川

Organization name

Tokugawa Art Museum

affluent; branch stream that flows into a main stream

small and medium-sized rivers

Organization name

Tamagawa University

river in springtime

Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)

Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (woodblock print by Hokusai); The Great Wave; The Wave

Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

river water

red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig

Service

Toden Arakawa Line

dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo

Civil engineering

dried-up river (caused by intentional diversion of the flow); filled-in river; abandoned river

Organization name

Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura

fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams

river engineering

Proverb

a strong foundation can withstand any storm; an old river does not run out of water

Organization name

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; IPMA

Organization name

Kagawa University

Yinchuan (China)

Buddhism

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings