The biwa (Japanese: 琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked wooden lute traditionally used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is a plucked string instrument that...
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Lake Biwa (琵琶湖, Biwa-ko) is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. It is located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the...
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The Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus rhodurus) is an anadromous salmonid fish of the genus Oncorhynchus, endemic to Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, but...
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Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師), also known as "lute priests", were travelling performers in the era of Japanese history preceding the Meiji period. They earned their...
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The Biwa-bokuboku (Japanese: 琵琶牧々; meaning "Biwa goblin") is a fictitious being from Japanese folklore. It belongs to a group of yokai and is said to have...
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Biwa (びわ町, Biwa-chō) was a town located in Higashiazai District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is on the northern shore of Lake Biwa and that was the origin...
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The biwa is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute. Biwa may also refer to: Biwa, Shiga, a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan Biwa (restaurant), a former restaurant...
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Eric Biwa (born 8 May 1953 in Vaalgras, ǁKaras Region) is a former Namibian politician with the Patriotic Unity Movement (PUM), a party which was a member...
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Biwa, the largest and oldest lake in Japan. The Lake Biwa Museum's aquarium is one of the largest freshwater aquarium in Japan. The giant Lake Biwa catfish...
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Lake Biwa Canal (琵琶湖疏水 or 琵琶湖疎水, Biwako Sosui) is a historic waterway in Japan connecting Lake Biwa to the nearby City of Kyoto. Constructed during the...
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including Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and 37% of the total land area is...
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Biwa was an izakaya in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant served Japanese cuisine including ramen, sashimi, and udon noodles. Biwa opened in 2007. In 2013...
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told from the perspective of Biwa, a young girl and traveling biwa minstrel. Following the death of her blind father, Biwa meets Taira no Shigemori, heir...
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biwaensis, the giant Lake Biwa catfish, is a large predatory catfish species endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan. The giant Lake Biwa catfish is very similar...
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The Osaka-Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon (びわ湖毎日マラソン, Biwako Mainichi Marason) was a marathon race held in Otsu, Shiga, Japan. It was one of the prominent...
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Tanaka (田中 之雄, Tanaka Yukio, born 1948) is a Japanese biwa player. He studied under the satsuma biwa master Kinshi Tsuruta, whose status he inherited as...
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a revolt Satsuma ware, a type of Japanese pottery Biwa, a lute with a form known as Satsuma biwa Satsuma, the car the player builds and drives in the...
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the Lake Biwa Marathon on 28 February 2021. "Athlete Profile — Kengo Suzuki". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2023. "Suzuki wins Lake Biwa Marathon...
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m. formosanus) in landlocked waters of Taiwan, the Biwa trout (O. m. rhodurus) endemic of Lake Biwa, and the anadromous amago (O. m. macrostomus) restricted...
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Eight Views of Ōmi (redirect from Eight Views of Lake Biwa)
other artists. They are sometimes erroneously called "Eight Views of Lake Biwa", but the latter were defined to include different locations in 1949 by the...
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Kinshi Tsuruta (section As a Biwa player)
called the biwa, and also sang. She developed her own form of the Satsuma biwa, which is sometimes referred to as Tsuruta biwa. This biwa differs from...
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is part of Biwako Quasi National Park. It is the largest island of Lake Biwa and is administered by the city of Ōmihachiman. Okishima is accessible by...
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traditional wooden sailing boat, the design of which is unique to the Lake Biwa region, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The name is related to the rounded shape...
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rivers. A few landlocked populations also exist in lakes in Japan such as Biwa. Original wild populations in Taiwan became extinct in 1968 due to pollution...
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annual events such as the Boston Marathon (first held in 1897) and the Lake Biwa Marathon and Fukuoka Marathons, which were established in the 1940s. The...
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understanding. The biwa (琵琶 - Chinese: pipa), a form of short-necked lute, was played by a group of itinerant performers (biwa hōshi). The root of Biwa music was...
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particular locally differentiated variety of wild goldfish endemic to Lake Biwa. Nigirizushi (握り寿司, "hand-pressed sushi") consists of an oblong mound of...
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Lake Biwa is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith released on John Zorn's Tzadik label in 2004. The album contains four...
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native to Lake Biwa. This lake, the largest and most ancient in Japan, lies near the city of Kyoto. The extensive and successful use of the Biwa Pearl Mussel...
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