Do You Know? Questions and Answers on East Asian Studies

Note: Questions change periodically.

Do you know there are 1000 major family crests = "Kamon=家紋" in Japan? Do you want to know their design?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: CS3000 S45 2003
姓氏家系歴史伝説大事典 Pages 1278-1308.

Do you know "(丘念台 1894-1967)" was the son of "丘逢甲" and why he was named "丘念台"?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: DS799.66 A2 T35 2001
台湾历史人物小传 Pages 31-32.

Do you know we have Japanese maps that include large pictures of one hundred thousand place names, prefecture maps with index, and subway roadmaps?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: G2355 N538 1990
日本列島大地図館

What does it mean by "乾山焼"?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: NK4167 K33 2002
角川日本陶 磁大辞典 = Kadokawa, the Encyclopedia of Japanese Ceramics, Pages 471-473.

Do you want to know a brief biography of Japanese novelist, "宮本百合子"?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: PL725 G46 1990
現代女性文学辞典 Pages 334-337.

How do you write the traditional Chinese for "灭", "圣", "围", and "寿"?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: PL1175 S864 1992
汉字简化字与繁体字对照字典 Pages 145, 186, 210, and 190.

Where can I find a critic on "絵巻金色夜叉"?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: PN1993.5 J3 N514 2003 volume 2
日本映画文献書誌 Page 1312.

Why did "三杯鸡" become one of the famous dishes from Jiangxi 江西 and how do you prepare this dish?

Answer can be found from:
East Asian Languages Reference: TX724.5 C5 Z463 1995
中国烹饪百科全书 Page 488.