Michael Milken: He founded Knowledge Universe, Inc., a consumer and business education company, in 1996. In 1998, without admitting guilt, Milken returned $47 million in earnings after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged that he had violated the 1990 order barring him from doing business in the securities…

information system: Support of knowledge work: Such work is called knowledge work. Three general categories of information systems support such knowledge work: professional support systems, collaboration systems, and knowledge management systems.

economic growth: Quality improvements in the inputs: The production of knowledge is a broad category including outlays on all forms of education, on basic research, and on the more applied type of research associated especially with industry. It is argued that fast-growing industries tend to be those having a high research and development…

ideology: The sociology of knowledge: The use of the word ideology in the pejorative sense of false consciousness is found not only in the writings of Marx himself but in those of other exponents of what has come to be known as the sociology of knowledge, including…

epistemology, the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge. The term is derived from the Greek epistēmē (“knowledge”) and logos (“reason”), and accordingly the field is sometimes referred to as the theory of knowledge. Epistemology has a long history within Western

Christianity: Relics and saints: …fashioned of wood from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which grew in the Garden of Eden. Below the tree lies Adam’s buried skull, baptized in Christ’s blood. The bloodied cross-tree gives forth the oil, wheat, grapes, and herbs used to prepare the materials administered in the sacraments…

expert system, a computer program that uses artificial-intelligence methods to solve problems within a specialized domain that ordinarily requires human expertise. The first expert system was developed in 1965 by Edward Feigenbaum and Joshua Lederberg of Stanford University in California, U.S.

Fluxus: …the Americans Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles, the Frenchman Ben Vautrier, the Korean artist Nam June Paik, and the German artist Wolf Vostell.

Beyoncé is an American singer-songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny’s Child and then launched a hugely successful solo career. In 2023 she broke the record for most Grammy Awards won by an artist, with 32 Grammy wins over the course

John Knowles was an American author, who was best known for his first published novel, A Separate Peace (1959; filmed 1972). Most of his works are psychological examinations of characters caught in conflict between the wild and the pragmatic sides of their personalities. In 1945 Knowles graduated

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Perry Vickers (Patric Knowles) are cavalry officers stationed in India. While Geoffrey is away, his fiancée, Elsa Campbell (de Havilland), falls in love with Perry. The brothers quarrel over her but soon encounter more important matters. The local Indian ruler, Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon), who has…

Solange is an American multidisciplinary artist, perhaps best known as a singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress but also widely celebrated as a visual and performance artist. She began her career at age 14 as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child, which her elder sister, Beyoncé, helped found

Solange is an American multidisciplinary artist, perhaps best known as a singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress but also widely celebrated as a visual and performance artist. She began her career at age 14 as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child, which her elder sister, Beyoncé, helped found

William S. Knowles was an American chemist who, with Noyori Ryōji and K. Barry Sharpless, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 for developing the first chiral catalysts. Knowles earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1942, after which he conducted research at the Monsanto Company in St.

William S. Knowles was an American chemist who, with Noyori Ryōji and K. Barry Sharpless, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 for developing the first chiral catalysts. Knowles earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1942, after which he conducted research at the Monsanto Company in St.

Charles Knowlton was an American physician whose popular treatise on birth control, the object of celebrated court actions in the United States and England, initiated the widespread use of contraceptives. A graduate (M.D., 1824) of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., Knowlton published anonymously a

Frank Hall Knowlton was a U.S. paleobotanist and pioneer in the study of prehistoric climates based on geologic evidence. He discovered much about the distribution and structure of fossilized plants. He was professor of botany at the Columbian (now George Washington) University, Washington, D.C.

Donald Rumsfeld: In his memoir, Known and Unknown (2011), Rumsfeld defended his handling of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Rumsfeld’s Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life (2013) comprised guidelines he had written out on note cards during his career, fleshed out with observations from historical figures…

Edward P. Jones: The result was The Known World (2003), a novel that was greeted as a masterpiece and won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. A third book followed in 2006, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, a collection of short stories that returned to the working-class Washington, D.C., in which Jones’s…

Knowsley, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England, just east of Liverpool. Knowsley takes its name from the parish of Knowsley, the seat of the earls of Derby and home of the Stanley family since the 14th century. Apart from

Knox, county, southern Maine, U.S. It is a coastal region facing Muscongus Bay on the southwest and Penobscot Bay on the east and includes several islands, notably Vinalhaven Island and Isle Au Hait. The county is bisected by the Saint George River. Spruce and fir are the major forest types.

Knox College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. The college, founded in 1837 by Presbyterian and Congregationalist abolitionists from New York and New England, opened in 1843. It was originally named Knox Manual Labor College, and the students worked

Knox College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. The college, founded in 1837 by Presbyterian and Congregationalist abolitionists from New York and New England, opened in 1843. It was originally named Knox Manual Labor College, and the students worked

Legal Tender Cases: In Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis, the Court reversed its Hepburn v. Griswold decision by a five-to-four majority, asserting that the Legal Tender Act represented a justifiable use of federal power at a time of national emergency.

Book of Common Order, first Reformed manual of worship in English, introduced to the English congregation in Geneva by John Knox in 1556, adopted by the Scottish Reformers in 1562, and revised in 1564. The norm of public worship followed in the book is the ancient service of word and sacrament. A

Seattle Seahawks: In 1983 head coach Chuck Knox led the Seahawks to the AFC championship game in his first season with the team, and over the next nine years he posted a record of 83 wins and 67 losses. The Seahawks had their worst season in franchise history after Knox left…

Fort Knox, major U.S. military reservation in Meade, Hardin, and Bullitt counties, northern Kentucky, U.S. It lies 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Louisville and occupies an area of 172 square miles (445 square km). It was established in 1918 as Camp Knox (named for Major General Henry Knox, first

United States presidential election of 1936: The nominations and campaign: …Landon’s choice of running mate, Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News and a critic of the New Deal (in a surprise, Knox would go on to be appointed in 1940 by Roosevelt as secretary of the U.S. Navy). The Republican platform was as much anti-Roosevelt as it was…

William Franklin Knox was a U.S. newspaper publisher and secretary of the navy during World War II. After graduating from Alma College, Alma, Mich., he served with the 1st U.S. volunteer cavalry, known as the “Rough Riders,” in the Spanish-American War. He became a newspaper reporter in Grand

Henry Knox was an American general in the American Revolution (1775–83) and the first secretary of war under the U.S. Constitution. Forced by family circumstances to leave school at age nine, Knox worked in a Boston bookstore and by age 21 had acquired his own store. He became active in the

John Knox was the foremost leader of the Scottish Reformation, who set the austere moral tone of the Church of Scotland and shaped the democratic form of government it adopted. He was influenced by George Wishart, who was burned for heresy in 1546, and the following year Knox became the spokesman

Penelope Fitzgerald was an English novelist and biographer noted for her economical, yet evocative, witty, and intricate works often concerned with the efforts of her characters to cope with their unfortunate life circumstances. Although she did not begin writing until she was in her late 50s, she

Philander Chase Knox was a lawyer, Cabinet officer in three administrations, and U.S. senator. After admission to the bar in Pennsylvania (1875), Knox became a successful corporation lawyer in Pittsburgh and as counsel for the Carnegie Steel Company had a prominent role in the organization of the

body snatching: Body snatchers and their methods: Robert Knox, the anatomist who bought the bodies of the victims, also went unpunished, although his reputation and career were damaged. Murders for anatomical specimens are documented elsewhere in Britain and in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. Such murders were not…

Ronald Knox was an English author, theologian, and dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church, best known for his translation of the Bible. Born into an Anglican family, he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1912 was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford. He became a Roman Catholic

Rose Markward Knox was an American businesswoman who was highly successful in promoting and selling gelatin for widespread home and industrial use. Rose Markward married Charles B. Knox, a salesman, in 1883. In 1890 they invested their $5,000 savings in a prepared gelatin (gelatine) business to be

Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln’s family: …of an obscure Scottish poet, William Knox. Lincoln often quoted Knox’s lines beginning: “Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?” He liked to relax with the comic writings of Petroleum V. Nasby, Orpheus C. Kerr, and Artemus Ward, or with a visit to the popular theater.

Somerville: The Knox-Porter Resolution, ending the state of war between the United States and the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary), was signed (July 2, 1921) by President Warren G. Harding at the Somerville estate of Joseph Frelinghuysen. Raritan Valley Community College (1965) is in the borough. Inc.…

Knoxville, city, seat (1792) of Knox county, eastern Tennessee, U.S., on the Tennessee River, which is formed just east of the city by the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers. It is situated between the Cumberland Mountains to the northwest and the Great Smoky Mountains to the

William G. Brownlow: …and Independent (1839–49) and the Knoxville Whig (1849–69 and 1875–77).

Poland: The rebirth of Poland: …he had set up a Polish National Committee in Paris, which the French viewed as a quasi-government. Under its aegis a Polish army composed mainly of volunteers from the United States was placed under the command of General Józef Haller.

Kuwait: Oil: …achieved full ownership of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), which it had formed in 1960 with private Kuwaiti investors. The KNPC, designed to serve as an integrated oil company, controlled the supply and distribution of petroleum products within the country and began marketing operations abroad. In 1980 the government…

Myanmar: Myanmar since 1988: In April 2024 the NUG-aligned Karen National Union (KNU) seized Myawaddy, a strategic trade hub on the Myanmar-Thailand border, as part of the resistance’s broader strategy of seizing important border towns even as the junta retained dominance in central Myanmar. The fall of Myawaddy drew international attention because of its…

knuckle, the joint of a finger. The knuckle joint of an animal killed for eating is the tarsal or carpal joint of its leg. The word is used also in medical parlance to describe a loop of bowel within a hernial sac. “Knuckling” is used to describe a deformity of the leg of a horse caused by a

chimpanzee: Natural history: …knuckles of their hands (knuckle walking). At night they usually sleep in the trees in nests they build of branches and leaves. Chimpanzees are unable to swim, but they will wade in water. The chimpanzee diet is primarily vegetarian and consists of more than 300 different items, mostly fruits,…

Hoyt Wilhelm: ) Wilhelm’s knuckleball quickly proved to be an asset to the Giants, with whom he won a World Series championship in 1954. Unfortunately, the dancing pitch sometimes baffled his own catchers too, until Paul Richards, the manager of the Baltimore Orioles during the majority of Wilhelm’s tenure…

List of Children’s Games and Toys in Antiquity: Knucklebones: The term knucklebones refers to games played with sheep or goat ankle bones (astragaloi, which became the games’ name). Some games that used knucklebones were the forerunners of dice games played in the ancient Mediterranean world. In one knucklebones game, the winner was decided by which side…

Knuckles, mountains in Sri Lanka, running north–south to the north of the Mahaweli Ganga Valley, rising to 6,112 ft (1,863 m) at Knuckles Peak, about 10 mi northeast of Wattegama. The region receives an average rainfall of 100–200 in. (2,500–5,000 mm). Tea, rubber, rice, vegetables, and cardamom

Knuckles: …6,112 ft (1,863 m) at Knuckles Peak, about 10 mi northeast of Wattegama. The region receives an average rainfall of 100–200 in. (2,500–5,000 mm). Tea, rubber, rice, vegetables, and cardamom are grown in the area. Of irregular shape, the mountain range extends for 25 mi in length and reaches 15…

electronic dance music: Chicago and Detroit: In Chicago Frankie Knuckles, resident DJ at the members-only African American gay club the Warehouse, would make his own edits, on reel-to-reel tape, of the cult disco he played, extending the grooves to keep the all-night dance floor filled. When Knuckles—along with other DJs in Chicago, such…

Knuckles: …6,112 ft (1,863 m) at Knuckles Peak, about 10 mi northeast of Wattegama. The region receives an average rainfall of 100–200 in. (2,500–5,000 mm). Tea, rubber, rice, vegetables, and cardamom are grown in the area. Of irregular shape, the mountain range extends for 25 mi in length and reaches 15…

knuckle: “Knuckling” is used to describe a deformity of the leg of a horse caused by a contraction of the posterior tendon of the fetlock.

Phil Niekro was arguably the greatest knuckleball pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB). He employed the pitch—which has become a rarity and is difficult to master but is less taxing on a pitcher’s arm than other pitches—in a 24-year MLB career that took him to the All-Star Games

Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. The son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with

Canute (I) was a Danish king of England (1016–35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019–35), and of Norway (1028–35), who was a power in the politics of Europe in the 11th century, respected by both emperor and pope. Neither the place nor the date of his birth is known. Canute was the grandson of the

gas: Free-molecule gas: The mean free path in a gas may easily be increased by decreasing the pressure. If the pressure is halved, the mean free path doubles in length. Thus, at low enough pressures the mean free path can become sufficiently large that collisions of…

Danish literature: Postwar literary trends: …wrote excellent nonsense verse, and Erik Knudsen, also a brilliant satirical playwright. Both studied contemporary problems and reacted against the antirationalism and anti-intellectualism of the Heretica movement. Tove Ditlevsen was another important poet, as well as a novelist and short-story writer, unattached to any group; her often intensely personal work…

Bethanie: …in the early 1840s by Hans Christian Knudsen, a Norwegian missionary of the Rhenish (German Lutheran) Missionary Society. Schmelen and Knudsen made the earliest (independent) attempts at putting the difficult Nama (Khoisan) language into written form. German colonial troops were stationed at Bethanie in 1894. The region surrounding Bethanie has…

the Doobie Brothers: Early years: …he was replaced by drummer Keith Knudsen. Another key lineup change occurred when Baxter learned that Steely Dan would no longer be touring, and he joined the Doobie Brothers’ lineup during the Vices tour. His lead guitar and pedal steel work features prominently on the follow-up to Vices, the western-themed…

Norwegian language: In the 1840s Knud Knudsen formulated a policy of gradual reform that would bring the written norm closer to that spoken norm and thereby create a distinctively Norwegian language without the radical disruption envisaged by the supporters of Aasen’s New Norwegian. This solution was supported by most of…

William S. Knudsen was a Danish-born American industrialist, an effective coordinator of automobile mass production who served as president of General Motors Corporation (1937–40) and directed the government’s massive armaments production program for World War II. After Knudsen immigrated to the

William S. Knudsen was a Danish-born American industrialist, an effective coordinator of automobile mass production who served as president of General Motors Corporation (1937–40) and directed the government’s massive armaments production program for World War II. After Knudsen immigrated to the

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp is a Danish business executive who was CEO (2004–16) and executive chairman (2017– ) of the LEGO Group. He was credited with turning around the Danish toy maker. Knudstorp’s original ambition was to become a teacher, and he taught kindergarten for 18 months following his

Anatolian languages: Early research: …1902, when Assyriologist Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon pointed out that the language of the so-called Arzawa letters (e.g., Hittite), from the Amarna archive, had an apparent affinity with Indo-European.

Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. The son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with

Canute (I) was a Danish king of England (1016–35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019–35), and of Norway (1028–35), who was a power in the politics of Europe in the 11th century, respected by both emperor and pope. Neither the place nor the date of his birth is known. Canute was the grandson of the

Canute (I) was a Danish king of England (1016–35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019–35), and of Norway (1028–35), who was a power in the politics of Europe in the 11th century, respected by both emperor and pope. Neither the place nor the date of his birth is known. Canute was the grandson of the

Sweden: Civil wars: Erik’s son Knut killed Sverker’s son (1167) and was accepted as king of the entire country. Knut organized the currency system, worked for the organization of the church, and established a fortress on the site of Stockholm. After his death in 1196, members of the families of…

Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. The son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with

Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. The son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with

Lloyd Bacon: Warner Brothers: Knute Rockne–All American (1940) was one of the era’s best sports biopics, while Honeymoon for Three (1941) was an unremarkable comedy. Bacon got his one chance to direct Errol Flynn in Footsteps in the Dark (1941), which featured Flynn not as a swashbuckler or a…

Donald Knuth is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his authoritative multivolume series of books The Art of Computer Programming (1968– ) and the text-formatting language TeX. Knuth received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1960 from the Case Institute of Technology

Donald Knuth is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his authoritative multivolume series of books The Art of Computer Programming (1968– ) and the text-formatting language TeX. Knuth received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1960 from the Case Institute of Technology

Knutsford, town (parish), Cheshire East unitary authority, historic county of Cheshire, northwestern England. It is located on the Cheshire Plain southwest of the city of Manchester. Knutsford received a market, free burgage (tenure from the crown), and power to elect a mayor from a charter of

Charles VIII Knutsson was the king of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65, 1467–70), who represented the interests of the commercially oriented, anti-Danish Swedish nobility against the older landowning class of nobles who favoured a union with Denmark. He was twice removed from office by his opponents. His

Sweden: Civil wars: …the archbishop was that of Erik Knutsson in 1210. The church also gave its sanction to the “crusades” against Finland and the eastern Baltic coast; the action combined an attempt at Christianization with an attempt at conquering the areas.

children’s literature: National and modern literature: …of the supergirl Pippi Longstocking; Gösta Knutsson, with her well-liked Pelle svanslös (1939; Eng. trans., The Adventures of the Cat Who Had No Tail). The psychological realistic novel, delving deeply into the inner lives of children, has been developed by Maria Gripe, whose Hugo and Josephine trilogy may become classic;…

doggerel: The German version, called Knüttelvers (literally “cudgel verse”), was popular during the Renaissance and was later used for comic effect by such poets as J.W. von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller. Doggerel verse is still commonly heard in limericks and nonsense verse, popular songs, and commercial jingles.

Andrei Alexandrovich, prince of Russia , was the grandson of Tsar Alexander III of Russia who narrowly escaped death after the Russian Revolution and was freed by German troops shortly before the World War I armistice. The prince fled to Paris with his father, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhaylovich, and

opera: Russian opera: Borodin’s incomplete Knyaz Igor (Prince Igor, his own libretto; completed and edited by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Aleksandr Glazunov) was staged posthumously in St. Petersburg in 1890. Resembling the style of French grand opera, the work is notable for its use of an idiom based on Russian folk song and…

Wilhelm, baron von Knyphausen was a German soldier who after 1777 commanded “Hessian” troops on the British side in the American Revolution. A lieutenant general with 42 years of military service, Knyphausen went to North America in 1776 as second in command (under General Leopold von Heister) of

Slavic religion: Principal divine beings: …by Helmold and in the Knytlinga saga (a Danish legend that recounts the conquest of Arkona through the efforts of King Valdemar I of Denmark against the pagan and pirate Slavs) Zcerneboch (or Chernobog), the Black God, and Tiarnoglofi, the Black Head (Mind or Brain). The Black God survives in…

xiao, in Confucianism, the attitude of obedience, devotion, and care toward one’s parents and elder family members that is the basis of individual moral conduct and social harmony. Xiao consists in putting the needs of parents and family elders over self, spouse, and children, deferring to parents’

Ko, one of the four major schools of floral art in Japan. Dating from the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), the Ko school developed the shōka style of the earlier Ikenobō school into a more naturalistic type of arrangement. Calling the arrangements seika rather than shōka, the Ko school retained the

Ko Hŭi-dong was a Korean artist who pioneered in the application of Western techniques to traditional painting styles. After World War II, he became a member of the South Korean government of Syngman Rhee. Born into a high-ranking aristocratic family, Ko in 1908 became the first Korean student to

Ge Hong was a figure in Chinese Daoism, perhaps the best-known alchemist, who tried to combine Confucian ethics with the occult doctrines of Daoism. In his youth he received a Confucian education, but later he grew interested in the Daoist cult of physical immortality (xian). His monumental work,

Oumou Sangaré: With the album Ko Sira (1993), Sangaré stretched the boundaries of wassoulou music by drawing more heavily from internationally popular styles—such as rock, funk, and soul—while maintaining a distinctly African sound. Several songs on Worotan (1996), for instance, featured soul-influenced wind arrangements led by American saxophonist Pee Wee…

Ko Un is a prolific Korean poet who gained an international readership with verse informed by both his political activism in Korea and a broader concern for humanity. Ko was born in a farming village, and his schooling took place under Japanese authorities who were intent on suppressing Korean

Ge kiln, kiln known for the wares it produced during the early Song dynasty (960–1162), probably in the Zhejiang province in China. Scholars are uncertain of the kiln’s exact location. Legends recorded in documents of the Ming dynasty suggest that the kiln was named after the elder brother of the

Gejiu, city, southern Yunnan sheng (province), China. It lies near the Vietnamese border and is the site of China’s most important tin-mining operation. Gejiu was originally a small mining settlement called Gejiuli; mining of silver was begun there under the Yuan (1206–1368) and Ming (1368–1644)

top: …game known for centuries as Ko-en-gen was introduced in Europe as diablo and became the rage. A spool (“devil”) was whipped up by a cord, tossed up by the player, and caught again on the cord. The hexagonal teetotum (known to the ancient Greeks and Romans), marked distinctively on each…

Golmud, city, central Qinghai sheng (province), western China. Golmud is an important highway centre, standing at the intersection of two ancient routes that more recently have become highways. One links Xining in Qinghai and Lanzhou in Gansu province in the east with the western Qaidam Basin area;

Fleischer brothers: …was rotoscoped into the character Ko-Ko the Clown, who starred in the Out of the Inkwell series (1919–29), produced and distributed by the Bray Studio in New York City. The basic premise for the series is a live-action Max Fleischer dipping a pen in an ink bottle and drawing Ko-Ko…

Yama-no-kami: Another prominent mountain deity is Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime—wife of the divine grandchild Ninigi and mother of two mythological princes, Fireshade and Fireshine—who resides on Fuji-yama. A widespread tradition connected with the worship of Yama-no-kami is the offering of a salt-sea fish called okoze.

tsuzumi: …commonly used tsuzumi are the ko-tsuzumi and the ō-tsuzumi, found in the music of Noh and Kabuki theatres. Although the ko-tsuzumi and the ō-tsuzumi are quite similar in appearance, the manner in which they are played and the sound and tone they produce are quite distinct. Both heads of the…

koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), tree-dwelling marsupial of coastal eastern and southern Australia classified in the family Phascolarctidae (suborder Vombatiformes). Due to the animal’s superficial resemblance to a small bear, the koala is sometimes referred to, albeit erroneously, as the koala

koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), tree-dwelling marsupial of coastal eastern and southern Australia classified in the family Phascolarctidae (suborder Vombatiformes). Due to the animal’s superficial resemblance to a small bear, the koala is sometimes referred to, albeit erroneously, as the koala

Kōami Family was a group of Japanese lacquerware artists who were eminent for 19 generations in the Muromachi, Azuchi-Momoyama, and Tokugawa periods. Michinaga (1410–78) was a personal attendant to the military ruler Ashikaga Yoshimasa and excelled in two techniques of lacquer design. The

Kōami Family: Michinaga (1410–78) was a personal attendant to the military ruler Ashikaga Yoshimasa and excelled in two techniques of lacquer design. The takamaki-e technique consists of building decorative motifs with a mixture of lacquer putty, white lead, lampblack, camphor, and gold or silver foil in relief…

Kōami Family: …member of the 10th generation, Nagashige (1599–1651), made what is deemed by some the finest piece of Japanese lacquerware in existence: a set of stands presented as a wedding gift to the daughter of the military ruler Tokugawa Iemitsu.