Auspicious Animals
Auspicious Animals

Author: Jun'ichi Uchiyama

Publisher: Pie International

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9784756254290

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The world of mythical creatures born from human imagination. Many imaginary animals believed to be auspicious symbols of good fortune originated in ancient China. The most famous ones are the "Big Four" the Winged Dragon, the Chinese Phoenix, Qilin (a hooved chimeric creature) and the Spirit Turtle. There are many more, not only from China, but also from Japan and other regions around the world. This book showcases illustrated artworks, along with sculptures and applied arts, featuring these good omens. The collection, totaling around 240 pieces, is accompanied by rich, enjoyable and approachable text by Jun'ichi Uchiyama, a professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University.

めでたしめずらし瑞獣珍獣
めでたしめずらし瑞獣珍獣

Author: 内山淳一

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9784756252043

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瑞獣28種、珍獣7種。古代から連綿とつづく豊かな瑞獣と珍獣の世界。掲載作品240点以上の大ボリューム!四神・麒麟・鳳凰から、ゾウ・ラクダ・ヒクイドリ・人魚まで。

Animals Through Chinese History
Animals Through Chinese History

Author: Roel Sterckx

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1108428150

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This innovative collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.

Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact
Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact

Author: P.L.Patrick Rau

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-07-18

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 3319209078

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The two LNCS volume set 9180-9181 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, in Los Angeles, CA, USA in August 2015, jointly with 15 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters presented at the HCII 2015 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4843 submissions. These papers of the two volume set address as follows: LNCS 9180, Cross-Cultural Design: Methods, Practice and Impact (Part I), addressing the following major topics: cross-cultural product design, cross-cultural design methods and case studies, design, innovation, social development and sustainability and LNCS 9181, Cross-Cultural Design: Applications in Mobile Interaction, Education, Health, Transport and Cultural Heritage (Part II), addressing the following major topics: cultural aspects of social media and mobile services, culture for transport and travel, culture for design and design for culture and culture for health, learning and games.

Animals and the Law in Antiquity
Animals and the Law in Antiquity

Author: Saul M. Olyan

Publisher: SBL Press

Published: 2021-08-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1951498844

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Animal law has become a topic of growing importance internationally, with animal welfare and animal rights often assuming center stage in contemporary debates about the legal status of animals. While nonspecialists routinely decontextualize ancient texts to support or deny rights to animals, experts in fields such as classics, biblical studies, Assyriology, Egyptology, rabbinics, and late antique Christianity have only just begun to engage the topic of animals and the law in their respective areas. This volume consists of original studies by scholars from a range of Mediterranean and West Asian fields on a variety of topics at the intersection of animals and the law in antiquity. Contributors include Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, Beth Berkowitz, Andrew McGowan, F. S. Naiden, Saul M. Olyan, Seth Richardson, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Andreas Schüle, Miira Tuominen, and Daniel Ullucci. The volume is essential reading for scholars and students of both the ancient world and contemporary law.

Creatures of Empire
Creatures of Empire

Author: Virginia DeJohn Anderson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780195304466

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The Mythic Chinese Unicorn
The Mythic Chinese Unicorn

Author: Jeannie Thomas Parker

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1525522132

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This is the first book in the English language to explore the origin and significance of the mythic Chinese unicorn and its influence on later unicorn myths. It proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Chinese unicorn was not the qilin, but a one-horned female goat-like beast called the zhi (pronounced jhuhr). It also examines the real animals upon which the myth was based. Its most significant finding, however, is that the unicorn zhi was the ultimate symbol of justice under the law in ancient China. Making judicious use of all available evidence, historical, epigraphical, archaeological, art historical and scientific, this book explains how the myth of the unicorn began in China and then gradually spread to other parts of Asia and Europe.