Day 1,579: abode, anglicised

These often-remote abodes, known as ritou, define the country’s borders. Though small, and sometimes tiny, together they shape Japan’s identity as an ocean nation and underpin its maritime power.

Iwo Jima, its widely known anglicised name, resulted from a Japanese military mispronunciation.

How remote islands underpin Japan’s maritime power

Artwork of the day 
Abode of King Gesar
Nicholas Roerich
Date: 1947
Style: Symbolism
Genre: landscape
Media: canvas, tempera
Location: State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia

Word of the day 
abode: the place where someone lives 
anglicised: to make or become English in sound, appearance, or character

Quote of the day
“You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.”

― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love