- The
benkan (冕冠, lit. 'crown') is a type of
crown traditionally worn by ****anese
emperors and
crown princes. It is also
called tama no kōburi (玉乃冠, lit...
- The
Benkan of
Emperor Kōmei (孝明天皇の冕冠) is an
imperial crown in the
benkan style worn by
Emperor Kōmei (reigned 1846 - 1867) of ****an. From
Emperor Shōmu...
- (Chinese: 冕冠; pinyin: miǎnguān; lit. 'ceremonial headdress'), also
called benkan in ****an,
myeonlyugwan in Korea, and Miện quan in Vietnam, is a type of...
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Askia Mohammad Benkan, also
Askiya Muhammad Bonkana, was the
third ruler of the
Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537. He was
appointed to the
prestigious title...
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suffix to
other words to
denote various types of kanmuri. For example,
benkan (冕冠),
raikan (礼冠), sui'ei-kan (垂纓冠), ken'ei-kan (巻纓冠), etc. The kanmuri...
- East Asia,
there were
crowns such as the
Chinese mianguan and ****anese
benkan worn by emperors.
Dancers of
certain traditional Thai
dances often wear...
- "eight
crown cords" ("crown cords"
being the
hanging decorations of the
Benkan (****an) (冕冠), a
traditional Chinese-style crown), was a
metaphor for happō...
- or ceremony.
Typical examples are the
Chinese mianguan and the ****anese
benkan. In
external form, they are
characterized by
chains that hide the emperor's...
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Robert Louis Behnken (/
ˈbɛnkən/; born July 28, 1970) is an
American engineer, a
former NASA astronaut, and
former Chief of the
Astronaut Office. Behnken...
- Bāru • 1493–1528
Askia the
Great • 1529–1531
Askia Musa • 1531–1537
Askia Benkan • 1537–1539
Askia Isma'il • 1539–1549
Askia Ishaq I • 1549–1582/1583 Askia...
