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ryo: (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...characters for each pitch name. The scales in IX-Ashow that Japanese ancient music followed the ...
Ryoan-ji: (from the article "Soami") ...famous catalog of Chinese paintings, the Kundaikan sayu choki (compiled in 1476). As a landscape ...
Ryobu Shinto: in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shinto with the teachings of the Shingon ... [3 Related Articles]
ryokai mandara: (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...and the transcendental are the same. The goal of spiritual practice was to unite what ...
Ryokan: original name Yamamoto Eizo Zen Buddhist priest of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1867) who was ... [1 Related Articles]
Ryongchon: (from the article "Dates of 2004") ...had been convicted in 1994 of being connected with an illegal Kurdish political party are ...
ryotwari system: (from the article "India") ...with the years. In Madras, Sir Thomas Munro retained the paternal framework of government but ...
Rysanek, Leonie: Austrian operatic soprano whose nearly 50-year career, with over 2,100 performances, was distinguished by notable ...
Rysbrack, John Michael: Flemish Jan Michiel Rijsbrack one of the principal sculptors and designers in England in the ... [1 Related Articles]
Rysy, Mount: (from the article "Malopolskie") Malopolskie consists mainly of uplands and mountains. Mount Rysy (8,199 feet [2,499 metres]), in the ...
Ryti, Risto: (from the article "Finland") ...and some islands in the Gulf of Finland. When Finland rejected the demand, the Soviet ...
Ryu, Chishu: Japanese actor (b. May 13, 1906, Tamamizu, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan--d. March 16, 1993, Yokohama, Japan), ...
Ryukyu Islands: archipelago, extending some 700 miles (1,100 km) southwestward from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu ... [9 Related Articles]
Ryukyu Islands Region: (from the article "Japan") The Ryukyu Islands Region constitutes the main portion of the Ryukyu arc, which penetrates into ...
Ryukyu mouse: (from the article "mouse") The simple but effective excavation technique of mice is exemplified by the Ryukyu mouse (
Ryukyu Trench: deep ocean trench running north along the eastern edge of the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) in ...
Ryukyuan language: (from the article "Ryukyu Islands") The people of the islands are thought to be descendants of Japanese and Southeast Asians ...
Ryun, Jim: (from the article "Keino, Kip") ...on the infield with just two laps to go. In the 5,000-metre final Keino earned ...
Ryzhkov, Nikolay: premier of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
Rzeszow: city, capital of Podkarpackie wojewodztwo (province), southeastern Poland. It lies along the ... [1 Related Articles]
Rzewuski, Henryk: (from the article "Polish literature") Prose was more popular with writers in Poland than with those in exile. Henryk Rzewuski ...
Rzhev: city, Tver oblast (region), northwestern Russia. It lies along the upper Volga ...