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n. One of two species of trees in the genus ''Cercidiphyllum'', most commonly ''Cercidiphyllum japonicum'', one of the largest trees in Asia.
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Katsura or Katsuura may refer to:
Usage examples of "katsura".
All of these qualities are perfectly represented in that most flawless of traditional Japanese architectural masterpieces, the Tokugawa-period Katsura Detached Palace in Kyoto.
Katsura Villa is perhaps the most perfect example in Japan of the integration of architecture and its natural surroundings.
How did their empire creep out from the Akiran System to Butsudo and then to red Rokakubutsu and in time to distant Iwa Katsura?
The many-sided Kobori-Enshiu has left notable examples of his genius in the Imperial villa of Katsura, the castles of Nagoya and Nijo, and the monastery of Kohoan.
Then in 1905 the first Roosevelt, seeking to arrive at a diplomatic understanding with Japan, instigated an exchange of opinions between Secretary of War Taft, then in the Far East, and Count Katsura, amounting to a secret treaty, by which the Roosevelt administration assented to the establishment by Japan of a military protectorate in Korea.