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Demae-Can / 2484
Demae-can / 2484 COVERAGE INITIATED ON: 2017.12.25 LAST UPDATE: 2021.06.25 Shared Research Inc. has produced this report by request from the company discussed herein. The aim is to provide an “owner’s manual” to investors. We at Shared Research Inc. make every effort to provide an accurate, objective, neutral analysis. To highlight any biases, we clearly attribute our data and findings. We always present opinions from company management as such. The views are ours where stated. We do not try to convince or influence, only inform. We appreciate your suggestions and feedback. Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Bloomberg. Research Coverage Report by Shared Research Inc. Demae-can / 2484 RCoverage LAST UPDATE: 2021.06.25 Research Coverage Report by Shared Research Inc. | https://sharedresearch.jp INDEX How to read a Shared Research report: This report begins with the Trends and outlook section, which discusses the company’s most recent earnings. First-time readers should start at the later Business section. Executive summary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Key financial data ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Recent updates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Highlights ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -
In Silent Homage to Amaterasu: Kagura Secret Songs at Ise Jingū and the Imperial Palace Shrine
In Silent Homage to Amaterasu: Kagura Secret Songs at Ise Jingū and the Imperial Palace Shrine in Modern and Pre-modern Japan Michiko Urita A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington 2017 Reading Committee: Patricia Shehan Campbell, Chair Jeffrey M. Perl Christina Sunardi Paul S. Atkins Program Authorized to Offer Degree: Music ii ©Copyright 2017 Michiko Urita iii University of Washington Abstract In Silent Homage to Amaterasu: Kagura Secret Songs at Ise Jingū and the Imperial Palace Shrine in Modern and Pre-modern Japan Michiko Urita Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Patricia Shehan Campbell Music This dissertation explores the essence and resilience of the most sacred and secret ritual music of the Japanese imperial court—kagura taikyoku and kagura hikyoku—by examining ways in which these two songs have survived since their formation in the twelfth century. Kagura taikyoku and kagura hikyoku together are the jewel of Shinto ceremonial vocal music of gagaku, the imperial court music and dances. Kagura secret songs are the emperor’s foremost prayer offering to the imperial ancestral deity, Amaterasu, and other Shinto deities for the well-being of the people and Japan. I aim to provide an understanding of reasons for the continued and uninterrupted performance of kagura secret songs, despite two major crises within Japan’s history. While foreign origin style of gagaku was interrupted during the Warring States period (1467-1615), the performance and transmission of kagura secret songs were protected and sustained. In the face of the second crisis during the Meiji period (1868-1912), which was marked by a threat of foreign invasion and the re-organization of governance, most secret repertoire of gagaku lost their secrecy or were threatened by changes to their traditional system of transmissions, but kagura secret songs survived and were sustained without losing their iv secrecy, sacredness, and silent performance. -
Nintendo Co., Ltd
Nintendo Co., Ltd. Financial Results Briefing for the Nine-Month Period Ended December 2007 (Briefing Date: 2008/1/25) Supplementary Information [Note] Forecasts announced by Nintendo Co., Ltd. herein are prepared based on management's assumptions with information available at this time and therefore involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Please note such risks and uncertainties may cause the actual results to be materially different from the forecasts (earnings forecast, dividend forecast and other forecasts). Nintendo Co., Ltd. Consolidated Statements of Income Transition million yen FY3/2004 FY3/2005 FY3/2006 FY3/2007 FY3/2008 Apr.-Dec.'03 Apr.-Dec.'04 Apr.-Dec.'05 Apr.-Dec.'06 Apr.-Dec.'07 Net sales 439,589 419,373 412,339 712,589 1,316,434 Cost of sales 257,524 232,495 237,322 411,862 761,944 Gross margin 182,064 186,877 175,017 300,727 554,489 (Gross margin ratio) (41.4%) (44.6%) (42.4%) (42.2%) (42.1%) Selling, general, and administrative expenses 79,436 83,771 92,233 133,093 160,453 Operating income 102,627 103,106 82,783 167,633 394,036 (Operating income ratio) (23.3%) (24.6%) (20.1%) (23.5%) (29.9%) Other income 8,837 15,229 64,268 53,793 37,789 (of which foreign exchange gains) ( - ) (4,778) (45,226) (26,069) (143) Other expenses 59,175 2,976 357 714 995 (of which foreign exchange losses) (58,805) ( - ) ( - ) ( - ) ( - ) Income before income taxes and extraordinary items 52,289 115,359 146,694 220,713 430,830 (Income before income taxes and extraordinary items ratio) (11.9%) (27.5%) (35.6%) (31.0%) (32.7%) Extraordinary gains 2,229 1,433 6,888 1,047 3,830 Extraordinary losses 95 1,865 255 27 2,135 Income before income taxes and minority interests 54,423 114,927 153,327 221,734 432,525 Income taxes 19,782 47,260 61,176 89,847 173,679 Minority interests 94 -91 -34 -29 -83 Net income 34,545 67,757 92,185 131,916 258,929 (Net income ratio) (7.9%) (16.2%) (22.4%) (18.5%) (19.7%) - 1 - Nintendo Co., Ltd. -
The Colonial-Wartime Background to Japan's Development Cooperation
Background Paper No.10 Japan’s Development Cooperation: A Historical Perspective September 2020 【遺稿】 Interrogating “Comprehensive Development:” The Colonial-Wartime Background to Japan’s Development Cooperation Aaron Stephen Moore Associate Professor, Arizona State University In Memoriam: History Professor Aaron Moore (1972-2019) by Jin Sato, Professor of The University of Tokyo Dr. Aaron Moore (Arizona State University), the author of this paper, passed away in September 2019. He did not have the time to complete the revision himself, but the final touches have been offered by his dear colleagues and friends, Profs. Hiromi Mizuno (University of Minnesota) and Ian Miller (Harvard University) at the request of his bereaved family. Professor Moore was an outstanding historian of modern Japan who focused on the intersection of technology, history, and geo-political power. With his excellent command of the Japanese language, he delved into the unexplored archives of the Japanese consulting company, Nippon Koei, during his fellowship in the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo in 2018. We publish this paper to remember his work and celebrate Dr. Aaron Moore's contribution to the scholarship on Japan’s development trajectory across Asia. アーロン・ムーア博士(1972-2019) への追悼文 ムーアさんと最初に出会ったのは、かれこれ 10 年近く前の全米アジア研究学会 (AAS)の時であった。日本の近現代の 対アジア政策についてのパネルでご一緒した。興味関心が近かったので、翌朝、ホテルで朝食をともにした。会議のとき はすべて英語であったが、朝食では流暢な日本語で話かけてきたので本当に驚いた。新世代の日本研究者の到来を感じ た。2013 年に上梓された彼の単著 Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s -
Latest Japanese Sword Catalogue
! Antique Japanese Swords For Sale As of December 23, 2012 Tokyo, Japan The following pages contain descriptions of genuine antique Japanese swords currently available for ownership. Each sword can be legally owned and exported outside of Japan. Descriptions and availability are subject to change without notice. Please enquire for additional images and information on swords of interest to [email protected]. We look forward to assisting you. Pablo Kuntz Founder, unique japan Unique Japan, Fine Art Dealer Antiques license issued by Meguro City Tokyo, Japan (No.303291102398) Feel the history.™ uniquejapan.com ! Upcoming Sword Shows & Sales Events Full details: http://new.uniquejapan.com/events/ 2013 YOKOSUKA NEX SPRING BAZAAR April 13th & 14th, 2013 kitchen knives for sale YOKOTA YOSC SPRING BAZAAR April 20th & 21st, 2013 Japanese swords & kitchen knives for sale OKINAWA SWORD SHOW V April 27th & 28th, 2013 THE MAJOR SWORD SHOW IN OKINAWA KAMAKURA “GOLDEN WEEKEND” SWORD SHOW VII May 4th & 5th, 2013 THE MAJOR SWORD SHOW IN KAMAKURA NEW EVENTS ARE BEING ADDED FREQUENTLY. PLEASE CHECK OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR UPDATES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU. Feel the history.™ uniquejapan.com ! Index of Japanese Swords for Sale # SWORDSMITH & TYPE CM CERTIFICATE ERA / PERIOD PRICE 1 A SADAHIDE GUNTO 68.0 NTHK Kanteisho 12th Showa (1937) ¥510,000 2 A KANETSUGU KATANA 73.0 NTHK Kanteisho Gendaito (~1940) ¥495,000 3 A KOREKAZU KATANA 68.7 Tokubetsu Hozon Shoho (1644~1648) ¥3,200,000 4 A SUKESADA KATANA 63.3 Tokubetsu Kicho x 2 17th Eisho (1520) ¥2,400,000 -
Nihontō Compendium
Markus Sesko NIHONTŌ COMPENDIUM © 2015 Markus Sesko – 1 – Contents Characters used in sword signatures 3 The nengō Eras 39 The Chinese Sexagenary cycle and the corresponding years 45 The old Lunar Months 51 Other terms that can be found in datings 55 The Provinces along the Main Roads 57 Map of the old provinces of Japan 59 Sayagaki, hakogaki, and origami signatures 60 List of wazamono 70 List of honorary title bearing swordsmiths 75 – 2 – CHARACTERS USED IN SWORD SIGNATURES The following is a list of many characters you will find on a Japanese sword. The list does not contain every Japanese (on-yomi, 音読み) or Sino-Japanese (kun-yomi, 訓読み) reading of a character as its main focus is, as indicated, on sword context. Sorting takes place by the number of strokes and four different grades of cursive writing are presented. Voiced readings are pointed out in brackets. Uncommon readings that were chosen by a smith for a certain character are quoted in italics. 1 Stroke 一 一 一 一 Ichi, (voiced) Itt, Iss, Ipp, Kazu 乙 乙 乙 乙 Oto 2 Strokes 人 人 人 人 Hito 入 入 入 入 Iri, Nyū 卜 卜 卜 卜 Boku 力 力 力 力 Chika 十 十 十 十 Jū, Michi, Mitsu 刀 刀 刀 刀 Tō 又 又 又 又 Mata 八 八 八 八 Hachi – 3 – 3 Strokes 三 三 三 三 Mitsu, San 工 工 工 工 Kō 口 口 口 口 Aki 久 久 久 久 Hisa, Kyū, Ku 山 山 山 山 Yama, Taka 氏 氏 氏 氏 Uji 円 円 円 円 Maru, En, Kazu (unsimplified 圓 13 str.) 也 也 也 也 Nari 之 之 之 之 Yuki, Kore 大 大 大 大 Ō, Dai, Hiro 小 小 小 小 Ko 上 上 上 上 Kami, Taka, Jō 下 下 下 下 Shimo, Shita, Moto 丸 丸 丸 丸 Maru 女 女 女 女 Yoshi, Taka 及 及 及 及 Chika 子 子 子 子 Shi 千 千 千 千 Sen, Kazu, Chi 才 才 才 才 Toshi 与 与 与 与 Yo (unsimplified 與 13 -
No.699 (April Issue)
NBTHK SWORD JOURNAL ISSUE NUMBER 699 April, 2015 Meito Kansho Examination of Important Swords Type: Katana Kinzogan mei: Shikkake Norinaga kore suriage Honnami Koshitsu with kao Owner: NBTHK Length: 2 shaku 3 sun 2 bu (70.3 cm) Sori: 9 bu 1 rin (2.75 cm) Motohaba: 9 bu 7 rin (2.95 cm) Sakihaba: 7 bu 1 rin (2. 15 cm ) Motokasane: 2 bu 3 rin (0.7 cm) Sakikasane : 1 bu 7 rin (0.5 cm) Kissaki length: 1 sun 7 rin (3.25 cm) Nakago length: 6 sun 4 bu (19.4 cm) Nakago sori: 5 rin (0.15 cm) Commentary This is a shinogi-zukuri katana with an ihorimune. It is slightly wide, and the widths at the moto and saki are not much different. The shinogi is wide, there is a slightly high shinogi, a large hiraniku, and a strong or substantial shape. The blade is thin, and there is a large sori and a chu-kissaki. The jihada is itame mixed with mokume and nagare hada, and some parts of the jihada are visible. There are thick dense ji- nie, and some chikei. The hamon is ko-gunome mixed with ko-notare and togari. There are ashi, a dense nioiguchi, slightly uneven nie, some hotsure, frequent kinsuji, niesuji,sunagashi, and small yubashiri.The boshi is midarekomi, the tip is yakizume, and there is hakikake and yubashiri. The nakago is o-suriage. The tip of the nakago is sakikiri, and the yasurime are katte-sagari. There is a one mekugi ana, and on the ura side, under the mekugi ana, there is a kinzogan-mei, along the center. -
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Nisshin
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Cosmology of KYOTO
- Cosmology of KYOTO - ©Copyright 1993-1995 SOFTEDGE Inc. Published and distributed by Yano Electric, Co., Ltd. All rights reserved Recognized and compiled by ghoststalker84 ([email protected]) 1 A Basket of Fish A story in the "KONJAKU MO NOG ATARI" tells of an old peddler woman who regularly sells dried fish to an encampment of samurai. One day the swordsmen go hunting in Kitano and see her in the woods. She is carrying a large basket and a whip, and when they call out to her she starts to run away. Suspicious, they open her basket and find a chopped-up snake inside. She would whip the bushes to make snakes crawl out, then kill them and sell the meat as dried fish, the story goes. A Basket of Sushi Ayu A story from the "KONJAKU MO NOG ATARI": A PEDDLER WOMAN gets drunk and falls asleep near the gate of a house. When she wakes up, she accidentally vomits in her basket of SUSHI AYU. She is very upset, but then she simply mixes the vomit into the food. Since sushi ayu looks rather like vomit, the customers don't notice, but those who discover what she has done lose their taste for sushi ayu, the story goes. A Demonic Oil Jug A story from the "KONJAKU MO NOG ATARI": О no no Miya, the MINISTER of the Right, leaves the palace one day at noon, and as he heads down OMIYA OJI, an oil jug flies in front of his carriage. He watches as it enters the keyhole of a house gate. -
Nengo Alpha.Xlsx
Nengô‐Tabelle (alphabetisch) A ‐ K Jahr Nengō Devise Jahr Nengō Devise Jahr Nengō Devise Jahr Nengō Devise 1772 安永 An'ei 1521 大永 Daiei 1864 元治 Genji 1074 承保 Jōhō 1175 安元 Angen 1126 大治 Daiji 877 元慶 Genkei 1362 貞治 Jōji * 968 安和 Anna 1096 永長 Eichō 1570 元亀 Genki 1684 貞享 Jōkyō 1854 安政 Ansei 987 永延 Eien 1321 元亨 Genkō 1219 承久 Jōkyū 1227 安貞 Antei 1081 永保 Eihō 1331 元弘 Genkō 1652 承応 Jōō 1234 文暦 Benryaku 1141 永治 Eiji 1204 元久 Genkyū 1222 貞応 Jōō 1372 文中 Bunchū 983 永観 Eikan 1615 元和 Genna 1097 承徳 Jōtoku 1264 文永 Bun'ei 1429 永享 Eikyō 1224 元仁 Gennin 834 承和 Jōwa 1185 文治 Bunji 1113 永久 Eikyū 1319 元応 Gen'ō 1345 貞和 Jōwa * 1804 文化 Bunka 1165 永万 Eiman 1688 元禄 Genroku 1182 寿永 Juei 1501 文亀 Bunki 1293 永仁 Einin 1184 元暦 Genryaku 1848 嘉永 Kaei 1861 文久 Bunkyū 1558 永禄 Eiroku 1329 元徳 Gentoku 1303 嘉元 Kagen 1469 文明 Bunmei 1160 永暦 Eiryaku 650 白雉 Hakuchi 1094 嘉保 Kahō 1352 文和 Bunna * 1046 永承 Eishō 1159 平治 Heiji 1106 嘉承 Kajō 1444 文安 Bunnan 1504 永正 Eishō 1989 平成 Heisei * 1387 嘉慶 Kakei * 1260 文応 Bun'ō 988 永祚 Eiso 1120 保安 Hōan 1441 嘉吉 Kakitsu 1317 文保 Bunpō 1381 永徳 Eitoku * 1704 宝永 Hōei 1661 寛文 Kanbun 1592 文禄 Bunroku 1375 永和 Eiwa * 1135 保延 Hōen 1624 寛永 Kan'ei 1818 文政 Bunsei 1356 延文 Enbun * 1156 保元 Hōgen 1748 寛延 Kan'en 1466 文正 Bunshō 923 延長 Enchō 1247 宝治 Hōji 1243 寛元 Kangen 1028 長元 Chōgen 1336 延元 Engen 770 宝亀 Hōki 1087 寛治 Kanji 999 長保 Chōhō 901 延喜 Engi 1751 宝暦 Hōreki 1229 寛喜 Kanki 1104 長治 Chōji 1308 延慶 Enkyō 1449 宝徳 Hōtoku 1004 寛弘 Kankō 1163 長寛 Chōkan 1744 延享 Enkyō 1021 治安 Jian 985 寛和 Kanna 1487 長享 Chōkyō 1069 延久 Enkyū 767 神護景雲 Jingo‐keiun 1017 寛仁 Kannin 1040 長久 Chōkyū 1239 延応 En'ō -
No.700 (May Issue)
NBTHK SWORD JOURNAL ISSUE NUMBER 700 May, 2015 Meito Kansho Appreciation of important swords Type: Wakizashi Mumei: den Masamune Length: 1 shaku 8 sun 9 bu 8 rin (57.5 cm) Sori: 3 bu 4 rin (1.05 cm) Motohaba: 8 bu 9 rin (2.7 cm) Sakihaba: 7 bu 1 rin (2. 15 cm) Motokasane: 2 bu (0.6 cm) Sakikasane : 1 bu 3 rin (0.4 cm) Kissaki length: 1 sun 4 bu 9 rin (4.5 cm) Nakago length: 5 sun 9 bu 7 rin (18.1 cm) Nakago sori: very slight Commentary This is a shinogi-zukuri wakizashi with a mitsumune, a standard width, and the widths at the moto and saki are not very different. The blade is thick, there is a slightly shallow sori and a long chu-kissaki. The jihada is a well forged itame, and some parts of the jihada are visible. There are thick dense ji-nie and frequent chikei. The hamon is ko-notare mixed with gunome, ko-gunome, and ko-choji. The overall hamon appearance is a low midare hamon. There are frequent ashi and yo, a dense nioiguchi, thick uneven small and large nie, and some places have nie- kuzure. There are frequent kinsuji, nie-suji, sunagashi, yubashiri, and tobiyaki. The boshi is midarekomi, and the entire boshi is nie–kuzure, especially on the ura side. The tips have hakikake, and there are nie-suji mixed with yubashiri. The horimono on the omote and the ura are futasuji-hi carved through the nakago. Sagami-no-kuni Goro Nyudo Masamune is known as a great master smith in the Japanese sword history.