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Takuya Otsuki, exhibiting at COHJU, draws on traditional Japanese art in his images, which pare down historical works into isolated, sometimes abstract elements, transposing them in mineral and dyed-mud pigments on hemp paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The transposing of a public role on a nonprofit world over the last year, Lanchance said, is an opportunity to keep the knowledge democratized.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

But transposing this practice into the realm of climate would require investment, training, and infrastructure.

From Scientific American • Sep. 6, 2023

Sohn and screenwriters John Hoberg, Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh are working well-known, much-beloved stories and tropes, transposing these tales into this fantastical world of humanoid elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

In transposing down to the key of D major, you need to raise the A natural in the key up a half step, to A sharp.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones