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school

(Encyclopedia)school, term commonly referring to institutions of pre-college formal education. It also properly includes colleges, universities, and many types of special training establishments (see adult educatio...

Côte-d'Or

(Encyclopedia)Côte-d'Or kōt-dôr [key], department, E France, largely in Burgundy, partly in Champagne. ...

Kaigetsudo

(Encyclopedia)Kaigetsudo kīgĕtˈso͞odō [key], school of Japanese artists painting in the ukiyo-e style (see Japanese art). Kaigetsudo was founded by Kaigetsudo Ando in the early 18th cent. Characterized by broa...

Japanese architecture

(Encyclopedia)Japanese architecture, structures created on the islands that constitute Japan. Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the form of models of terra-cotta houses buried in tombs a...

Japanese beetle

(Encyclopedia)Japanese beetle, common name for a destructive beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab beetle family. Accidentally imported to the United States from Japan, it was first discovered in New Jersey in 1...

Japanese literature

(Encyclopedia)Japanese literature, literary works produced in the language of the islands of Japan. See also Asian drama. The immense public demand for fiction in postwar Japan has been fed by the prolific o...

Japanese music

(Encyclopedia)Japanese music, the highly eclectic musical culture of the Japanese islands. Over the years, Japan has borrowed musical instruments, scales, and styles from many neighboring areas. The indigenous musi...

Japanese quince

(Encyclopedia)Japanese quince: see quince.

Japanese spaniel

(Encyclopedia)Japanese spaniel, breed of dainty, alert toy dog probably originating in ancient China and developed in Japan over many centuries. It stands about 9 in. (22.9 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about...

Macip, Vicente Juan

(Encyclopedia)Macip or Masip, Vicente Juan vēthānˈtā hwän mäthēpˈ, mäsēpˈ [key], c.1523–1579, Spanish religious painter of the Valencian school, known as Juan de Juanes and Vicente Joanes. One of the S...