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Coordinates: 139°45′16″E. Ukiyo-e depiction of the Ōoku by Hashimoto Chikanobu. The Ōoku (大奥, "great interior") was historically the women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning shōgun resided. Similar areas in the castles of powerful daimyō, such as the Satsuma Domain, were also referred to ...
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (大奥, Ōoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. It was serialized in Hakusensha 's manga magazine Melody from June 2004 to December 2020, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media.
Oku Anwan Ekpenyon was born in London, the daughter of Ita Ekpenyon (1899–1951), a Nigerian teacher who in 1928 had gone there and studied law, later becoming the only known black Air Raid Precautions (ARP) warden in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] She authored the booklet on him, Some Experiences of an African Air-raid Warden, published by ...
The Malaysian identity card (Malay: kad pengenalan Malaysia) is the compulsory identity card for Malaysian citizens aged 12 and above. The current identity card, known as MyKad, was introduced by the National Registration Department of Malaysia on 5 September 2001 as one of four MSC Malaysia flagship applications and a replacement for the High Quality Identity Card (Kad Pengenalan Bermutu ...
Ōoku. (2003 TV series) Ōoku (大奥) is a Japanese drama produced by FujiTV. The story is set in the Edo period and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. The popularity of the show has produced six series (1968, 1983, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2024) as well as a 2006 film, Oh!
Oku no Hosomichi. Oku no Hosomichi ( 奥の細道, originally おくのほそ道 ), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. [1] The first edition was published ...
Oku. Language codes. ISO 639-3. oku. Glottolog. okuu1243. Oku (Ebkuo, Ekpwo, Ukfwo, Bvukoo, Kuɔ) is a Grassfields Bantoid language that is primarily spoken by the Oku people of northwest Cameroon, a fondom of the Tikar people. [citation needed] They are a different ethnic group from the Oku people of Sierra Leone.
Emperor Tenmu. Mother. Princess Ōta. Ōku (Japanese: 大来皇女 or 大伯皇女) (February 12, 661 – January 29, 702) was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period in Japanese history. She was the daughter of Emperor Tenmu and sister of Prince Ōtsu. As a young girl, she witnessed the Jinshin War. According to the Man'yōshū ("The ...