A brief look at selected works of Kano Eitoku (1543-1590), acclaimed Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese-style painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

The book contributes to the on-going discussion on the pedagogy, promotion, and use of African languages both on the continent and in the Diaspora.

The book relies on written sources in Arabic, Hausa, and English, but it is supplemented by in-depth interviews with Fulani rulers and councilors who were intimately familiar with the organization of the Muslim emirate of Kano before the ...

Introduction. Nihonga and the historical inscription of the modern -- Exhibitions and the making of modern Japanese painting -- In search of images -- The painter and his audiences -- Decadence and the emergence of Nihonga style -- ...

In Farmers and the State in Colonial Kano, Steven Pierce examines issues surrounding the colonial state and the distribution of state power in northern Nigeria.

See how lessons learned from the service sector were applied to manufacturing and other diverse settings, including the nonprofit sector and even on one‘s own home front.Exploring the Kano Model, The Customer-Driven Organization: Emplo

"Explores the 17th-century consolidation of Japanese painting style by the Kano artistic house, based on knowledge brought back from China by the monk-painter Sessh'u and intertwined with native Japanese practices.

Based on a series of interviews that Jigoro Kano gave in his sixties, the book relates his creation and development of Kodokan judo during the period 1882 to 1928.

These works--for sites including shogunate residences, Zen temples, teahouses, and homes of wealthy merchants--demonstrate the range of styles that Kano artists employed to suit the tastes of their varied patrons.

Jigoro Kano (right; in 1870 at age ten) was small as a child, which gave rise to his determination to study jujutsu.