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Where typically five-storied pagodas lie within temple grounds, the Five-storied Pagoda of Mt. Haguro is rare due to its location in the middle of a forest. Said to originally have been built by Samurai Taira no Masakado between 931 and 938, the current iteration is a rebuild completed in 1372 by then chief priest Daihoji Masuaji, making it the oldest tower in Tohoku.
Built deep in snow country, Mt. Haguro’s Five-storied Pagoda is the northernmost in Japan and each roof is the same size to help counteract the weight of the snow that accumulates yearly. The structure was built without a single nail nor coat of paint, and one less visible feature is the pillar running through the centre of the tower to mitigate damage in earthquakes, a characteristic also used in the construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
Source: dewasanzan.com/home/haguro/
Je krijgt een paar cijfers cadeau, maar het grid van 9x9 moet foutloos ingevuld worden.
Als je wel zin hebt om te sudokuen, maar het liever bij een gridje van 5x5 houdt.
Een Precies Vier bestaat uit 16 woorden, begrippen of namen, die moeten worden verdeeld in precies vier groepen van vier. Er is telkens maar één oplossing mogelijk. Welke woorden vormen een connectie?
US judge’s ruling could open up window into first family’s multiple ventures, in drawback of lawsuit on media
Donald Trump must divulge detailed financial information from his many businesses as part of his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, a federal judge ruled during a discovery hearing on Tuesday, according to news reports.
The ruling by US magistrate judge Enjoliqué Lett could open a unique window into the hundreds of businesses owned by Trump’s family trust. It also highlights a potential drawback for Trump’s strategy of bludgeoning critical media with multibillion-dollar lawsuits.
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Tamara Harvey’s production of Chekhov’s final play can seem woolly in meaning and the soft-edged tone mutes its force
Laura Wade’s reworking of Anton Chekhov’s final, plaintive play brings a dazzle of big names. Helen Hunt is aristocratic matriarch Madame Ranyevskaya, Bill Pullman her brother, and Kenneth Branagh (so soon after his lead role in the Royal Shakespeare’s production of The Tempest) their nemesis, Lopakhin, a shopkeeper’s son here who takes over the reins of the family estate and represents the rising forces against Russia’s old order of ossified elites.
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