Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Japanese export porcelain includes a wide range of porcelain that was made and decorated in Japan primarily for export to Europe and later to North America, with significant quantities going to south and southeastern Asian markets. Production for export to the West falls almost entirely into two periods, firstly between the 1650s and 1740s, [1 ...
The Japanese embassy with Pope Gregory XIII on March 23, 1585. [1] The Tenshō embassy (Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the pope and the kings of Europe in 1582. The embassy was led by Mancio Itō (伊東 マンショ Itō ...
Tea-leaf jar with a design of wisteria by Nonomura Ninsei, Edo period (National Treasure) Pottery and porcelain (陶磁器, tōjiki, also yakimono (焼きもの), or tōgei (陶芸)) is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. [1] Types have included earthenware, pottery, stoneware, porcelain, and ...
The first contact between Japan and Spain occurred in 1549 when Spanish missionary Francis Xavier arrived to Japan. While in Japan, Xavier embarked upon a major evangelizing project and he founded the first Catholic colony in Japan. [1] In 1565, Spain created the Manila-Acapulco trade route, which was a trade routes between Manila, capital of ...
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific and technological domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...
Jomon vessel 3000–2000 BCE, Flame-style Pottery [de; ja; pl] (Flamboyant Ceramic, Kaen-doki) The Jōmon pottery (縄文土器, Jōmon doki) is a type of ancient earthenware pottery which was made during the Jōmon period in Japan. The term "Jōmon" (縄文) means "rope-patterned" in Japanese, describing the patterns that are pressed into the ...
List of Japanese supercentenarians. Chitetsu Watanabe (1907–2020), died aged 112 years and 355 days; picture taken in Taiwan during his military service in 1944. Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group ...
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.