HANIWA

Meaning of HANIWA in English

/hah"nee wah'/ , n. , pl. haniwa .

any of the terra-cotta models of people, animals, and houses from the Yayoi period of Japanese culture.

[ 1965-70; faniwa, equiv. to fani red clay + wa wheel ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HANIWA — noun plural Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Japanese Date: 1931 large hollow baked clay sculptures placed on ancient Japanese burial mounds
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HANIWA — Terra-cotta cylinders and sculptures arranged on and around Japanese tombs during the Tumulus period (с AD 250–552). The earliest haniwa …
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HANIWA — ˈhänə̇ˌwä noun plural Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: Japanese : large hollow baked clay artifacts placed on early Japanese grave mounds …
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HANIWA — noun plural Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Japanese Date: 1931 : large hollow baked clay sculptures placed on ancient Japanese burial …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANIWA — [ha.ni.wa] n pl, often cap [Jp] (1931): large hollow baked clay sculptures placed on ancient Japanese burial mounds
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HANIWA — unglazed terra-cotta cylinders and hollow sculptures arranged on and around the mounded tombs (kofun) of the Japanese elite dating from …
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HANIWA — Terra-cotta cylinders and sculptures arranged on and around Japanese tombs during the Tumulus period ( 0441; AD 250552). The earliest …
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HANIWA — Pronunciation: ' hä-n ə - ˌ wä Function: noun plural Usage: often cap Etymology: Japanese Date: 1931 : large hollow …
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YAYOI — /yah yoy"/ , adj. of or pertaining to a cultural period in Japan, c300 B.C.-A.D. c300, characterized by unglazed reddish …
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TUMULUS PERIOD — Japanese Kofun Jidai (Old Mound period), also called Great Burial Period, early period (c. AD 250552) of tomb culture in …
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MIYAZAKI — ken (prefecture), southeastern Kyushu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. Most of its area is mountainous, and there is a small …
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JAPANESE MUSIC — a form of East Asian music derived in large part from Chinese and Korean sources but also containing remnants of …
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JAPANESE ART — the painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and other fine or decorative art forms produced in Japan. Japanese visual arts are characterized …
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