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Letter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani, August 26, 1941
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani. For English translation, see sac_nak_0233.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
Letter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kunio Nakatani, August 26, 1941
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka, Kunio Nakatani's friend at Keio University. Tatsuro encouraged Kunio to return to Hiroshima and forget everything for one or two days during the summer vacation. For original Japanese version, see sac_nak_0201.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
Letter from Mr. Tatsuro Tanaka to Mrs. Kikuyo Nakatani, May 8, 1985
No full textLetter from Tatsuro Tanaka to Kikuyo Nakatani.The collection consists of documents, diaries, letters, books, calendars, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and audiovisual media pertaining to Kikuyo Morimoto Nakatani, a Japanese-born woman who lived in Isleton, California. During World War II, her family was incarcerated in the Minidoka and Tule Lake incarceration camps. After the war, she moved to Los Angeles and studied tea with Madame Sosei Matsumoto, and became a tea master acknowledged by the Urasenke Headquarters in Japan. The collection also contains letters from her son, Kunio, who served aboard the Yamato battleship for the Empire of Japan during World War II
Japan, the Atomic Bomb, and the “Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power”
No full textContent downloaded from open-access journal, The Asia-Pacific Journal, on Jan 5, 2016. http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-J--Kuznick--Yuki-Tanaka/3521/article.pd
Postcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka, August 1943
No full textPostcard from Mrs. D.L. Cooke to Sam Tanaka in the Jerome incarceration camp including a greeting and update from Cooke.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
A STYLISTIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS OF KAREN TANAKA’S INTERMEDIATE PIANO COLLECTION “CHILDREN OF LIGHT”
No full textKaren Tanaka (b. 1961) is a Japanese composer based in Los Angeles, California. Highly versatile, Tanaka has composed in a wide variety of musical genres, including works for orchestra, piano and orchestra, solo piano, solo harpsichord, solo instruments, chamber music, choir, electroacoustics, and film music. She also served as the lead orchestrator in 2016 for the BBC television series Planet Earth II. Tanaka has received numerous awards for her compositions, including three Japanese prizes: the Muramatsu Prize, Keizo Saji Prize, and Bekku Prize, as well as the international Gaudeamus Prize that recognizes the excellence of young emerging composers. Tanaka’s exceptional merit allowed her to receive scholarships from the Japanese government, French government, and Nadia Boulanger Foundation to study with the composers Tristan Murail in Paris and Luciano Berio in Florence during the 1980s and 1990s. One of her most prolific compositional genres is her works for solo piano.
This document examines the stylistic features and pedagogical applications of Karen Tanaka’s intermediate piano collection Children of Light (1999). Containing twenty-five pieces, this collection emphasizes themes of nature, the environment, and endangered animals. Tanaka selected twenty animals from the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals to designate as piece titles, with the remaining five pieces inspired by various environments around the world. Children of Light is comprised of early to late intermediate piano pieces, ranging from Levels 3 through 8 in reference to Jane Magrath’s leveling system. A variety of musical styles are incorporated throughout the collection, including modernism, minimalism, neo-romanticism, French impressionism, and Japanese aesthetic influences.
Chapter One provides a biographical sketch of the composer, a brief overview of her compositional style and output, the purpose, need, procedures, and limitations of the study, and a review of related literature. Chapter Two presents a detailed discussion of Tanaka’s compositional style, influences, and output, surveys her standard and pedagogical piano works, and offers an introduction to Children of Light (1999). Chapters Three through Six offer compositional and pedagogical analyses for each of the twenty-five pieces in this collection, which are presented in increasing order of difficulty. The analysis of each piece begins with a compositional overview that addresses the musical elements of form, meter, rhythm, melody, harmony, and texture. A discussion of pedagogical applications follows, including guidance for introducing pieces, approaching musical and technical challenges, and suggestions for fingering, pedaling, and performance. Chapter Eight offers a summary of the study and recommendations for further research. By closely examining the intermediate piano collection Children of Light, the author seeks to advance the visibility and knowledge of Tanaka and her piano works so that her music can be more accessible to teach, study, and perform
Effects of particle size and solid-to-fluid density ratio on the dynamcs of particle-laden homogeneous shear turbulence
No full textParticulate turbulent flows are encountered in many natural and industrial situations. In the present study, we numerically investigate how the dynamics of particle-laden homogeneous shear turbulence depends on the particle size and solid-to-fluid density ratio in order to deepen the understanding of the interaction between particles and turbulent shear flows. We consider the situation where the particle diameter is five to ten times larger than the Kolmogorov scale of turbulence with a solid-to-fluid density ratio between 0.5 and 10. An immersed boundary method is adopted to represent the spherical finite-size particle. Numerical results show that small particles enhance the viscous dissipation inside viscous layers surrounding particles, which leads to the suppression of the growth of homogeneous shear turbulence. The viscous dissipation is further enhanced through the modification of turbulence structure. The enhancement of the viscous dissipation depends strongly on the solid-to-fluid density ratio as well as particle size. In the cases of high density ratio, the generation of vortex tubes is activated around the particles, which leads to the modification of vortex layers and the enhancement of the viscous dissipation
Peliosanthes Borah & Taram & Tanaka 2024
No full text<p> <i>Peliosanthes maheswariana</i></p> <p>D.Borah, N.Tanaka & Taram, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 1, 2; Table 1).</p> <p> <i>Peliosanthes maheswariana</i> sp. nov. is similar to <i>P. sinica</i> F.T.Wang & Tang in having an elongate proximally creeping stem, short anthers and a pistil distally abruptly tapering into a conical style, but differs mainly by the larger leaves with more numerous longitudinal veins, longer peduncle, larger drooping (vs ascending) flowers, internally whitish yellow (vs purple or greenish purple) perianth, larger corona with a relatively narrow distal opening, and almost superior (vs half-inferior) ovary.</p> <p> TYPE MATERIAL. — <b>India</b> • Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng district, West Kameng; alt. 800-900 m; 10.I.2023; <i>D. Borah 4045</i> (holo-, ASSAM!; iso-, ARUN!).</p> <p>ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named in honor of Shri. Maheswar Borah, a dedicated plant grower of Biswanath, Assam, who has funded the trips of the first author to remote localities of the region in search of plants.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. — NE India (Arunachal Pradesh).</p> <p>PHENOLOGY. — Flowering in December-February.</p> <p> HABITAT AND ECOLOGY. — The new species was growing abundantly on rocks or forest floor in the slopes of the type locality above 800 m a.s.l. The area was very close to a perennial stream, but the area remains dry from November to March. It was growing in association with <i>Begonia hatacoa</i> Buch. -Ham. ex D.Don, <i>Dendrocnide sinuata</i> (Blume) Chew, <i>Begonia</i> sp., <i>Pothos</i> sp., <i>Syzygium</i> sp., <i>Psychotria</i> sp., <i>Dalhousiea bracteata</i> (Roxb.) Graham ex Benth., <i>Pseuderanthemum leptanthum</i> (C.B.Clarke) Lindau, etc.</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p> Terrestrial or lithophytic, glabrous evergreen perennial herbs. <b>Stem</b> distally erect to ascending, proximally creeping and rhizome-like, part above ground up to 1 m tall (including leaves on top of stem), proximal creeping part up to 1 m long, terete, up to 0.8 cm in diam., green, annual nodes spaced at intervals of 8-14.5 cm, up to <i>c.</i> 1.8 cm in diam.; <b>scaly leaves</b> (scales) deltoid-ovate, lanceolate, or narrowly deltoid, 1-20 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide at base (when expanded), acute or acuminate, brownish, hyaline along margins, ephemeral, those sheathing apical portion of stem several, basally imbricate; scars (nodes) of scales between annual nodes 11-15, often with fibrous remnants, spaced at intervals up to 1.7 cm long. <b>Roots</b> 1 to a few (<i>c.</i> 3) from annual nodes aged at least 1 year, wiry, some stilt-like, proximally rigid, up to 3 mm in diam. <b>Leaves</b> 1-2 from annual node, persistent usually for up to 3 years, petiolate; <i>petiole</i> rigid, subterete, 10-30 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, suberect; <i>blade</i> (narrowly) elliptic, 20-40 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, arcuate, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, sub-plicate, glabrous, glossy on both surfaces, longitudinal veins 64-68 (16-17 thicker and 3 thinner veins within the thicker ones), cross-veinlets fine, inconspicuous, perpendicular to oblique to longitudinal veins, straight to variously curved. <b>Flowering stem</b> (including peduncle and inflorescence rachis) 25-32 cm long, usually slightly declined, flattened and narrowly two-edged; <i>peduncle</i> often slightly curved near base, rigid, up to 17 cm long, 3 mm wide, green; <i>inflorescence</i> a raceme, rachis (6) 9-15 cm long, green, bearing 18- 30 flowers. <b>Bracts</b> (including those on peduncle) antrorse, narrowly triangular to subulate, 4-23 mm long, 1.5-5 mm wide (at base), green or light green, hyaline along margins; sterile bracts on peduncle 2-5 (excluding basal ones); fertile (floral) bracts 2 (1 outer bract and 1 inner bracteole) for each flower, outer bracts exceeding floral buds, inner bracteoles 1-2 mm long, <i>c.</i> 1 mm wide, lanceolate, acuminate. <b>Flowers</b> turned toward the same side, slightly drooping, solitary in bracts, 1.3-1.6 cm across, pedicellate; <i>pedicels</i> terete, 2-3 mm long, straight and ascending when flowers are in bud, becoming curved in flower and in fruit, green, purplish or blackish green. <b>Perianth</b> bowl-shaped, fleshy, externally green to dark purple, glossy, internally whitish yellow, distally 6-cleft; <i>proximal syntepalous part</i> flatly saucer-shaped, 3.5-3.8 mm long, basally abruptly narrowed into a very small stalk much shorter than pedicel; <i>segments</i> obliquely spreading, broadly or deltoid-ovate, 4-6 mm long, 4.5-5 mm wide, apex obtuse to rounded, entire. <b>Stamens</b> 6, monadelphous; <i>corona</i> epitepalous, hemispheric or conoid with wall incurved distally, thickened toward base, wall at base 1.5-1.8 mm thick, basal outline orbicular, 6-7.5 mm in diam. at base, 3 mm high, surface whitish yellow, fleshy, apical opening relatively narrow, rounded, scarcely lobed, 2 mm in diam.; <i>anthers</i> 6, sessile, nearly vertically attached to orifice of corona, ovate, 1.2-1.3 mm long, introrse, creamy; <i>pollen</i> creamy. <b>Pistil</b> 1, 3 mm high, pale green; <i>ovary</i> almost superior (or very slightly half-inferior), hemispheric, 1.5 mm high and 3.5 mm wide at base, trilocular; <i>ovules</i> 4 per locule, borne on basal central placenta; <i>style</i> subconic, truncate at apex, 1.5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide at base, <i>stigma</i> trisected, 0.8 mm wide. <b>Immature seeds</b> ovoid-ellipsoid, up to 1.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, green.</p> <p>TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS</p> <p> <i>Peliosanthes maheswariana</i> sp. nov. shares a long, proximally creeping stem with six other species so far known. Three of these six species were originally described from SW China; <i>P. sinica</i>, <i>P. pachystachya</i> W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui (Chen & Shui 2003: 489) and <i>P. minutiflora</i> N.Tanaka, J.Murata & S.K.Wu (Tanaka <i>et al.</i> 2013: 135). The new species is distinguishable from them chiefly by the larger leaf blades with more numerous longitudinal veins, longer peduncle, larger drooping (vs ascending) flowers, internally whitish yellow (vs purple or greenish purple) perianth, larger corona with a relatively narrow distal opening, and almost superior (vs distinctly half-inferior) ovary. The other three of the six species were described from NE India; <i>P. arunachalensis</i> (Roy <i>et al.</i> 2017), <i>P. nagalandensis</i> and <i>P. tobuensis</i> (Odyuo <i>et al.</i> 2020). <i>P.maheswariana</i> sp. nov. differs from <i>P.arunachalensis</i> mainly by the longer leaf blades (20-40 vs 16.5-21.5 cm), longer racemes (6-15 vs 2-3 cm), more numerous flowers (18-30 vs 7-10), and shorter anthers (1.2-1.3 vs 3-3.5 mm); from <i>P. tobuensis</i> by the longer racemes (6-15 vs 2-4 cm), orbicular (vs hexagonal) corona and longer anthers (1.2-1.3 vs 0.3-0.4 mm); from <i>P. nagalandensis</i> by its shorter anthers (1.2-1.3 vs 2-2.5 mm) and almost superior (vs inferior) ovaries. Several selected key distinguishing characters of <i>P. maheswariana</i> sp. nov. and four other related species are compared in Table 1. For the details of differences between the six previously known long-caulescent species and an identification key to them, see Odyuo <i>et al.</i> (2020).</p> <p> The long, proximally creeping stem of these seven species (including <i>P.maheswariana</i> sp. nov.) is deemed as apomorphic (vs acaulescent or short stem). The species having this trait are hence regarded as members of a monophyletic group. It is highly desirable to conduct a further analysis of their evolutionary relationships.</p>Published as part of <i>Borah, Dipankar, Taram, Momang & Tanaka, Noriyuki, 2024, Peliosanthes maheswariana D. Borah, N. Tanaka & Taram, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae), from Arunachal Pradesh, NE India, and P. sinica new to India, pp. 1-8 in Adansonia (3) (3) 46 (1)</i> on pages 2-4, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2024v46a1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10473197">http://zenodo.org/record/10473197</a>
Study on the Author of Ningyo Joruri Daibutsuden Bandai no Ishizue
No full textThe authors of Ningyo Joruri Daibutsuden Bandai no Ishizue are Nishizawa Ippu and Tanaka Senryu. Their names appear after the title on the published script. Zoho Diabutsuden Bandai no Ishizue is its revised version. At the end of the published script, the names of Asada Itcho and Toyo-oka Chinpei are given as the names of authors. There the name of Bunkodo is given as the author of Daibutsuden Bandai no Ishizue.
This study explores the issues that have been debated with regard to Bunkodo having been listed on the performance script of Zoho Daibutsuden Bandai no Ishizue, not Nishizawa Ippu and Tanaka Senryu, as the author of Daibutsuden Bandai no Ishizue. It also presents the possibility that Tanaka Senryu and Bunkodo are the same person.departmental bulletin pape
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