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Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of August 1, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from Covid-19 Delta variant outbreaks to massive wildfires in Greece. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of the…Hashimoto, Ryutaro
(Encyclopedia) Hashimoto, RyutaroHashimoto, Ryutarorēˌ&oomacr;tärˈō häˌshēmōˈtō [key], 1937–2006, Japanese politician, b. Tokyo, grad. Keio Univ. He entered politics in 1963, when he was elected…Ieyasu
(Encyclopedia) Ieyasu (Ieyasu Tokugawa)Ieyasuēāˈyäs&oomacr; tōk&oomacr;gäˈwə [key], 1542–1616, Japanese warrior and dictator. A gifted leader and brilliant general, he founded the Tokugawa…Endo, Shusaku
(Encyclopedia) Endo, ShusakuEndo, Shusakushəsäˈk&oobreve; ĕnˈdō [key], 1923–1996, one of the finest 20th-century Japanese novelists, b. Tokyo. Baptized a Roman Catholic at 11, he is often…Brautigan, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Brautigan, RichardBrautigan, Richardbrôˈtəgăn [key], 1935–84, American novelist and poet, b. Tacoma, Wash. He was a counterculture hero of the 1960s and 70s, and his work is an…Tanaka, Kakuei
(Encyclopedia) Tanaka, KakueiTanaka, Kakueikäk&oomacr;ˈā tänäˈkä [key], 1918–93, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1972–74). Born to a poor rural family, he moved to Tokyo at the age…Noguchi, Isamu
(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, IsamuNoguchi, Isamuēsäˈm&oomacr; nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1904–88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a…shogun
(Encyclopedia) shogunshogunshōˈgŭnˌ [key], title of the feudal military administrator who from the 12th cent. to the 19th cent. was, as the emperor's military deputy, the actual ruler of Japan. The…Nouvel, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Nouvel, JeanNouvel, JeanzhäN n&oomacr;vĕlˈ [key], 1945–, French architect, grad. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1971). He opened his own firm in 1975, and became known for innovative…Okakura Tenshin (Kakuzo)
Okakura Tenshin, also known as Kakuzo Okakura, was a Japanese writer and art curator whose most famous work is The Book of Tea (1906). Okakura grew up in Yokohama, and his family's prosperity…Trending
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