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2004

Japanese poetry

2004年11月8日

Just a stub for such an important subject.

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Filiocht 11:18, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
Aphaea 18:06, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) It should be expanded.
gK 21:38, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) I've also placed some comments under Talk:Japanese poetry

Since it gets three, the largest number of votes, it is our CotW :) --Aphaea 02:34, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments

There are now more comments from both Aphaea and gK at Talk:Japanese poetry.
It's nice to see this article become the COTW, although to do it up properly it probably should be the Collaboration of the Fortnight. ;-)

The Japanese poetry article is off to a good start, but it is a big project and deserves two weeks of attention to whip it into shape, so we should turn it into the "Collaboration of the Fortnight". [[User:GK|gK ¿?]]

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[[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 11:56, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Aphaea 05:36, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Filiocht 08:32, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)

Comments

If appropriate, we can offer the collaboration of the Fortnight in advance in future. --Aphaea 05:36, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Kabuki

There is quite a bit there already, but it needs a better organization and better presentation, plus it is still lacking quite a bit of info to make it truely encyclopedic (e.g. Chikamatsu Monzaemon, modern Kabuki, etc.).[[User:GK|gK ¿?]]

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[[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 11:56, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Exploding Boy 16:20, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
--Aphaea 17:51, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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2005

Death poem

May 2005

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[[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 08:02, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
GuloGuloGulo 02:53, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
elvenscout742 00:41, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Comments

This should be a relatively easy topic to cover after tackling the huge subject of Japanese literature. I've already added bits and pieces to it, and I have yet to mine my copy of the Hoffman book on "Japanese Death Poems" for info. I know that Chinese monks also wrote death poems, but I do not have good reference sources for that subject area (did the Chinese aristocracy also write death poems?). The article also needs some better organization (such as moving the Samurai stuff to the bottom). [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 08:02, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I listed it as new CotW, because the former entry Kabuki was left there since last year. We need to something new. --Aphaea * 12:51, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Inland Sea

2005 May 9

formally Seto Inland Sea, one of major geographic features of Japan.

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--Aphaea * 12:51, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yas 04:55, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Andycjp 7th May 2005
Chris 73 Talk 06:12, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Hikaru Genji

2005 May 15

The famous hero in Tale of Genji.

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Aphaea * 04:25, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
--Jondel 04:57, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Sparky
--Corruptresearcher 11:18, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- CES 03:11, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

What can be put into an article on Hikaru Genji that shouldn't be in the Tale of Genji article? Do we need to create "lit-cruft"? I think that it woud be better to turn Hikaru Genji into a redirect, and then work to improve the Tale of Genji article. BlankVerse ∅ 06:13, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Your suggestion is worthy to consider but I thought we could expand it more (Cf. ja:光源氏). I don't oppose to merge but currently not sure it is the best. Any other opinions? --Aphaea* 08:37, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Isn't the popular Yoshitsune Samurai TV drama about the last of the Genji clan as well? - Sparky 02:21, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Same clan, different families. ;-) --Aphaea * 03:10, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sparky, you're right about the show being about the Genji. See Minamoto for more information about the Genji. BTW, the Yoshitsune Taiga drama is the end of Yoshitsune's line, but not the end of the powerful Minamoto line; his elder brother Minamoto no Yoritomo was the first Sei-i Taishogun of the Minamoto line, and Yoritomo's two sons were shoguns after him. Fg2 11:49, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

I'd like to proceed and translate/edit, section by section from the JP wiki. --Jondel 23:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It seems nice. I cannot contribute because I do not know technical terms in this area, unfortunately. --Corruptresearcher 11:18, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Shinshukyo

2005 May 23 - Tie break with Osaka Dome.

The New Religions of Japan. Not a stub, but still quite limited in its scope.

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LordAmeth 13:34, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Looks encyclopedically useful.--Jondel 23:55, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Larus.r 13:51, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Important topic in Japan CES 15:23, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I think the Japanese term for this concept is shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教) rather than shinkyō (新教). Shinkyō stands for Protestant, while Kyūkyō (旧教) 'old teaching' means Catholic. (ja.wp redirects shinkyō to Protestant.) --Pitan 14:27, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Now that you point that out, I think you're right. I misremembered the term. According to the Japanese Wikipedia, shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教) is synonymous with shinshūkyō (新宗教), and so I will move my page to Shinshukyo, mentioning the alternate term 新興宗教 in the text. Thanks for pointing out my flub. LordAmeth 00:18, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Presently, Shinshukyo in English links to 新教 which redirects to プロテスタント in the Japanese Wikipedia, where 新興宗教 redirects to 新宗教. This in turn has a link to the English article New religious movement. It's comforting when an article in one language leads to the corresponding article in another, and the link there leads back to the original. In contrast, this is quite a circle. But I ramble... Fg2 07:27, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

I have changed the ja: link to go to 新宗教 instead of 新教. LordAmeth 10:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Emperor Temmu

02: 31, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

One of significant figure in the ancient Japan.

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Aomori, Aomori

Listed 17:35, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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William McDuff 22:18, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Larus.r 13:58, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
JeroenHoek 09:51, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments A prefecture capital, but stubby. It could be expanded! Larus.

Naha, Okinawa

June 12, 2005

Another prefectural & former Ryukyuan dynasty's capital. Stubby. --Aphaea * 18:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Aphaea * 18:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
LordAmeth 00:53, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sqkvii 03:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
takahara butsu 05:38, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
William McDuff 00:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments

I don't know how much I can contribute, but it's definitely stubby and needs work. LordAmeth 00:53, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Onmyodo

June 19, 2005

A combination of Chinese astrology and Daoism unique to Japan, Onmyōdō (陰陽道) has played an important role in Japanese culture and history for over a thousand years. Listed 03:27, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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CES 03:27, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
LordAmeth 18:00, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Niz 22:55, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
William McDuff 23:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Aphaea * 04:47, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) Concuring William McDuff.

Comments

Currently redirects to Taoism; no article on Onmyodo at all. LordAmeth
- Now a stub. --Aphaea * 01:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sounds interesting, but I'm not sure I'll be able to help. Still, it's Onmyōdō's turn, I think.--William McDuff 23:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mono no aware

June 30, 2005

this stub is a concept that crops up everywhere in j-culture, and yet is very weakly explained here.

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Niz 21:19, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Agreed, it should have a decent article JeroenHoek 08:51, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Fenice 09:12, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
William McDuff 22:39, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Rail transport in Japan

June 3, 2005

There is no general information on it, although we already have a lot of articles on individual companies, lines, and stations. (Transportation in Japan has a very short summary.)

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Pitan 17:24, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Andycjp ２２nd June 2005 AD
William McDuff 1 July 2005 23:36 (UTC)

Comments

Cf. Special:Whatlinkshere/Rail transport in Japan
Started a stub by copying material from Transportation in Japan and editing. Fg2 July 2, 2005 01:31 (UTC)

Mono no aware 2

June 9, 2005

this stub is a concept that crops up everywhere in j-culture, and was once JCOtW, but in this week wiki was locked, and it is yet very weakly explained here.

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