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The plan to build a giant statue in Shigaraki was transformed into the Nara Daibutsu project. [3] The actual site of the palace was lost for many years. Initially, ruins in the Urano neighborhood of Shigaraki were thought to be the site of the palace, and these ruins were given the National Historic Site designation in 1926.
Shigaraki ware (信楽焼) is a type of stoneware pottery made in Shigaraki area, Japan. The kiln is one of the Six Ancient Kilns in Japan. Although figures representing the tanuki are a popular product included as Shigaraki ware, the kiln and local pottery tradition has a long history.
Lyric Essay is a literary hybrid that combines elements of poetry, essay, and memoir. [1] The lyric essay is a relatively new form of creative nonfiction. John D’Agata and Deborah Tall published a definition of the lyric essay in the Seneca Review in 1997: "The lyric essay takes from the prose poem in its density and shapeliness, its distillation of ideas and musicality of language."
Kōka "ninja house" Shigaraki ware ceramics Kōka (甲賀市, Kōka-shi) is a city in southern Shiga Prefecture, Japan.As of 30 September 2021, the city had an estimated population of 89,619 in 36708 households and a population density of 190 persons per km². [1]
"Essay mill" companies hire university students, graduates, and professional writers to ghostwrite essays and term papers, and use advertising targeting students. Until the early 1990s, most essay mill companies were 'bricks and mortar' businesses offering their services by mail order or from offices in university or college towns. [ 3 ]
Automated essay scoring (AES) is the use of specialized computer programs to assign grades to essays written in an educational setting. It is a form of educational assessment and an application of natural language processing. Its objective is to classify a large set of textual entities into a small number of discrete categories, corresponding ...
Ohmi Railway (5.3%) Kōka City Mayor Liaison Council Shigaraki Area Mayor Association (2.9%) Shiga Bank (1.0%) As of 31 March 2019: Dates of operation: February 10, 1987 () –present: Predecessor: Japanese National Railways (JNR) Technical; Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Electrification: not electrified: Length: 14.7 km (9.1 miles) Other ...
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...