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    not available in Europe. Japanning is most often a heavy black "lacquer", almost like enamel paint. Black is common and japanning is often assumed to be...
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    Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, and is bordered on the west...
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    Pontypool japan is a name given to the process of japanning with the use of an oil varnish and heat, which is credited to Thomas Allgood of Pontypool...
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  • decorative arts Japan black or japan, a lacquer or varnish used on iron and steel Japanning, European imitation of Asian lacquerwork Pontypool japan, the process...
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    Lacquer (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    became known as japanning, involves applying several coats of varnish which are each heat-dried and polished. In the 18th century, japanning gained a large...
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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million...
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    Tokyo (redirect from Tokyo, Japan)
    Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million...
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    Anime (redirect from Animation in Japan)
    originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, anime describes...
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  • in the West. Used as a verb, japan means "to finish in japan black". Thus japanning and japanned are terms describing the process and its products. Its...
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    World War II (category Wars involving Japan)
    in Japan. Key events leading up to the war included Japan's invasion of Manchuria, the Spanish Civil War, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War...
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    The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and...
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    The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the...
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    The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January...
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  • Easy Rules for the Ladies Japanning, Bernard Lens, 1751, London, Ludgate Hall The Ladies Amusement or, Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy, Robert Sayer,...
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  • Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced...
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  • writers who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language. Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names—family name...
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  • This is a list of current and defunct automobile manufacturers of Japan. Ales (see Otomo) Asahi (1937–c.1939) Aspark (2014–present) Atsuta (1930s) Autobacs...
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    Postal codes in Japan are 7-digit numeric codes using the format NNN-NNNN, where N is a digit. The first two digits refer to one of the 47 prefectures...
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    Manga (redirect from Japanese comics)
    originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The...
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  • spoken mainly in Japan Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and...
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  • represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. Until...
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  • Municipalities of Japan List of villages in Japan List of cities in Japan Japanese addressing system "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns...
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  • Japanese internment camp may refer to: Internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II Japanese internment at Ellis Island during...
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    The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized...
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  • The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest...
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    Japan Standard Time (日本標準時, Nihon Hyōjunji, JST), or Japan Central Standard Time (中央標準時, Chūō Hyōjunji, JCST), is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours...
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    manufacturing industry which also flourished here alongside heavy industry was Japanning, a type of lacquer ware. Pontypool covers several areas, hamlets, villages...
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    Pacific War (redirect from US-Japan war)
    Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Soviet–Japanese War in the last few months of the war. The Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the...
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    Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until...
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    The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, named after...
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