Emperor & Shogun, The Edo Period and Ukiyo-e **Preface** The main purpose of this article is to define the Edo period, the time of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which is the period usually associated with ukiyo-e and Japanese woodblock prints. The end of this period is the end of the Japanese Shogunate as an institution, and to understand what the Shogunate was, we must take a brief look at some history. **The Emperor** According to legend, Emperor Jimmu, or in Japanese, Jinmu…
Laissez Faire City ***Laissez Faire City*** started as an idea in 1994, on an investment tour in Latin America. Some participating people discussed freedom and got to the idea (which is not new) of finding land that could be leased from an existing country for the specific purpose of setting up a real capitalistic society. A part of the model for this idea was Hong Kong, which was leased by Great Britain from China and whose capitalistic success was striking. Hong Kong was…
About Submitting Articles to Communities I have received several articles to communities of which I am a moderator. Quite a number of them have been non-original material. I say that now clearly, I will reject everything I even suspect of being a copyright violation or if I feel that the copyright status cannot be determined. ***Don't bother to submit it unless you have written it yourself or have the original author's explicit permission to re-publish it.*** In the latter…
Where the Pepper Grows There is an expression in German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Polish, where a place “where the pepper grows” is used about a not further defined, bad, hot, distant place – symbolically equivalent to hell or “the end of the world”. These expressions most likely started in German and spread from there. *Bleib doch, wo der Pfeffer wächst!* (Stay where the pepper grows!) *Geh doch dahin, wo der Pfeffer wächst!* (Go to where the pepper grows!) *Irgendwo, wo…
How I, as a Moderator, Check for Plagiarism *This article is a result of a direct question from @wakeupkitty about how to detect plagiarism and spam. Instead of giving a lengthy reply in a comment, I decided to make a post of this, because the topic is important.* *This is how I do it so far. It is not perfect, but I had to do something. Anyone having anything useful to add, please do so as a comment.* First I must say that I have just recently started with this. Originally,…
Pain – Your Body Speaking to You Do you often use pain killers? Then you might do yourself harm. The nature of pain is widely misunderstood, sometimes even within the medical profession. The first you must realise, is that your body is speaking to you, it communicates important information to you about yourself. It is up to you to notice the signals and to understand them correctly. Some of them are easy. When you get sleepy, you need to sleep; when you get thirsty, you need…
When Namazu Whips His Tail, Earth is Shaking! According to Japanese folklore, earthquakes are caused by a giant catfish, ***Namazu***, in the interior of the earth. When he approaches the surface and wriggles and whips his tail, the result is an earthquake. Only the god *Kashima* can stop him and force him back to the earth's interior. When Kashima is tired or inattentive, Namazu starts to move and makes the earth quake. In the late 1700s, Namazu began to be associated with…
I just found a clever attempt to conceal plagiarism. The author had taken paragraphs from different websites and combined them. The OC detector did not discover that. By checking paragraphs one by one in Google, I discovered it.
https://read.cash/c/about-communities-moderation-and-combatting-plagiarism-spam-ba97/post-560bf472
The Toyokuni Confusion When you see names as *Tokugawa Ieyasu* or *Suzuki Harunobu*, which is the family name and which is the given name? https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/emperor-shogun-the-edo-period-and-ukiyo-e-69239b66 https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/three-masters-of-bijinga-b707e205 Japanese names are written with the family name first. In the examples above, Tokugawa and Suzuki are family names, while Ieyasu and Harunobu are given names. Artists are often referred to by…
Different Versions of Same Articles in Read.Cash I think it must be made clear to all that each article now comes in different versions here at read.cash. This has also caused difficulties with comments. As I am sure you have seen, there are different sets of comments for each article; one set for each community the article appears in, and a last one called just "Article" which is outside of any community. The big problem is this last one. Comments made there earn no points,…
Don't Turn Your Nose Up at Your Nose - The Art of Breathing Right *This is about breathing, something we all constantly do, and have to do. It is as important to breathe right as it is to eat right, still most people never give it a thought. The article is more scientific than those I usually publish on this platform, and quite long at that. Perhaps you don't understand all the terms, but don't let that scare you away.* I. General Most people don't pay much attention to how…
Please read this again. The text has been updated today, 12 June 2020. https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/different-versions-of-same-articles-in-readcash-f873d96c
Please read this again. The text has been updated today, 12 June 2020. https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/different-versions-of-same-articles-in-readcash-f873d96c
Blue Light, Blindness, Sleep Disorder & Cancer Blue Light & Eyes Most people are aware that ultraviolet light damages the eyes, but did you know that so does most of the visible blue and violet light? For that reason we have protecting yellow pigments in the retina: lutein and zeaxanthin. These pigments absorb the blue and violet, including ultraviolet, so this harmful light does not reach the underlying tissue of the retina. In the eyes, blue, violet and ultraviolet light…
Communities in Chaos - Observations & Suggestions Communities are not working as well as one could wish. One reason is that a large number of them approve of whatever rubbish is submitted to them. They are not watching over quality or even plagiarism. Neither are they clearly niched, and that, as I see it, is a pity. For a visitor, it is almost impossible to find an article about a certain topic; **clearly niched communities** would make that easier. It is also impossible to…
What's Special with Number 7? *Is the frequent occurrence of seven and the octave merely an obsession with that number, or does it reflect something in nature as well?* I. First we must ask is whether seven deserves extra attention, if it is a special number, or if its occurrence in various contexts is just what we could expect of any number. Without discussing that particular aspect here and now, I think we can say that it is indeed special. Let us at least assume so for…
The Momentaneous & The Permanent Some time ago I discussed with a musician friend about the volatility of music, that, unless one records it, it is not preserved. Indeed, if, if we disregard recording (which is a quite recent invention), music is to its nature momentaneous, it exists only in the moment. If you pluck a string of a guitar, the action is dead when the tone has faded. If you perform a piece, it exists only during the performance, and each performance is slightly…
If you open a community and it appears empty, try to untick the box "Exclusive". Old articles are not tested in the same way as the new ones and have not been marked EXC, so they will not show up otherwise.
The posts of this community has been moved to "Natural Science (1c4e)", https://read.cash/c/natural-science-1c4e New posts about Paleontology & Evolution will be submitted to that community instead.
Continents, Real and Mythical *Continents have their history and mythical continents never cease to fascinate human imagination; what do you feel and think when you read about Thule or Atlantis?* I. Introduction The word "continent" stems from Latin "continens", connected, referring to connected landmasses on earth (and islands around them, resting on the same continental shelf), now or in prehistoric times. The definition is not exact, the difference between an island and a…
Black Cats - Heralds of Evil? “*[...] one of the most remarkable black cats in the world - and this is saying much; for it will be remembered that black cats are all of them witches.”* (Edgar Allan Poe, *Instinct vs. Reason)* All throughout history, cats have thrilled human imagination. No doubt, they are enigmatic beings. Black cats are especially ominous and often associated with the supernatural. This probably started in Old Egypt, but were black cats a bad omen there?…
This community is closed. The posts have been moved to "The Mechanisms of Health (d52e)" and "History, Myths, Legends & Mysteries (be45)".
Words, Consciousness & Beyond *Is thinking without words possible? Is there a connection between language and consciousness? Can we reach a state of mind beyond words?* In "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Oscar Wilde wrote: *"Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet, what subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as…
Mata Hari, the Romanovs, & the War against Hitler Mata Hari was executed by the French in 1917. While she pursued a career as a dancer and a courtesan, she had also been a spy for Germany during WW1. Her life, 41 years, was adventurous and complicated, and still to this day, there are doubts whether she was really guilty of the accusations that caused her death sentence. History describes her as a master spy and double agent; however, released documents from the British…
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