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2 unusual facts about Shinju-kyo


Shinju-kyo

It chronicles tributary relations between Queen Himiko of Wa (Japan) and the Wei court, and records that in 239 CE, Emperor Cao Rui sent presents to Himiko, including "one hundred bronze mirrors" (tr. Tsunoda 1951:15).

Kurotsuka kofun tomb excavated in Nara Prefecture contained 33 sankakuen-shinjūkyō bronze mirrors.


Asuka-dera

Following the transfer of the capital from Asuka to Heijō-kyō (now Nara city), the buildings of Asuka-dera were also removed from the original site in Asuka to Nara in 718 CE, and developed into a huge temple under the name of Gangō-ji.

Bungo Yoshida

Concerned by falling audience numbers and a lack of young people taking up bunraku, Yoshida combined the ancient art form with his love of rock music, which he combined for a 1980 adaptation of The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinjū) with the music written and performed by Japanese rock musician Ryudo Uzaki, and occasionally with a live orchestra.

Case Closed: The Raven Chaser

The man dies but leaves a mysterious dying message: "Tanabata kyo.

Fujiwara no Toshihito

He was the son of Fujiwara Mimbu-no-kyo Tokinaga who in turn was grandson of Fujiwara no Uona (771 - 778) founding father of the Northern Fujiwara.

Han Ji-min

Han said she hadn't dreamed of becoming a serious actress, but changed her mind after starring in All In, where she played the teenage counterpart of the drama's main character, played by popular actress Song Hye-kyo.

Harperley

A local stream called the Kyo Burn flows through the grounds, which lower down its course is known as Beamish Burn and later the River Team before it flows into the River Tyne.

Heian

Heian-kyō, the Heian Period capital of Japan that has become the present-day city of Kyoto

Heian-kyō

The boundaries of Heian-kyō were smaller than those of modern Kyoto with Ichijo-oji (一条大路) at the Northern limit corresponding to present-day Ichijo-dori, (:ja:一条通) between Imadegawa-dori (:ja:九条通) and Marutamachi-dori (:ja:丸太町通), Kyujo-oji in the South corresponding to Kyujo-dori (:ja:九条通) slightly to the South of the present-day JR Kyoto Station and Higashi-kyogoku-oji in the East corresponding to present-day Teramachi Street (Teramachi-dori).

With the advent of the Kanto centred Kamakura and Edo Shogunate, Heian-kyō began to lose its significance as a seat of power.

Jo In-sung

In October, Jo paired up with actress Song Hye-kyo to film his first television series in seven years, titled That Winter, The Wind Blows.

Kangdong County

Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a large reeducation camp in the south eastern part of Kangdong-gun.

Kyo Kusanagi

But late in production, his name was changed to Kyo Kusanagi in order to relate him with the Yamata no Orochi legend, which was used as the idea to the first arc.

Kyō no Go no Ni

The original work for Kyō no Go no Ni is illustrated and written by Koharu Sakuraba.

Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu

In addition, a special drama CD with a vocal reenactment of the first chapter was included in the June 2008 issue of Shōjo Comic and featured Rina Satō as Tsubaki and Takashi Kondō as Kyouta.

Nigorie

The story’s end isn’t told from any of the characters’ points of view, instead jumping ahead to several passersby discussing a recent love suicide implied to be Genshichi and Oriki.

Southern Record

The first holds that it derived from the opening passage of the work by the Chinese writer, Lu Yu, entitled Chá Ching (Cha-kyo in Japanese, The Classic of Tea or Tea Classic in English), in which he writes "Tea is a good tree in the south".

The King of Fighters '94

He was named Kyo Kusanagi in order to relate him with the Yamata no Orochi legend.

The Record of a Fallen Vampire

The writer, Kyo Shirodaira, indicates that this method of deriving different truths from the same set of facts was inspired by Christianna Brand's storytelling techniques.


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