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NAGOYA , the See also:capital of the See also:province of Owari, See also:Japan, on the See also:great See also:trunk railway of Japan, 235 M. from See also:Tokyo and 94 M. from See also:Kioto. Pop. (1903) 284,829. It is the fifth of the See also:chief cities in Japan. It lies near the See also:head of the shallow Isenumi See also:Bay, about 30 M. from the See also:port of Yokkaichi, with which it communicates by See also:light-See also:draught steamers and by See also:rail. The See also:castle of Nagoya, erected in 161o, never suffered in See also:war, but in See also:modern times became a military See also:depot; the interior contains much splendid decoration. The central keep of the citadel is a remarkable structure, covering See also:close upon See also:half an See also:acre, but rapidly diminishing in each of its five storeys till the See also:top See also:room is only about 12 yds. square. Gabled See also:roofs and See also:hanging rafters break the almost pyramidal outline; and a pair of See also:gold-plated dolphins 8 ft. high See also:form a striking See also:finial. Both were removed in 1872, and one of them was at the See also:Vienna See also:Exhibition in 1873; but they have been restored to their proper site. The religious buildings of Nagoya include a very See also:fine Buddhist See also:temple, Higashi Hongwanji. Nagoya is well known as one of the great seats of the pottery See also:trade; 132 M. distant are the See also:potteries of Seto, where the first glazed pottery made in Japan was produced by See also:Kato Shirozaemon, after a visit to See also:China in 1229. From Kato's See also:time Seto continued, during several centuries, to be the chief centre of ceramic See also:production in Japan, the manufacture of See also:porcelain being added to that of pottery in the 19th See also:century. All the products of the flourishing See also:industry now carried on there and at other places in the province are transported to Nagoya, for See also:sale there or for export. See also:Cotton See also:mills have been established, and an extensive business is carried on in the See also:embroidery of handkerchiefs. Another of its celebrated manufactures is arimatsushibori, or textile fabrics (See also:silk or cotton), dyed so as to show spots in See also:relief from which the See also:colour radiates. It is further distinguished as the birthplace of cloisonne enamelling in Japan, all See also:work of that nature before 1838—when a new departure was made by Kaji Tsunekichi—having been for purposes of subordinate decoration. Quantities of cloisonne enamels are now produced in the See also:town. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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