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Research and development of new fabrication methods for high performance perovskite solar cells
No full text金沢大学博士（工学）博士論文 要旨Abstract/本文Full 以下に掲載：1.Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 54(8S1) pp.08KF02/1-3 2015. Japan Society of Applied Physics. 共著者：Kouhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Kuwabara, Kohshin Takahashi, and Tetsuya Taima/Kouhei Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Furumoto, M. Shahiduzzaman, Takayuki Kuwabara, Kohshin Takahashi, Tetsuya Taima 2.Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 55(4S) pp.04ES07/1-4 2016. Japan Society of Applied Physics. 共著者：Kouhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Kuwabara, Kohshin Takahashi, and Tetsuya Taima/Kouhei Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Furumoto, M. Shahiduzzaman, Takayuki Kuwabara, Kohshin Takahashi, Tetsuya Taimadoctoral thesi
Architecture of ‘Fear’: The Case Study of Souk El-Nagem, Old Taima, Saudi Arabia
No full textAbstractLocated in the north-western of Saudi Arabia, Taima is an ancient town inhabited since the Bronze Age. Scholarly interest has begun since the late 19th Century, providing systematic recording of archaeological remains. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, most published researches focused on the archaeology of ancient sites in and around Taima.In this paper, the urban fabric of old Taima and the architectural design of its houses were documented and further analyzed; in view of its geopolitical, social and economic context. The aim was to investigate the capabilities of urban and architectural design that helped the residents of old Taima defend their town. To do that, a case study approach was prompted and Souk El-Nagem, as a typical neighborhood in old Taima, was selected. Sources of information included the documented history of the old town, a review of archaeological researches, a field survey and interviews with Taimai residents
Third-order nonlinear optical properties of 2-adamantylamino-5-nitropyridine caused by cascaded second-order nonlinearity
No full textThe Reception of Amitabha Pure Land Images in Ancient Japan and Its Phases: Focusing on the True Nature of the Reception of the Horyuji Kondo Wall Painting No. 6 and the Taima Mandala and the Formation of Related Discourse
No full textThe Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6 and the Taima Mandala are two indispensable works in any discussion of Amitabha's Pure Land imagery in Japan during the 7th and 8th centuries. At first glance the iconography of these two works appears different, and indeed differences in their date of production can also be discerned. As a result, up until now scholars of Japanese Buddhist art history have naturally considered that the main stream of the art of the Pure Land faith in ancient Japan chronologically progressed from the type of iconography seen in the Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6 to the type of iconography seen in the Taima Mandala.
In this article the author questions this discourse and examines the true nature of the reception of Amitabha's Pure Land imagery in ancient Japan, using the Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6 and the Taima Mandala as examples, along with the formation of related discourse.
First the author explains the following images in these two works: namely, the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land and the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land based on the Amitayaradhyana Sutra in the Taima Mandala and the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas in the Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6.
Next the author discusses the process by which the paradigm of progression from the Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6 to the Taima Mandala in Japanese Pure Land imagery studies was transferred from the development of a paradigm in China of the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land that progressed from Tanluan-type to Shandao-type.
Then, regarding the mechanism by which the paradigm of Pure Land art research was formulated, the auther discusses that while medieval Japanese Pure Land art was organized within the ideological paradigm of the medieval Pure Land faith, ancient Japanese Pure Land art was considered nothing more than examples of the art that existed before medieval Japanese Pure Land art, and that major examples from the different periods of antiquity were simply unified in such discussions as a mosaic-like array.
The auther continues to analyze the development in China, reception in Japan and later development in both China and Japan of the the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land and images of the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas through an examination of examples in Dunhuang, Sichuan, and Japan. These three sets of examples do not, by any means, reveal a uniform development. Regardless of the fact that the iconography of the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land and images of the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas developed in parallel in China, there is a limited number of extant examples in Japan, one of the points of reception for the two iconographies. Furthermore, there were different developments later within China, with Dunhuang and Sichuan showing their own approaches to the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land and images of the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas. At Dunhuang, the Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land became the main type of imagery, with images of the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas being absent from 9th century and later images at the site. Conversely, examples began to appear in Sichuan that presented a fusion of Visual Aspects of Amitabha's Pure Land and images of the Amitabha Triad and Fifty Bodhisattvas. In Japan, medieval period Pure Land art developed differently from that in China.
Through the above observations the author concluedes that there was not a linear chronological development in the main stream of ancient Japanese Pure Land art from the Hôryûji Kondô Wall Painting No. 6 type to the Taima Mandala type. In terms of this Amitabha's Pure Land iconography, while numerous different types coexisted in China, there are not necessarily synchronous extant examples of each of these types in Japan. This lack of evidence led to the mistaken direct linkage between the two major types and the resulting problems in the discourse surrounding ancient Japanese Pure Land art.journal articl
Show me the place where my mother is!: Chujohime, preaching, and relics in late medieval and early Modern Japan
No full textOn the medieval legends of Chujohime, an unfortunate step-daughter sentenced to die by her own father. She was woven into the story of the creation of a famous icon of the Pure Land sect, the Taima mandara, and in later times became a famous saint, the subject of statuary portraiture, Noh plays, and popular sermons. --author-supplied descriptio
Maori identity within whanau: A review of literature.
No full textThe study of identities is an enormous and complex undertaking. Research on identity formation has revealed a clear link between family practices and identity development. In traditional Maori times, the whanau was the place where initial teaching and socialisation of things Maori took place. While there is no single exact measure of what constitutes Maori identity (Durie, 1994), that Maori identity is still being asserted today means that the shaping of Maori identity is still occurring. Rather than attempt to cover all aspects of how Maori shape their identities, I have chosen to focus on the shaping of Maori identity within whanau. Given that this paper is about both Maori identity and whanau identity it seemed logical to review and examine the literature surrounding these two notions. In this paper I also discuss the ecological threats and supports that influenced Maori and whanau identity. Then I review literature on whanau identity from traditional and contemporary works, and explore the concept of whanau identity as a management framework. The literature on whanau does not vary from what Maori authors have expressed regarding their conceptualisations of Maori identity. The tribal structures, descent and cultural practices provide integral pathways through which whanau and Maori identity can be developed and maintained. What is of significance, is that the formation of a secure whanau identity is likely to contribute toward an overall stable Maori identity. Creating an environment where a sense of secure wellbeing among members of a whanau is nurtured, leads to members constructing a whanau and Maori identity that is meaningful to them in their lives
Efficient Small‐Molecule Photovoltaic Cells Using a Crystalline Diindenoperylene Film as a Nanostructured Template
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