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  Japanese Keyaki Wood Tabako-Bon
This handsome Japanese tobacco box, made from finely grained keyaki wood, is crafted in miniature naga-hibachi (long firebox) form.
The mortise-and-tenon, dove-tail and mitre joinery is indicative of very fine craftsmanship, and the keyaki wood has a wonderful mellow patina resulting from years of exposure to heat and smoke.
Keyaki (zelkova) is the most expensive of Japanese hardwoods.
www.trocadero.com /bnc19/items/170324/item170324.html   (327 words)

  
 DL Couch Product Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Description: The inspiration for the Keyaki design originated from the weaving of Abaca and Pina fibers that are harvested in the Philippines.
Keyaki has captured nature inspired colors from the rain forest and offers the same values ranging from a rich gold, buttery cream, and rouge brown, to a group of mineral like hues.
Abaca fibers are so realistically emulated in Keyaki, one is tempted to reach out and touch the finely textured pattern.
www.dlcouch.com /activex/proddetail.asp?ID=502   (74 words)

  
 information on wood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Keyaki is generally considered the ideal material for single-piece-body taiko, including the nagado-daiko, hira-daiko, and tsukeshime-daiko.
Keyaki holds the iron tacks used to affix the skins of the nagado and hira-daiko firmly in place to help resist the loosening of skins that can occur with softer woods.
Freshly cut keyaki must be dried slowly over a number of years to avoid cracking.
www.taikoinfo.org /ti_wood.html   (429 words)

  
 Natural Burled Keyaki Tree Trunk Hibachi
A thick (2 ½”) band of beautifully grained keyaki surrounds the irregular oval base in juxtaposition to the wavy burl, and the inside walls are lined with strips of copper which have been hammered into place.
With its beautiful dense grain, keyaki is the most expensive of Japanese woods.
Pieces crafted from burled keyaki — wood taken from the knotty area near the trunk of the tree that is noted for its handsome, clustered grain that appears wavy or curly — are especially coveted.
www.trocadero.com /bnc19/items/40915/item40915.html   (241 words)

  
 Japan Times Archives - 2001, John Guantner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
One recommended shop is Keyaki, which is inside the wickets, downstairs near the Yaesu Central Underground Exit, close to the Gin-no-suzu waiting areas.
Keyaki, (03) 3214-6161, has shops all over the Tokyo Station area, but this is the one you want -- and you won't even have to exit the wickets.
While not as nice as the Keyaki establishment inside the wickets, this one also has sterling Gikyo and other permutations of the Niigata contingent.
www.sake-world.com /html/jt-2001_10.html   (606 words)

  
 Keyaki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
December 15, 1944-The Keyaki is commissioned and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 11 for training operations.
March 15, 1945-The Keyaki is assigned to Destroyer Division 53, Destroyer Squadron 11.
July 15, 1945-The Keyaki is assigned to the Osaka Guard District and disarmed.
www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/ijnKeyaki.html   (101 words)

  
 Keyaki Hangai Funadansu (sea chest)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This chest is made of keyaki (zelkova) with a removable front door and two inside drawers.
The exterior frames and frontal pieces of the inside drawers are made of keyaki while the rest of the components are made of Japanese cedar.
The look of an uneven stain finish of the front door panel in Image 2 and the vertical streak shown on the top exterior piece of the chest in Image 3 have been caused by light reflections.
www.ozawanyc.com /cata/Furniture/2c.html   (127 words)

  
 David Jackson: Craftsman - History of Tansu pg. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Indeed, it was the merchant class that became the largest clientele of tansu during the growing prosperity of the Edo period.
A mizuya-dansu (kitchen cupboard) with original wiped-lacquer finish is made of hinoki, sugi, and keyaki with hachidai (open-display compartment), chigai-dana (staggered shelves), and characteristic slat doors.
This choba-dansu (merchant ledger chest) of keyaki with kakute handles and distinctive doors exhibits the design influence of a kuruma-dansu (rolling chest).
www.tansuconservation.com /pages/tansu2.html   (480 words)

  
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This charming Japanese dressing stand or vanity, known as a geisha mirror or kyodai, is crafted from finely-grained keyaki (zelkova) wood with a burled keyaki veneer drawer faces.
The mortise-and-tenon, dove-tail and mitre joinery is indicative of very fine craftsmanship, and the keyaki wood has a mellow patina resulting from years of exposure to heat and smoke.
Keyaki, the most expensive of Japanese hardwoods, has a beautiful dense grain and is sturdy and long-lasting, requiring little maintenance.
www.fareastasianart.com /directory/Japanese:Furniture:Accessories30.html   (687 words)

  
 Fellowship of the Old
The number of landlords who have remodeled their houses for such communal living is on the increase.
Keyaki residents pay 95,000 yen per month, which covers rent, food and maintenance.
Keyaki residents usually share breakfast and dinner, prepared by the landlady, but are on their own for lunch.
www.globalaging.org /elderrights/world/2005/fellowship.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Rolling Thunder Online Taiko Catalog: Asano Hira Daiko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Keyaki is the prefered wood for taiko making due to it's hard, durable wood, it's beautiful tone, and it's spectacular grain pattern.
With proper care, the body of a keyaki taiko should be good for a century of use, so an investment in an Asano Taiko means owning a heirloom quality instrument.
Since the supply of of these woods is more plentiful than keyaki, the price for a meari taiko is lower than the price of a comparable keyaki taiko.
www.taiko.com /catalog/taiko_drums/asano_hira.html   (404 words)

  
 Jtansu Antiques,Regional Art,Asian,Japanese,Furniture Directory
Highly sought for its rich graining, the keyaki wood door panels and drawer fronts are accentuated by the light cedar and cypress wood framing, which lends great definition and overall elegance.
Rich, beautiful keyaki, cedar and cypress woods with a fabulous contrast in wood tones.
Keyaki wood is highly sought for its rich graining, seen here on the beautiful door panels and drawer fronts.
www.jtansu.com /catalog/Antiques:Regional_Art:Asian:Japanese:Furniture.html   (700 words)

  
 Discount Rates: Pan Pacific Singapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Keyaki Japanese Restaurant - Designed in the traditional style of a 17th-century farmhouse and built with keyaki wood, this restaurant offers the full spectrum of Japanese cuisine - kaiseki, sushi, sashimi, sukiyaki, sabu sabu, tempura, teppanyaki and robatayaki.
Keyaki's large Japanese garden comes complete with a pavilion, waterfall and koi-filled streams.
Keyaki is popular with the local and Japanese corporate executives.
www.asia-discovery.com /singapore/pan-pacific/dining.htm   (475 words)

  
 Chiba City Fire Bureau Band
It's purpose is to be a "sound intermediary" and messenger of fire and disaster prevention.
From 1990,the band plans to perform "Keyaki concert" with the first being at Chiba Chuo park,titled "The City Trees".
At Chiba Chuo park and JR Chiba station,visitors to and residents of Chiba prefecture are enjoying the outdoor concert.
www.city.chiba.jp /fire/english/ongakutai_e.html   (277 words)

  
 smugmug - Keyaki Matsuri - A Festival based on wood
This matsuri is dedicated to a specific tree widely used in Japan, the Keyaki (or Zelkovia), related to the elm family.
The zelkovia tree is native of Japan and grows widely in the islands of Honshuu, Shikoku and Kyuushuu.
The best trees for Japanese drum making are reputed to come from the foot of Mount Haku as well as the Japan Alps.
flager.smugmug.com /gallery/154400/4   (114 words)

  
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In that case, the location of Edo Keyaki would be the center of the site since there would be an open space and there was another keyaki tree.
Tanaka's words sounded so realistic since he showed us exactly where the Edo Keyaki would be transplanted and would be standing side by side with the other young keyaki as the symbol of the new public apartment, I felt relieved so much.
On 29 January, he came to see Edo Keyaki himself and concluded that he personally thought that the tree was worth saving by transplant which could be difficult but would be possible.
keyaki.talktank.net /document/eng01.html   (4010 words)

  
 David Jackson: Craftsman - Tansu Restoration & Conservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hinoki and Sugi - Bald Cypress is the preferred replacement for these woods, as it is close to their medium density and it planes and finishes well.
Keyaki and Kuri - These can be replaced with white ash and red elm, though the latter is hard to find.
Like keyaki and kuri, it is ring-porous; it also exhibits a greenish color like kuri.
www.tansuconservation.com /pages/restoration.html   (587 words)

  
 Bangkok Thailand Hotel - The Pan Pacific Bangkok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
High above the clouds, this stylish restaurant, with undisputed views of the city has a total of seven private rooms and stands alone as a fine example of speciality cuisine and friendly service.
Keyaki is the perfect blend of Japanese excellence and the attentive care associated with the Thai culture.
Keyaki features five distinctive sections comprising Sushi, Robatayaki, Teppanyaki, a la carte, and five traditionally designed Tatami Rooms specialising in Kaiseki cuisine.
www.bangkok.thailandtoday.com /accommodation/01_0051_panpacific.html   (495 words)

  
 Possible Church Planting at Toda City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hatogaya EFC is planning a joint church planting project with Warabi EFC and Keyaki Dori EFC.
Under the partnership arrangement for planting the Keyaki Dori EFC, Warabi EFC took the primary lead.
Our job is to try to follow the leading of the Lord in trying to start several church plants simultaneously.
www.ritoru.net /HOME/CP/CurrentCP/ccp3.html   (389 words)

  
 Bowls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Though these are also Keyaki, the grain looks slightly different from the T378 keyaki (below).
The grain is thin and light colored as can be seen in the closeup to the left, and can range from being a very tight grain to very wide on each bowl.
Keyaki's vivid yellow color will compliment any go set.
ishigames.com /bowls.htm   (647 words)

  
 Burled Keyaki Wood Geisha Mirror (Kyodai)
A large rectangular beveled glass mirror is supported upright between two keyaki wood arms and attached to the top of the vanity.
Two decorative keyaki wood crosspieces carved with bamboo leaves finish the composition of this diminutive piece of furniture.
Kyodai is the name given to the small vanity, or dressing table, used by Japanese women to hold make up and other cosmetic supplies.
www.bandcantiques.com /items/160603/item160603store.html   (310 words)

  
 Japan: Community Support for Adults with Autism
As a way of acknowledging ICT's important role in promoting use of new technologies to support the quality of life of persons with autism, a joint research project with the Kentucky Autism Training Center at the University of Louisville in the United States is also under consideration.
Lastly, we are now working on the "Keyaki system," which provides comprehensive lifelong support for persons with autism.
Above all, we strongly hope that we can help people with autism live a happy life by delivering and sharing information about this system through ICT.
www.disabilityworld.org /04-05_04/il/japan.shtml   (1543 words)

  
 Natural Burled Keyaki Wood Tea Tray
This large and unusual Japanese wood tray, crafted from the burled trunk of a keyaki (zelkova) tree, was made for use in the tea ceremony.
Trays of this type were important accessories in senchado (“the way of sencha”) -- the tea ceremony developed in the Edo period using sencha tea.
Woodworking craftsmen frequently sought out interesting shapes, often choosing the point just where the tree started spreading out its roots and going into the earth.
www.bandcantiques.com /items/167493/item167493store.html   (257 words)

  
 Open days Spring 2003
Several mizuya-dansu (kitchen cabinet) of various sizes among which a very nice one in keyaki (zelkova).
We also have found quite a lot of zataku (low table) all different and unique, also some tsukue (low desk) and many hibachi (brazier table) of various sizes among which two exceptionally big one in keyaki (zelkova) – Also a sahodai (long low sewing table) and an okidoko (low chest).
We will also have many multipurpose cases and boxes among which a very nice zeni-bako in keyaki (zelkova), some kakesuzuri-bako (portable writing box safe), some suzuri-bako (ink stone box), some hari-bako (sewing box), some kohikidashi (small drawers' chest) and a kusuri-bako (medicine box).
www.schelma.com /english/od.dir/od0303.html   (402 words)

  
 Keyaki friend GO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Keyaki friend GO “ in the depth of the night, even the ceiling is a go board “
Great part was that I had to play various people, even just 3 games, but I played a young kid (he won, kids play very fast !), an elder woman, and elder man.
The tournament started with a speach of the head of the Igo Club GO-Friend, and a brief introduction from Keyaki head officer, then a short reminder of the rules applyed (one hour totally per one game).
www.paulgrangure.ro /html/keyaki_friend_go.html   (355 words)

  
 salad bowl wood - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
Woven Keyaki Wood Salad Bowl 10 (In stock)
Woven Keyaki Wood Salad Bowl 6 (In stock)
Woven Keyaki Wood Salad Bowl 8 (In stock)
www.shopping.com /xGS-salad_bowl_wood   (274 words)

  
 Gourmet Navigator -English version Restaurant Keyaki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
You can see every direction of Tokyo from Keyaki, located in the 33F of Kasumigaseki Building.
Our French menus served in a prefixed style are delicacies created from healthy and tasty Japanese food stuffs.
\7,000- In special private room of Keyaki, we are ready for any kind of dinners and parties, including business meetings, welcome and farewell parties.
r.gnavi.co.jp /fl/en/g215001   (262 words)

  
 information about taiko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
More likely, the nagado would be off-stage in a Noh play, the okedo on a wheeled cart in a festival in Aomori, and the uchiwa in the hands of a Nichiren Buddhist priest.
Round, barrel-shaped, keyaki body with tacked cowhide skins.
Iron ring strung heads, rope or bolt tightened on a small keyaki body.
taikoinfo.org /ti_taiko.html   (296 words)

  
 Edo Period (c.1860) Keyaki Zelkova Go Board and Go-Ishi
A Beautiful Block of prized zelkova "keyaki" wood carved into a Go board.
The white Go stones are made of shell while the fl stones are carved out of Japanese "natchi-kuro" stone and sanded to a fine polish.
Both white and fl stone Go pieces come in exquisite keyaki go-ishi wood containers shining with a worn patina of the ages.
www.trocadero.com /kodoarts/items/413657/item413657store.html   (122 words)

  
 Japanese Keyaki Wood Kodansu Cabinet
Lovely little wood cabinet (“kodansu”) with carved frontispiece which slides up to reveal three small drawers.
This tiny chest, which is made from beautifully-grained keyaki wood, has a rich dark finish with a wonderful patina.
The frontispiece is crafted with a carved and mitered frame in curved form, behind which rests a wood panel with small carved cut-outs.
www.bandcantiques.com /items/52576/item52576store.html   (172 words)

  
 Pan Pacific Singapore - Restaurant
Tucked within a beautiful Japanese garden on level 4, award-winning Keyaki offers a charming dining experience with excellent Japanese cuisine including robatayaki, sushi and sashimi, teppanyaki, tempura, shabu shabu and kaiseki.
Encased in marble, this exclusive venue opens daily at 5pm and accommodates up to eight guests.
Part of The Atrium, Keyaki Bar opens from 5pm for an experience in cosmopolitan chic with barstool seating and long glass tables.
www.asiatravel.com /singapore/panpac/restaurant.html   (345 words)

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