Land of the Rising Sun
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What better test for false dawns than the Land of the Rising Sun?
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023
Among Griffis’ many memorable revelations about the Land of the Rising Sun is a proverb about the perils of revenge: “If you call down a curse on anyone, look out for two graves.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
In any case, the color is meant to symbolize the orange hue of the sun when it reaches its highest point in the sky — Japan, after all, is the Land of the Rising Sun.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
The Land of the Rising Sun has an important ascendant role to play in world affairs.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 18, 2015
As the age of Chivalry was created by the knights of old, so "Bushido," the ethics of the Samurais, originated in the Land of the Rising Sun.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay
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