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Ise
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ise , city (1990 pop. 104,164), Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is one of the foremost religious centers of Shinto, the site of the shrines of Ise. These three shrines, set deep in a forest, are...
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Shinto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
...Shrines) in Tokyo is the administrating office for about eighty-thousand Shinto shrines in Japan. Ise Jingu ̄ (the Grand Shrine of Ise) in Ise, Mie Prefecture, which enshrines Amaterasu O ̄ mikami (the Sun Goddess), is considered...
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Mie
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...prefecture (1990 pop. 1,792,542), S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. Tsu (the capital), Ise (a major Shintoist center), Yokkaichi , Matsusaka...industries like chemicals, petroleum, iron, and steel. Ise-shima National Park is there.
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NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...wharves are preferred to roofs and wharfs , and in spelling New Zealanders like Australians use -ise as in centralise , not -ize . Although -ise is common in BrE, -ize is widely used. (2) Nouns of Maori origin often appear in NZE, as in...
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Stock Market
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...or.ir; Istanbul Stock Exchange, online at http://www.ise.org; Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, online at http://www...or.ir; Istanbul Stock Exchange, online at http://www.ise.org; Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, online at http://www...
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Aichi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...5,082 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Bounded on the S and W by Ise Bay, Aichi consists of a coastal plain (the Nobi Plain) and a mountainous...Japan International Airport is located nearby on an artificial island in Ise Bay near Tokoname.
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Nagoya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nagoya , city (1990 pop. 2,154,793), capital of Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. A major port, transportation hub, and industrial center, it has iron- and steelworks, textile mills, aircraft factories...
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Kempei
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...After the surrender Kempei reinforcements were conscripted in order to provide security details for national shrines such as Ise and Atsuta, often as many as 2,000 men per shrine, but on 30 October 1945 they were demobilized. The scope of their duties...
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Tawaraya Sotatsu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...these works he derived his interest in subjects taken from Japanese history and literature such as the Tale of Genji and the Ise Monogatari. When choosing landscapes for his paintings, he also selected typically Japanese ones, such as the pine-covered...
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Yokkaichi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yokkaichi , city (1990 pop. 274,180), Mie prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, a port on Ise Bay. It is a manufacturing center that produces banko ware (a kind of porcelain), automobiles, cotton textiles, chemicals, tea, cement, and computer parts.
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