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	Japanese Traditional Music [ Musical Instruments/Biwa ]
		The biwa is used in Gagaku and in the period of the imperial court, also was a solo instrument, as can be seen in the pictures illustrating the Tale of Genji.
		Even though the direct influence of Heike biwa is relatively weak, Satsuma biwa developed to encourage the martial spirit and new settings of texts taken from the Tales of the Heike as well as other battle tales are an important part of the modern biwa repertory.
		Satsuma biwa began during the Muromachi period at the end of the 16th century when the lord of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Tadayoshi ordered Fuchiwaki Ryoko to improve the instrument used in Satsuma by blind priests to increase the volume.
	jtrad.columbia.jp /eng/i_biwa.html (0 words)

	LakeNet - Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Biwa's ancient beginnings mean species have had millions of years to evolve into new & unique species that exist nowhere else in the world.
		Lake Biwa is one of ten lakes designated under the Clean Lakes Law that must put together water quality conservation works and policies and gain the prime minister's approval for a management plan.
		Meanwhile, the environmental administration, particularly on water environment, of Shiga Prefecture, for which the conservation of Lake Biwa is the top-priority, has always led the one of the central government.
	www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8366 (0 words)

	Lake Biwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Small rivers drain from the surrounding mountains into Lake Biwa, which serves as a reservoir for the cities of Kyoto and Otsu and is a valuable resource for nearby textile industries.It provides drinking water for about 15 million people in the region.
		Lake Biwa is a breeding ground for freshwater fish, including trout, and for pearl culture industry.
		Biwa, a stringed instrument, which has a similar shape to the lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Biwa (565 words)

	Biwa, Koto, Shakuhachi and Shamisen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The short-necked lute (biwa), the zither (koto) and the end-blown flute (shakuhachi) were all introduced from China as early as the seventh century and were among the instruments used to play gagaku.
		Although the biwa never came to be used in solo instrumental performances, there is a record of its use by itinerant lay-priest entertainers (biwa hoshi) who used it to accompany their recitations of stories.
		The biwa is a four-stringed lute that is plucked with a large plectrum.
	web-jpn.org /factsheet/music/instr.html (467 words)

	LAKE BIWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, is located in central Shiga Prefecture.
		The region around Lake Biwa has been designated a quasi-national park and the views of Chikubu, Oki, and other islands have long been famous, known historically as the Omi Hakkei, or the "The Eight Scenic Views of Omi" ("Omi" being the early name for Shiga Prefecture).
		The Lake Biwa coast as it appears from the Japan Center for Michigan Universities
	www.csuohio.edu /history/shiga96/pages/biwako.html (291 words)

	Biwa
		The oldest styles are perhaps gaku biwa and moso-biwa (blind priests' biwa): the former as in gagaku (ensemble functioning mainly in the palace), introduced in the 7th century; the latter, also called kojin-biwa (for the god of the kitchen), religious chant, originating in Kyoto in the 8th century.
		The well-known Heikei biwa, or heikyoku, from the 12th centruy in Kyoto is also narrative, based on the Heike Monogatari (an epic depicting the decline of the Taira clan).
		Another genre in biwa uta is the Chikuzen biwa, established in the middle of the Meiji period under the influences of Chikuzen moso in Fukuoka, Satsuma biwa, and shamisen music.
	www.bamboo-in.com /about-us/biwa.htm (589 words)

	Biwa - LoveToKnow 1911
		BIWA, a lake in the province of Omi, Japan.
		Tradition alleges that Lake Biwa and the mountain of Fuji were produced simultaneously by an earthquake in 286 B.C. On the west of the lake the mountains Hiei-zan and Hira-yama slope down almost to its margin, and on the east a wide plain extends towards the boundaries of the province of Mino.
		This page was last modified 23:54, 1 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Biwa (0 words)

	NOVA Online \| The Perfect Pearl \| The Culture of Freshwater Pearls
		Even though World War II interrupted the flow of Lake Biwa pearls, by the 1950s strands sold in Japan as less expensive, colorful alternatives to the mainstay material, cultured saltwater pearls.
		Biwas' success and publicity were so effective that until a few years ago, all freshwater pearls were routinely referred to as "Biwas," no matter their origin or that such references are illegal in the U.S. unless the pearls are actually from Biwa.
		On a return trip in 1984, I observed that Biwa's pearl farms were barely surviving, because of pollutants washing in from farms, resorts, and industries around the lake.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/pearl/freshwater.html (0 words)

	Keepsake - 17mm Freshwater Biwa Cultured Pearl
		Lake Biwa in Japan is home to the finest quality most unusual freshwater pearls in the world.
		In fact, Biwa pearls are world renowned for their high luster, brillliant colors and beautiful shapes.
		Most recently, the production of pearls from lake Biwa has completely diminished as a result of polution; making these pearls even more rare.
	www.americanpearl.com /ksbw4.html (0 words)

	Lake Biwa Rowing Song - PHOTOGUIDE.JP
		During the Lake Biwa charter cruise held to mark the 90th anniversary of the song, Jamie and Megan Thompson sang the song on the boat.
		The town is in the northwestern corner of Lake Biwa.
		Hira is a mountain range straddling the west side of Lake Biwa, and Ibuki is Shiga's highest mountain on the east side of Lake Biwa in the city of Maibara.
	photoguide.jp /txt/Lake_Biwa_Rowing_Song (6771 words)

	BIWA Bali - Bali International Women's Association
		Bali International Women's Association (BIWA) is a non-profit organization, and a forum for women both Indonesian and expatriate, which meets on a monthly basis for Board meetings as well as a lunch on the last Thursday of each month at various venues.
		The association is keenly involved in supporting the community, focusing on education and healthcare related issues.
		BIWA Annual Charity Bazaar at the Arcade of Istana Kuta Galeria
	www.biwa-bali.org (186 words)

	Mayke Boestami: President of BIWA
		Mayke Boestami serves as the current President of BIWA (Bali International Women's Association), a secular, non-political and non-profit association formed to foster friendship and understanding between women of different nationalities, as well as contribute to the cultural development of women in general.
		BIWA was founded in an informal basis in 1974 in response to a famine crisis.
		BIWA in cooperation with YRS (Yayasan Rama Sesana) Rama Sesana Foundation, run by Dr. Upadisari, has partly funded the clinic and is now full operation and has received an excellent response from the public.
	www.baliadvertiser.biz /articles/siapa/2005/mayke.html (934 words)

	Lake Biwa and Its Watershed
		Lake Biwa, an ancient lake known for its long history of evolution, is a home for more than a thousand and several hundred species of animals and plants.
		The rich biodiversity of Lake Biwa has evolved through its long history: the initial form of Lake Biwa (Paleo-Lake Biwa) originated some four million years ago, about 50km south-east of the present lake that itself was reshaped by the last major tectonic movement some forty thousand years ago.
		Being the largest freshwater lake in Japan, Lake Biwa provides diversified littoral environments and a variety of habitats for many kinds of organisms, which is another reason for the rich biodiversity of Lake Biwa.
	www.lbri.go.jp /biwakoview/english/lo/01.html (196 words)

	Acoustical Society of America - The "Satsuma" biwa
		The biwa is a plucked string instrument belonging to the lute family.
		The "Satsuma" biwa is a kind of Japanese modern biwa developed further from the "gaku" biwa in the Nara period.
		In order to study the pitch perception of the biwa tones which have quite different harmonic structure from that of tones of most western musical instruments, psychological experiments were carried out for all biwa tones recorded.
	www.acoustics.org /press/132nd/4amub2.html (845 words)

	GIS/EM4 - Land-Use GIS Study for Environmental Conservation of Lake Biwa
		Lake Biwa is the largest Lake in Japan and presently supplies some 15 million people in four prefectures, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo with drinking water, making it the single most important source of water in Japan.
		Lake Biwa is 63.5 km long from north to south and is strongly constricted, reaching a minimum width of only 1.35 km about 16 km from its southern end.
		The Lake Biwa Comprehensive Development was inaugurated in 1972 and completed in 1995 by the national government and the governments of Shiga and the downstream prefectures.
	www.colorado.edu /research/cires/banff/pubpapers/135/index.html (1580 words)

	BIWA Consultancy - About Us
		Biwa is qualified in the areas of Economics, Community Development and Finance and is able to give professional advice to further develop corporate business.
		Biwa’s future goal is to become a large company with opportunity for franchise into other regions nationwide.
		Biwa is always open to growth and expansion that is sustainable in its developments.
	www.biwa.com.au /about.shtml (212 words)

	Biwa History Komoda Haruko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Haruko Komoda sought out the remaining old moosoo biwa and measured them to see if there was evidence of their reflecting such a method of playing.
		However, she noticed that the older the instrument was the closer it was in shape to that of the heike and gagakubiwa, those most faithful in shape and structure to the original biwa introduced from T'ang China.
		Most of the blind musicians or biwa hooshi joined this guild, but the blind musicians of areas around Kyushu refused to do so, possibly through pressure from the clan leaders, fearing that the Toodooza guild would serve as a front for spies to enter into their domains..
	www.h7.dion.ne.jp /~ranjo/happy_067.htm (812 words)

	Biwa History Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The biwa's origins extend back some two thousand years to an instrument known as the "barbat" which was played in Persia.
		Thus the playing style of the older biwa known to have been introduced from China and the satsumabiwa are very, very different.
		Studying instruments possibly up to four hundred years old, she noticed that older the instrument, the less like the satsumabiwa it was, and the more like the biwa of heike and gagaku it was.
	www.h7.dion.ne.jp /~ranjo/happy_064.htm (410 words)

	Lake Biwa, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lake Biwa, which covers 259 square miles, is 39 miles long, 14 miles across at its greatest width and less than one mile across at its narrowest.
		In the late 1970s, the prefectural government sought to reverse the decline of the lake by improving sewage treatment, requiring the use of non-phosphate detergents, and managing fertilizers in farm fields and stockyards.
		In 1992, the prefectural government passed a law banning the destruction of reed marshes, and enrolled Lake Biwa as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar treaty.
	www.livinglakes.org /biwa (1053 words)

	Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute
		Lake Biwa is the largest lake and the greatest water resource in Japan.
		Lake Biwa is one of the "ancient lakes" in the world, as are Lake Baikal in Russia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
		The present Lake Biwa is considered to be born some 400,000 years ago, and about 1,100 of animal and plant species have been recorded so far.
	www.lberi.jp /root/en/10biwako/bkjhindex.htm (231 words)

	Pollution at Lake Biwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In May 1977, red tide was suddenly generated in Lake Biwa, and what was more surprising, this occurred at the west shore of the northern part of Lake Biwa where the water had been considered relatively clear.
		The Lake Biwa Ordinance indicated that measures related to nitrogen and phosphorus are necessary to control water quality of lakes and that overall steps are required as countermeasures against nitrogen and phosphorus, whose generation sources are diverse.
		Amid such activation of residents' movements regarding environmental issues, an ordinance to prevent the eutrophication of a lake, with content similar to that of the Lake Biwa Ordinance, was instituted in 1981 for Lake Kasumigaura, Japan's second-largest lake (after Lake Biwa).
	www.livinglakes.org /biwa/pollution.htm (985 words)

	Safety and Biodistribution of 99mTechnetium-labeled Anti-CD44v6 Monoclonal Antibody BIWA 1 in Head and Neck Cancer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Immunohistochemical analysis: CD44v6-expression (a, c, and e) and in vivo BIWA 1 uptake (b, d, and f) of frozen biopsy specimens 40 h after injection of 2 (a and b), 12 (c and d), and 52 (e and f) mg.
		BIWA 1 in the serum is still able to bind to immobilized antigen.
		In conclusion, CD44v6-specific BIWA 1 is a promising MAb because it
	clincancerres.aacrjournals.org /cgi/content/full/6/8/3046 (5239 words)

	Strumenti musicali del Giappone: biwa
		Il biwa viene accordato in modo diverso a seconda del tipo e del genere di musica; tutte le accordature hanno però in comune il fatto di avere un'intonazione assoluta (ogni corda cioè viene accordata ad un'altezza fissa) a cui il cantante deve adattarsi.
		A differenza degli altri tipi di biwa, le corde vengono premute leggermente sulla superficie dei ponticelli (e non nello spazio tra un ponticello e l'altro) e quindi non vengono prodotte variazioni dell'altezza delle note per mezzo di variazioni della tensione della corda; è anche l'unico tipo di biwa privo di sawari.
		Tipo di biwa utilizzato per l'omonimo genere musicale (satsuma biwa), diffuso tra i clan guerrieri della regione di Satsuma (nel Kyûshû settentrionale) a partire dal periodo Muromachi.
	www.hogaku.it /strumenti/biwa.html (1020 words)

	Satsuma Biwa (E)
		The biwa is a string instrument related to the Arab ûd, the European lute and guitar, and the Chinese pipa.
		The biwa of that time is a four-stringed instrument which fulfills an essentially rhythmic function within the orchestra.
		In this manner, the international and abstract character of the biwa fused with the native and concrete expression of the uta, which resulted in a better considered singing style, while the biwa was adapted to the Japanese taste by modifying its making, tuning, and playing technique.
	www.junkoueda.com /pages/biwa.html (1648 words)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Lake Biwa (185)
		Lake Biwa is one of the oldest lakes in the world.
		Biwa is fed by about 500 rivers that flow down from the Ibuki, Suzuka, and Hira mountains.
		Conditions vary throughout the 37 mile (60 km)-long lake, which is deep and wide in its northern section but shallow and narrow in the south.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/g200/g185.html (391 words)

	E-Budo.com - bokken of biwa wood
		I know of no commercial logging of Biwa but Loquat is grown in California for the fruit and you could likely find some local sources of wood as the trees are replaced in the orchards.
		I've used biwa, and it is as Kim describes (no surprise there - his descriptions of the qualities of wood have always been, in my experience, right on target).
		It was believed in old Japan that a bruise caused by a bokken of biwa would not heal, and that eventually the recipient of the bruise would die.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4013 (839 words)

	biwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		China - Japanese biwa is ancestor of the Chinese pipa
		Biwa traditions of wandering priests develop in Kyoto and Kyushu.
		Biwa could now be practiced by anyone; Emperor Meiji.
	stripe.colorado.edu /~keister/biwa.html (298 words)

	Freshwater Pearls \| American Museum of Natural History
		In 1914 pearl farmers began culturing freshwater pearls using the pearl mussels native to Lake Biwa.
		The extensive and successful use of the Biwa Pearl Mussel is reflected in the name "Biwa pearls," a phrase nearly synonymous with freshwater pearls in general.
		Since the time of peak production in 1971, when Biwa pearl farmers produced six tons of cultured pearls, pollution and overharvesting have caused the virtual extinction of this animal.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/pearls/fresh/biwa.html (164 words)

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