Nishiki — is the Japanese word for brocade. Articles with nishiki in the title include Nishiki River Nishiki (bicycle), initially a U.S. marketed bicycle brand, made in Japan by Kawamura. Nishiki Market, a famous marketplace in downtown Kyoto Kamen Rider… … Wikipedia
Nishiki (bicycle) — Niskishi headbadge (c.1977) Early Nishiki Logo: The early Nishiki logo derived from the American Eagle logo, which was largely identical and featured an eagle head along with the tri color square. Kawamura Cycle, the original manufacturer of… … Wikipedia
Characters of the Yakuza series — Yakuza series story chronology Prologue Yakuza / Movie Version Yakuza 2 Yakuza 3 Yakuza 4 This is a main characters guide to Sega s video games and movies franchise Yakuza also known as Ryū ga Gotoku ( … Wikipedia
Suzuki Harunobu — (鈴木春信) (1724 ndash; 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full color prints ( nishiki e ) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two and three… … Wikipedia
Centurion (bicycle) — Western States Import Co. Inc. Founded circa 1969 (ceased in 2000) Headquarters Newbury Park, California (later location) Key people Mitchell M. Weiner, Co founder Junya (Cozy) Yamakoshi, Co founder, Produc … Wikipedia
Japanese rice — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots … Wikipedia
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … 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
Color printing — Color separation redirects here. For other uses, see Chroma key. Color printing or Colour printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). Any natural scene or color… … Wikipedia