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	Kyoto Travel: Katsura Imperial Villa (Katsura Rikyu)
		Katsura Imperial Villa (Katsura Rikyu) is one of the finest examples of purely Japanese architecture and garden design.
		The villa and garden in their present form were completed in 1645 as the residence for the Katsura Family, members of Japan's Imperial Family.
		The office of the Imperial Household Agency, where you have to apply for permission to visit the Katsura Villa, is located next to Kyoto Imperial Palace in central Kyoto.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3914.html (327 words)

	taftkatsura
		First, in speaking of some pro-Russians in America who would have the public believe that the victory of Japan would be a certain prelude to her aggression in the direction of the Philippine Islands, secretary Taft observed that Japan's only interest in the Philippines would be.
		Count Katsura confirmed in the strongest terms the correctness of his views on the point and positively stated that Japan does not harbor any aggressive designs whatever on the Philippines.
		Third, in regard to the Korean question Count Katsura observed that Korea being the direct cause of our war with Russia, it is a matter of absolute importance to Japan that a complete solution of the peninsula question should be made as the logical consequence of the war.
	www.usd.edu /~sbucklin/primary/taftkatsura.htm (367 words)

	J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. - Katsura Tree
		Katsura tends to have a reputation as being delicate, but in areas where it is adapted, it is a real eyecatcher and an asset to the landscape.
		The Katsura tree's delicate, heart-shaped foliage puts on a colorful and everchanging show throughout the growing season, emerging with an unusual bronze tint and gradually taking on a rich bluish green color in the summer.
		Katsura Tree is a reliable and trouble-free performer, with no serious disease or insect problems.
	www.jfschmidt.com /articles/katsuratree (312 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Katsura Taro
		Marquess Katsura, Taro (桂太郎), (1847 - 1913) was a Japanese soldier, Japanese politician[?] and Prime Minister.
		He commenced his career by fighting under the Imperial banner in the civil war of the Restoration, and he displayed such talent that he was twice sent at public expense to Germany (1870-1873 and 1884) to study strategy and tactics.
		Katsura might be considered the chief exponent of conservative views in Japan.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ka/Katsura_Taro (498 words)

	Katsura Imperial Villa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsura Imperial Villa or Katsura Detached Palace (桂離宮 Katsura rikyū) is a villa in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, separate from the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
		The Katsura district of Kyoto has long been favored for villas, and in the Heian period, Fujiwara no Michinaga had a villa there.
		The shoin of Katsura Imperial Villa is divided into three parts: the Old Shoin, the Middle Shoin, and the New Palace.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/ka/katsura_imperial_villa.html (402 words)

	Japan Glossary - Katsura Taro
		Katsura had to resign in 1906 in favour of Prince Saionji due to public anger at the Treaty of Portsmouth settling the Russo-Japanese War, but giving Japan little compared to the public's expectations.
		Katsura, faced to a non-confidence vote, turned to the emperor, but was eventually forced to withdraw in February 1913.
		Katsura Taro keeps the distinctio of being the longest serving prime minister in Japan's history (almost 12 years in total).
	www.jref.com /glossary/katsura_taro.shtml (240 words)

	Japanese Architecture: Katsura Villa, Kyoto
		The Katsura palace is a pivotal work of Japanese Architecture, often described as the "quintessence of Japanese taste." First revealed to the world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early twentieth century, Katsura stunned the architectural community of the West.
		Prince Toshihito, the founder of Katsura, was born in 1579.
		Far away, in the country village of Katsura, the reflection of the moon upon the water is clear and tranquil.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /kyoto/KATSURA.htm (1538 words)

	Katsura Palace
		Katsura Detached Palace (a casestudy): its landscaping and architecture
		In the case of the Katsura Rikyu, the designer has distanced himself from religious aspects and planned the garden purely for pleasure and entertainment.
		The Palace was designed to be used between spring and autumn, accordingly the garden reflected the needs of a summering place, providing enjoyment with its splendid vegetation, strolling paths, riding grounds and a large pond for boating as well as a dramatic setting for tea ceremonies.
	courses.arch.hku.hk /precedent/2001/japanhouse/Katsura_palace.html (272 words)

	Katsura
		Katsura was established in 1898 as the pioneer in the field of printing roller technology in Japan.
		Tokyo Katsura Co., Ltd. was established in 1972 and serves Katsura as the base in Eastern Japan, including Tokyo, Japan's largest market.
		Kyushu Katsura Co., Ltd. was built in 1991 as Katsura's base in Western Japan and to cover the Kyushu market with its' large steel and printing industry.
	www.rotadyne.com /new_page_60.htm (152 words)

	Meet Scott Katsura
		When Katsura announced he was returning to his roots, taking back his real name, producers thought he had gone mad.
		Katsura’s character and personality are his biggest assets; he’s expansive in his kindness but doesn’t brook phoniness from others.
		Katsura insists he’s is a homebody, enjoying garden therapy, his cats, good friends and nature.
	www.alohajoemagazine.com /scott_katsura.htm (1592 words)

	Scott Katsura MP3 Music Downloads - Download Aloha Miles Away and Get Paid (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsura's silky and smooth voice along with his skills as a storyteller urges listeners to hear unique, original and classic songs - as if for the first time.
		Katsura succeeds in creating a musical montage representing his Hawaiian culture; his native home in island paradise; his second home in New York City; and his lifestyle of sharing the 'Aloha Spirit'.
		Katsura and ALOHA MILES AWAY are representing a global language of organic simplicity in a wholesome and refreshing way.
	www.mp3-extension.com /album/Scott-Katsura/Aloha-Miles-Away (616 words)

	Katsura Rikyu, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Alternatively, City Bus #33 will drop you at Katsura Rikyu-mae, the first stop after crossing the river, from where it's a five-minute walk north to the gate.
		Katsura palace was built in the early seventeenth century as a residence for the imperial Prince Toshihito, and then expanded by his son, Toshitada, in the 1650s.
		Focused on a large, indented lake, the Katsura garden is famed for its variety of footpaths and stone pavings, and for its stone lanterns, all of which helped create the desired mood.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/katsura_rikyu (454 words)

	Berkeley Parents Network: Katsura, Wampler, et al.
		Both the hygienist and Dr. Katsura were extremely sensitive to my daughter's feelings and gave her a lot of respect.
		Katsura holds ''quiet days'' for kids with a variety of special needs (or squirms), and he's a complete sweetheart, as well.
		Wampler, Katsura, and Miyahara in Berkeley and Orinda.
	parents.berkeley.edu /recommend/medical/Dentists/Katsura.html (3067 words)

	Katsura Villa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The landscape at Katsura was clearly equal in importance to the buildings, and it, too, fit mid-century modernist views of the ideal landscape as reflecting natural forces, rather than human concepts of order.
		He reveals a Katsura that is not pure and free of external influences, but inconsistent and ambiguous, a hybrid of diverse traditions.
		At Katsura, there is much consistency in what happens at each level -- at the ground, at the elevated floor, at the roof -- but it is subject to differentiation keyed to natural phenomena and human activities.
	www.architectmagazine.com /industry-news.asp?sectionID=1013&articleID=384253 (638 words)

	Katsura, Taro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1906, Katsura resigned because of public dissatisfaction with the Portsmouth Treaty.
		As prime minister again (1908–11), he annexed Korea and engaged in a struggle with the Diet over expansion of the military budget.
		Katsura lost support of the genro when he attempted to form a new party and sought imperial intervention to rescind the nonconfidence motion.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ka/Katsura.html (216 words)

	Cercidiphyllum japonicum--Katsura Tree
		Katsura tree grows best in a sunny exposure and in a moist soil.
		Katsura tree has a spreading habit and makes a good shade tree.
		Katsura tree has proven to be fairly pest free.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /gardening/garden/01700205.shtml (166 words)

	Katsura Floor Boards
		Japanese-made floor boards are really special and worth the money if it fits in your budget - these are the boards of a lifetime, that will provide beauty and enjoyment for generations.
		These boards are made by a master Japanese artisan using a solid piece Katsura wood - the darkest traditional Go board wood - in the traditional fashion, with no finish or color wash to obscure the natural wood, just a special wax hand-applied to give a creamy matte surface.
		Katsura floor boards come in just one cut, "itame," where the grain forms a U on the ends, clearly showing the size of the tree from which it came.
	www.samarkand.net /Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=KAT4F.html (204 words)

	Katsura, Kyoto . Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsura is a neighborhood in Nishikyo-ku, in the western part of the city of Kyoto, in Japan.
		In addition to Katsura Imperial Villa, there are also many temples and private schools in the area that service the population.
		Katsura is accessible from Katsura Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line by train, and by buses offered by, among other organizations, the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
	www.psychcentral.com /psypsych/Katsura%2C_Kyoto (141 words)

	Richard Meier
		Katsura Imperial Villa was rediscovered in the thirties by Bruno Taut, a European architect working in Japan.
		It was acclaimed one ofjapan's most eloquent works of architecture, but at that time it did not have the fame it has today Academic research had yet to be started when Taut, examining the legend, determined that Kobori Enshu was the architect for the Imperial Villa.
		The mark of Enshu canbe found at Katsura both in the house and the garden and, since the designer was not known, Enshu was credited with these, also.
	www.pritzkerprize.com /meier.htm (1881 words)

	35. Katsura (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Across the street, Padelford Hall is very shadowy and lush with a forest-like setting of 9 Katsura trees and 11 Scots pines.
		Katsura is Japanese in name, but also grows in China.
		As long as katsuras receive sufficient summer moisture they do very well in our climate and soils, growing large and proving hardy, disease-free and long lived.
	www.washington.edu /home/treetour/katsura.html (101 words)

	Katsura Rikyu
		The Katsura Imperial Villa, which is known in Japan as Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Detached Palace) was created during the first half of the seventeenth century.
		The Katsura Imperial Villa is a complex work of art which is rooted in a thousand years of earlier Japanese gardens.
		By the time that the Katsura Imperial Villa was begun, Zen aesthetics had transformed the brilliant gardens of Heian Japan into the serene compositions which we think of as typical Japanese gardens.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/garden_design/49801 (453 words)

	Katsura
		Katsura, un mangaka un poco terco y obstinando, pero con un talento que nadie puede negar.
		Asi que Katsura decidio probar suerte él mismo y así en 1981 participa en un concurso de dibujo Tezuka de Jump Comics, para probar suerte con una nueva obra Tsubasa (Alas) y asi ganar una radio del primer premio.
		Katsura no ganó, pero al año siguiente se vuelve a presentar con una historia romántica "Tenkosei wa hensohei" (El nuevo estudiante se transforma).
	www.iespana.es /elwebas/katsura.htm (608 words)

	Katsura Imperial Palace Garden - a Gardens Guide review
		The lake could be used for boating parties and the surrounding land as a stroll garden, in effect a tea garden on an enormous scale.
		The 'Katsura Tree' (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) was associated with the God of the Moon and the garden has a platform to view its rising.
		Katsura was designed not only for meditation (Zen) but also for ceremonious courtly pleasures.
	www.gardenvisit.com /ge/katsura_imperial_garden.htm (298 words)

	Dokdo Island - The Taft Katsura Agreement and the Annexation of Korea
		Second, Count Katsura observed that the maintenance of general peace in the extreme East forms the fundamental principle of Japan's international policy.
		The Taft Katsura agreement quoted below and Roosevelt's telegram were found in the Archives of the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, V38, part 1.
		However as the documents show Korea having been abandoned by her allies was left without option but to enter into unfair coerced "treaties" with Japan under duress.
	www.dokdo-takeshima.com /dokdo-taft-katsura.html (1024 words)

	Amazon.de: Katsura. imperial villa: English Books: Francesco Dal Co,Walter Gropius,Manfred Speidel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beautifully illustrated with newly commissioned photographs as well as archival material, this volume on the Imperial Palace of Katsura provides a complete history of one of the most beloved architectural works of the 17th century that is a continued source of fascination to architects today.
		Accordingly, the first Katsura Villa seems to have been little more than "a teahouse in the melon patch," as most of the area had given over to melon fields.
		He desired to renovate Katsura into an ideal place to serve tea, and to this end built several additional teahouses on the grounds.
	www.amazon.de /Katsura-imperial-villa-Francesco-Dal/dp/190431337X (816 words)

	Absolute Anime / Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal / Katsura Kogoro
		Katsura is the leader of the Choshu Ishin Shishi, a clan who fought against the Shogunate.
		After the fall of the Choshu in Kyoto, Katsura sends Kenshin and Tomoe to live as husband and wife.
		Katsura then disappears until he visits Kenshin after Tomoe's death.
	www.absoluteanime.com /rurouni_kenshin/katsura.htm (131 words)

	Imperial Villa Katsura - Kobori Enshu - Great Buildings Online
		It was built in the opening decades of the 17th century by Kobori Enshu, tea ceremony master and architect, who sought to express his ideals of rustic simplicity and picturesque nature on a larger scale than had been attempted before.
		Sukiya traces its origin to the farmer's cottage and the mountain hut, whose aesthetic was already distilled in the ceremonial tea-hut."
		"The buildings of the Katsura were framed in light timbers, using the triangular truss in the roof, and closed by plain walls, lacking the pillars, brackets, foundation podium and lean-to ambulatory of the Chinese style.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Imperial_Villa_Katsura.html (369 words)

	tange and taut
		He applauded it’s efficient use of materials and space as well as its "eternal beauty." Ultimately, he considered Katsura to be representative of the highest level of Japanese architecture.
		For years Taut’s opinion of Katsura remained the last word on the site and ushered in international as well as domestic acclamation for the Detached Palace which came to be seen as an exemplar of modern architecture created many years ago.
		In this way, Katsura also, for Tange, represented the Japanese people—a synthesis of passion and refinement at all times tempered by a love of and kinship with nature, he writes, "It was in the period when the Katsura Palace was built that the two traditions, Jomon and Yayoi, first actually collided.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/ealac/V3613/katsura/dmb50t01.htm (746 words)

	Katsura Laboratory
		Yabe, T., Suzuki, N., Furukawa, T., Ishihara, T. and Katsura, I. Multidrug resistance-associated protein MRP-1 regulates dauer diapause by its export activity in Caenorhabditis elegans.
		Ohkura, K., Suzuki, N., Ishihara, T. and Katsura, I. SDF-9, a protein tyrosine phosphatase-like molecule, regulates the L3/dauer developmental decision through hormonal signaling in C.
		Ishihara, T., Iino, Y., Mohri, A., Mori, I., Gengyo-Ando, K., Mitani, S. and Katsura, I. HEN-1, a novel protein with an LDL receptor motif, regulates sensory integration and learning in Caenorhabditis elegans.
	www.nig.ac.jp /section/katsura/katsura-e.html (282 words)

	Yumi Katsura Spring 2005 Paris Haute Couture Show
		In the elegant surroundings of the Imperial ballroom of the Inter-Continental of Paris, with its large imposing chandelier and alfresco ceilings, Yumi Katsura turns paper, silk and fabric delicacies into ‘pieces of art’.
		From the evening gown in blue tulle, veiled with blue lace and embroided with silk threads and strass to the beach ensemble of big washi flowers worn with a blue poncho of muslin and washi flowers, or even the traditional male kimono, Yumi Katsura is a master of research and experimentation.
		Yumi Katsura captures imagination and thrives in creativity without ever forgetting the importance of tradition by finding the right mix of technology and the importance of ancient knowledge.
	www.fashionwindows.com /fashion_review/paris/2005S/yumi_katsura.asp (273 words)

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