The ''Baghatur'' was a Western-style oared vessel gifted to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] by [[Tokugawa Yoshiatsu]], lord of [[Mito han]], on
The name of the ship derives from a [[Mongol]] term meaning roughly "hero" or "valiant warrior."
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...of Kawanakajima]] ([[1561]]) Akishige fought gallantly and bested a Takeda hero named [[Yasuma Hiroshige]] in one-on-one combat. He was personally rewarded
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...|right|thumb|320px|Monzaemon as seen in a [[Meiji period]] print depicting the seven legends of ''[[bunraku]]'']]
...helping establish or create art forms which would go on to become some of the most prominent and distinctive of Japan's traditional arts.
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...a general in service to the [[Southern Song Dynasty]], who was executed by the court, and later posthumously raised up as a paragon of [[Confucianism|Conf
...e them out of China by force. As this was an obstacle to the negotiations, the court arranged to have Yue Fei assassinated.
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...)|Chief of Home Affairs]] on [[Taiwan]], installed in [[1911]]-[[1912]] in the cities of [[Taipei]], [[Taichung]], and [[Tainan]].
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...o the ''[[ningyo joruri|ningyô jôruri]]'' or ''bunraku'' puppet theatre of the [[Edo period]].
...oto no Yoshitsune]]) as the hero, and Princess Jôruri (''Jôruri hime'') as the heroine.
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...h local legend presents him as a local hero, as though he were a member of the indigenous community of Hateruma, Miusuku and many of his prominent allies
...of Miusuku's children were appointed to official positions on Hateruma by the Shuri court.
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...h the roof of her weaving hall, causing Amaterasu to shut herself and thus the sunlight inside a cave until she could be later lured out.
...ight-headed serpent [[Yamata no Orochi|Orochi]], in whose corpse was found the imperial treasure sword [[Kusanagi]].
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...Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] and who later remained a prominent official in the Ryukyuan royal court.
...eventually returned to Ryûkyû, where he later became a prominent member of the royal court.
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...political position for himself - by agreeing to surrender to annexation by the Kingdom.
...independently engaging in trade, piracy, etc., thus regaining the trust of the [[Ming dynasty|Ming court]], as well as strengthening his own rule domestic
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...juro9.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Bronze sculpture of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as the hero from ''[[Shibaraku]]'', in Asakusa]]
...tor of the [[bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and the creator/founder of the experimental ''[[katsureki]]'' mode of more realistic ''[[jidaimono]]'' (hi
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...th numerous other innovations, and is revered in South Korea as a national hero.
...er took the throne as [[King Taejong]] and Queen Wongyeong. He ascended to the throne himself at age 22, in 1418.
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..., however, was killed in the fighting; Gorô died later that same year.<ref>The brothers, Jûrô and Gorô, were born in [[1172]] and [[1174]], respectivel
...e surviving brother. Suketsune's son, Inubômaru, protested however, and in the end, Soga Gorô was formally executed.
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...may have been in some kind of official political contact with entities in the Japanese mainland from a very early time; records survive of [[tribute]] pa
The island is known for its prehistoric pottery, known as ''[[kamuiyaki]]''.
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...clan conflicts, or ''[[O-Ie Sodo|O-Ie Sôdô]]'' (御家騒動) to take place during the [[Edo period]].
...]], should become the ''daimyô''. Thus, Tsunamura became ''daimyô'', under the guardianship of his uncles, [[Date Munekatsu]] and [[Date Muneyoshi|Muneyos
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...awaii Press (2019), 57-58. Smits suggests that Akahachi may have come from the Honkawara lineage of ''wakô'', making him related to [[Gushikawa anji|Gush
...take advantage of the chaos and disunity, Akahachi proposed an invasion of the Miyako Islands. However, [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone ''Toyomiya'']] led a
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[[File:Grave-atsumori.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The grave of Atsumori at [[Suma]], near [[Kobe]].]]
...o-Tani]], as related in the "Death of Atsumori" chapter of the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]''. This chapter has inspired numerous [[Noh]], [[kabuki]], and [[ni
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[[File:Matsumoto-koshiro7.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A bust of Kôshirô at the [[Kabuki-za]]]]
...o his sons and grandsons, the most celebrated actors of the latter half of the 20th century.
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::''"Emperor Taizong" redirects here. For the emperor of the [[Song Dynasty]] by this name, see [[Emperor Taizong of Song]].''
...apanese [[Taika Reforms]] of [[645]], for example, were based closely upon the Tang Code.
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...nd, later, Nakagusuku. He supported [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]], first king of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], in his conquest of [[Hokuzan]] a
...later, uniting Okinawa Island, ending the [[Sanzan Period]], and founding the unified Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
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