epoch

• (M484) The Athenian stage at this epoch was the chief means by which national life and liberty were sustained. —  Ancient States and Empires
• A composition which had its origin at this epoch was the yokyoku, a special kind of libretto for mimetic dances. —  A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
• One of the most memorable events in this epoch was the Emperor's military expedition in person to quell the rebellious Kumaso (q.v.) in Kyushu. —  A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
• A feature of the Nara epoch was the endowment of the Buddhist temples with land by men of all classes, and the sho-en, or temple domain, thus came into existence. —  A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
• But one of the curious phenomena of the epoch was the peasant writer Iván Tikhonóvitch Posóshkoff (born about 1670), a well-to-do, even a rich, man for those days, very well read, and imbued with the spirit of reform. —  A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections

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