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The premise of Ôoku is simple: three-fourths of the men in Edo Japan are wiped out by a mysterious plague, and when it becomes clear that the disease is not burning itself out anytime soon, the women have to step into all the roles previously assigned to men.
March « 2010 « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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The premise of Ôoku is simple: three-fourths of the men in Edo Japan are wiped out by a mysterious plague, and when it becomes clear that the disease is not burning itself out anytime soon, the women have to step into all the roles previously assigned to men.
Pancha Diaz on Ooku « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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Ho'oku'ikahi Establishment festival takes place Aug. 14-15.
SFGate: Top News Stories Jeanne Cooper 2010
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Gar oku-no-hosomichi — very cool …. the journey begins … norb, this is absolutely exquisite … ronald
May « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Contact you dream? you listen? spoken word? imakito oku | a poem from broken water
imakito oku | a poem from broken water « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Gar oku-no-hosomichi — very cool …. the journey begins … norb, this is absolutely exquisite … ronald
norbert blei | basho’s road « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Sen So-oku New York The tea ceremony is said to be the essence of Japanese aesthetics -- architecture, ceramics, flower arranging, incense, calligraphy, painting, gardening -- packaged in a formalized ritual that dates back to the 16th century.
A Tea Ceremony for Today Melanie Kirkpatrick 2009
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Contact you dream? you listen? spoken word? imakito oku | watermelon way
imakito oku | watermelon way « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007
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Phofu ke incedile iANC ibafundise ngokuzisa urhulumente wabantu, ibafundise ukuba ukulingana oku ngento yonke kungakhethe bala yinto enokwenzeka, kwaye iyile yenzekayo ngoku.
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Boku no oku no hou mezuna wo on myself tokirezu kazobushite hikari wo mezashite kagayaite iru ano hitomi mo mienai namida ga aru
mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007
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