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1The Uprooted Pine — (Nebiki no Kadomatsu) is a play by Chikamatsu. It is a sewamono play (based on a real incident) like The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, written for the puppet theater. It was first performed on 1 February 1718. The title contains several meanings… …
2Courtesan — For other uses, see Courtesan (disambiguation). Relationships …
3The Life of Oharu — Infobox Film name = The Life of Oharu caption = original Japanese movie poster made by Shintōhō imdb id = 0045112 writer = Kenji Mizoguchi Yoshikata Yoda starring = Kinuyo Tanaka Tsukie Matsuura Ichirô Sugai Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura… …
4The Difference Engine — For the machine designed by Charles Babbage, see Difference engine. The Difference Engine   …
5The Egyptian (film) — Infobox Film name = The Egyptian caption = Edmund Purdom and Bella Darvi in The Egyptian director = Michael Curtiz producer = Darryl F. Zanuck writer = Philip Dunne Casey Robinson Mika Waltari (novel) starring = Jean Simmons Victor Mature Gene… …
6courtesan — n. literary 1 a prostitute, esp. one with wealthy or upper class clients. 2 the mistress of a wealthy man. Etymology: F courtisane f. It. cortigiana, fem. of cortigiano courtier f. corte COURT …
7motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
8People of the Sengoku period in popular culture — Many significant Japanese historical people of the Sengoku period appear in works of popular culture such as anime, manga, and video games. This article presents information on references to historical people in such works.Akechi Mitsuhide Akechi …
9List of characters in the Firefly universe — This article is about characters in the television series Firefly .Major charactersMalcolm ReynoldsCaptain of the Firefly class spaceship Serenity. Volunteer in the war between the Alliance and the Independents. He got the name for his spaceship… …
10Prostitution in the United States — In the United States, each state has the power to decide whether or not prostitution is legal in that state or part of that state. In all but two U.S. states (Nevada and Rhode Island), the buying and selling of sexual services is illegal and… …
