Ihimaera

British  

/ ɪhɪˈmɑːrə /

noun

1. Witi (ˈwɪtɪ), full name Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler . born 1944, New Zealand Māori novelist and short-story writer; his novels include The Whale Rider (1987) and The Uncle's Story (2002)

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Example Sentences

Several minutes earlier, some citizens had heard a brief radio announcement that two B-29s had been seen flying west over Shimabara Peninsula.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2015

With the rising of Shimabara, and its sanguinary suppression by the Government, the curtain falls on the early history of Christianity in Japan.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

With the massacre of Shimabara ends the real history of the Portuguese and Spanish missions.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio

The Japanese missions began in 1549, and their history ends with the Shimabara slaughter in 1638,—about seven years before the first Papal decision against the tolerance of ancestor-worship.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio

The leading spirit in the insurrection seems to have been a rônin217 named Ashizuka, who recommended that the insurgents should cross over to Shimabara.

From Japan by Murray, David