Japanese carpentry — is distinguished by its advanced joinery and its finely planed wood surfaces. Japanese carpenters use a different set of tools and techniques from European carpenters. They also use different conventions of marking out. ToolsThese are the tools… … Wikipedia
Japanese units of measurement — nihongo| Shakkan hō |尺貫法| is the traditional Japanese system of measurement. The name shakkanhō originates from the name of two of the units, the shaku , a unit of length, and the kan , a mass measurement. The system is Chinese in origin. The… … Wikipedia
Japanese sword — Traditional Samurai swords and fittings A Japanese sword, or nihontō (日本刀 or にほんとう, lit. Japanese sword … Wikipedia
Hagane — may be *a steel used for making blades (which may also be called tamahagane), such as those in Japanese swords, Japanese chisels or Japanese planes. *a video game *a Space Noah Class starship from the game and *a Japanese armored division of the… … Wikipedia
Nomi — may refer to: Klaus Nomi The Nomi Song, a documentary about Klaus Nomi Nomi, a French pornographic actress Nomi Ruiz, a singer in the band Hercules and Love Affair Nomi, Ishikawa, city in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan Nomi, a municipality in… … Wikipedia
chinkin-bori — ▪ Japanese art (Japanese: “gold inlay carving”), in Japanese lacquerwork, technique for decorating lacquer ware with patterns delineated by thin lines of gold inlay. After the pattern has been incised into the lacquer surface with a fine chisel … Universalium
metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… … Universalium
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
List of D.Gray-man characters — Many of the Black Order members as they appear in the anime adaption. The D.Gray man anime and manga series features a cast of characters created by Katsura Hoshino. The series is set at the end of a fictional 19th century during which the Black… … Wikipedia
1980 in music — EventsJanuary*January 1 The year starts off with a strong disco backlash, which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments in an attempt to distant themselves from anything associated with disco. The decade will be… … Wikipedia
