the 1900's

bad news travels fast

many mountains and rivers

Clipping of 一千一夜物語 (Issen'ichiya Monogatari, “One Thousand and One Nights”).

One Thousand and One Nights

a right-angled triangle

(phonetics) in Sanskrit phonology, a consonant produced using one of the three places of articulation: dorsal (/k, g, ŋ/), coronal (/t, d, n/), or labial (/p, b, m/)

a male given name

the Triple Intervention of 1895

The Japanese festival for children; a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15. As Shichigosan is not a national holiday, it is generally observed on the nearest weekend. Similar to こどもの日 (Kodomo no Hi, literally “Children's Day”)