century Chinese literature ... In traditional Chinese theater, no plays were performed in vernacular ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- Imperial University (九州帝国大学) in Japan in his youth. After returning ... In 1966, Guo Moruo was forced to give "self-criticism" under ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- name for a small island or islet. An island in a river or lake may be called ... the spelling of the word was modified in the fifteenth century by association ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- reveal his views of the universal truths in human nature and he often used ... tragedy and terror. Yet, he believed in the possibility of making a ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or ... Volcanic Field, and the Rio Grande Rift in North America. ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- Japanese culture, and this concept is still in use today. The term “do” ... Yixuan. It was brought to Japan by Myoan Eisai in 1191. ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
