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...came the site of residences for the [[Yi family]], the former Korean royal family who had now been made ''[[kazoku]]'' (Japanese aristocracy, alongside forme ...to Western-style residences for Prince Kitashirakawa, and later for the Yi family, is today maintained by the Akasaka Prince Hotel as a luxurious restaurant

...China from Japanese interference.<ref name=pitelka76>Pitelka, 76-78.</ref> Yi's famous "[[turtle ships]]" won victories in three particularly decisive na ...assing defeat at the [[battle of Chilcheonnyang]] on 1597/7/7, after which Yi was restored to his position as naval commander of the three southern provi

*the famous novelist [[Cao Zhan]] (Xueqin, c. 1715-1763) and his family *[[Li Chengliang]], his son [[Li Rusong]], and the Nongsŏ Yi lineages which claimed descent from them

...maid in a marquis' household, but when Wei's sister became an empress, the family gained in status. ...owever, Liu He proved a terrible emperor, and so citing the precedent of [[Yi Yin]] of the [[Yin Dynasty]], and with the support of the empress dowager a

....JPG|right|thumb|320px|The graves of [[John Manjiro|John Manjirô]] and his family, at [[Zoshigaya Cemetery|Zôshigaya Cemetery]] in [[Tokyo]]]] ...ing wooden slats survives, however, and it is quite standard today for the family of the deceased to pay Buddhist monks to inscribe Chinese & Sanskrit callig

...he First Emperor, and the harsh legal code, which often punished an entire family for the wrongdoing of one of its members; however, historians today point o

..., based on the work of the 11th century brothers [[Cheng Hao]] and [[Cheng Yi]]. Among the key ideas was an understanding of the cosmos as being composed ...including especially vice-envoy [[Kim Songil|Kim Sŏngil]], a student of [[Yi Hwang]], perhaps the most famous Neo-Confucian scholar in Korean history.<r

...s against [[Ming Dynasty]] China over control of the Ssangsŏng region, and Yi Sŏnggye's preference for negotiation over combat as a means to resolve the ...reign of Taejo's successor, [[King Jeongjong]]), formally recognizing the Yi clan (i.e. the Joseon dynasty) as legitimate rulers of all the territory Ko

...3]] Qing investiture embassy to Ryûkyû, including an official named [[Chen Yi]], were thus invited to teach Qing music to members of the court, thus "cor ...astle]] before the shogun, as well as at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Shimazu family's Edo mansions]] and elsewhere. In the early 2010s, this involved a number

...th Shimizu in Takamatsu, promising him that if he surrendered, his men and family would be spared. Muneharu, aware that many of his men were becoming ill in ...had also been considered an upstart, coming as he did from an obscure Mino family that had joined Nobunaga sometime after [[1565]]. Like Hideyoshi, he ascend

...ilk weaving, or other craft work than to agriculture.<ref>Lloyd Eastman, ''Family, Fields, and Ancestors: Constancy and Change in China's Social and Economic ...to taking place only once every three years, and later, when [[King Taejo|Yi Sŏng-gye]] established a new dynasty in Korea, the [[Joseon Dynasty]], the