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March 20, 1662 (Kanbun 2, 1st day of the 2nd month): There was a violent earthquake in Heian-kyō which destroyed the tomb of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. [3]1662 (Kanbun 2): Emperor Gosai ordered Tosa Hiromichi (土佐広通, 1599–1670), a Tosa-school disciple, to adopt the name Sumiyoshi (probably in reference to a 13th-century painter, Sumiyoshi Keinin 住吉慶忍), upon assuming a position as ...
Gallia 2 Gaul est 3 is omnis 1 all divisa 4 divided in 5 into partes 7 parts tres 6 three Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres 2 3 1 4 5 7 6 Gaul is all divided into parts three DeFrancis adds, "A better analogy would be the reverse situation–Caesar rendering an English text in his native language and adding Latin case endings." Two English ...
Genbun itchi (Japanese: 言文一致, literally meaning "unification of the spoken and written language") was a successful nineteenth and early-twentieth century movement in Japan to replace classical Japanese, the written standard of the Japanese language, and classical Chinese with vernacular Japanese.
Contemporary use of Literary Chinese in Japan is mainly in the field of education and the study of literature. Learning kanbun, the Japanese readings of Literary Chinese, is part of the high school curriculum in Japan. Japan is the only country that maintains the tradition of creating Literary Chinese poetry based on Tang-era tone patterns.
The kanbun writing system essentially required every literate Japanese to be competent in written Chinese, although it is unlikely that many Japanese people were then fluent in spoken Chinese. Chinese pronunciation was approximated in words borrowed from Chinese into Japanese; this Sino-Japanese vocabulary is still an important component of the ...
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Era names originated in 140 BCE in China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of Han. [1] [2] Since the middle of the 6th century CE, independent Vietnamese dynasties started to proclaim their own era names. [2] [3] [4] During periods of direct Chinese rule, Chinese era names would gain official use in Vietnam, as was the case for other parts of ...
1673 (Enpō 1): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō. [3]1673 (Enpō 1): The foundations for Mitsui financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in Edo. [4]May 10, 1674 (Enpō 2, 5th day of the 4th month): Ingen Ryūki, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Manpuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō.