BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER

BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER

(Limicola falcinellus), adult. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus). Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)SynonymsScolopax Falcinellus, Pontoppidan 1763 (protonym)Numenius pygmæs, LathamTringa platyrhyncha, Temminck 1815Limicola pygmaea, Koch 1816Philomachus falcinellusLimicola falcinellusErolia falcinellaPhoto: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

GUILLEMOT

GUILLEMOT

Herring piglet (Uria aalge). Common Murre (Uria aalge). Uria aalge Pontoppidan, 1763 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

GUILLEMOT

GUILLEMOT

Common Murre (Uria aalge), flying in formation. Common Murre (Uria aalge). Uria aalge Pontoppidan, 1763 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

GUILLEMOT

GUILLEMOT

Common Murre (Uria aalge), flying in formation. Common Murre (Uria aalge). Uria aalge Pontoppidan, 1763 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

GUILLEMOT

GUILLEMOT

Herring piglet (Uria aalge). Common Murre (Uria aalge). Uria aalge Pontoppidan, 1763 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

Issa museum unveils new book about poet

Issa museum unveils new book about poet

SHINANO, Japan - The Issa Memorial Museum in the town of Shinano in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, unveils the "Kashiwabara Gashu," a book containing nine newly discovered his "hiku" poems and other documents of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), a Japanese poet from the Edo period, to the press on March 19, 2014.

Issa museum unveils Issa's letter to his wife

Issa museum unveils Issa's letter to his wife

SHINANO, Japan - The Issa Memorial Museum in the town of Shinano in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, unveils to the press on March 19, 2014, a letter which Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), a Japanese "haiku" poet from the Edo period, sent to his wife.

Mehul, Etienne 1763 - 1817

Mehul, Etienne 1763 - 1817

Etienne Mehul. French composer whose most important contribution to music were his operas, many of which composed during the French revolution. Date: 1763 - 1817

Replica of 'Dragon and Clouds' painting unveiled at Kyoto temple

Replica of 'Dragon and Clouds' painting unveiled at Kyoto temple

A monk observes a digitally produced replica of the dramatic, eight-paneled ink painting "Unryuzu" (Dragon and Clouds) by medieval painter Soga Shohaku during a press preview at the Tenryuji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 13, 2015, a day before it opens for public viewing through May 10. The original 1763 painting is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Replica of 'Dragon and Clouds' painting unveiled at Kyoto temple

Replica of 'Dragon and Clouds' painting unveiled at Kyoto temple

A digitally produced replica of the dramatic, eight-paneled ink painting "Unryuzu" (Dragon and Clouds) by medieval painter Soga Shohaku is shown to the press at the Tenryuji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 13, 2015, a day before it opens for public viewing through May 10. The original 1763 painting is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo