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• Emperor Monmu
  *''Japanese'': 文武天皇 ''(Monmu tennô)'' ...Ryukyuan Court Music, Uzagaku: Classification and Performance Techniques, Language Usage, and Transmission," PhD thesis, University of Sheffield (2018), 14.</
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• Oyako
  *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 大屋子 ''(ooyako / ufuyaku)'', 大屋子もい ''(ooyakomoi ''Ôyako'', or ''ufuyaku'' in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]], was a title held by various officials in the [[government of th
  2 KB (272 words) - 20:55, 18 October 2018
• University of the Ryukyus
  *''Japanese'': 琉球大学 ''(Ryûkyû daigaku)'', 琉大 ''(Ryûdai)'' ...and the university opened with the language of instruction being primarily Japanese.
  5 KB (750 words) - 23:58, 27 March 2020
• Yokohama Foreign Cemetery
  *''Japanese'': 横浜外国人墓地 ''(yokohama gaikokujin bochi)'' ...or [[Meiji period]] Japan. The cemetery covers a total of roughly 5600 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' and is divided into 22 sections; most of the graves
  5 KB (652 words) - 07:50, 14 May 2017
• Iwao Seiichi
  ...olarship and personality as a pioneer in the study of the history of Dutch-Japanese relations." ''Tôhôgaku'' 80 (July 1990).</ref> ...ofessor at Tokyo University for many years, and a leading scholar on Dutch-Japanese relations, on Edo period foreign relations, and related subjects. His work
  3 KB (380 words) - 06:37, 30 November 2010
• Sabani
  *''Japanese'': サバニ ''(sabani)'' ...used as a sealant in constructing the boats, and ''funi'', the [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] word for "boat." This shark-derived sealant protects against the
  2 KB (343 words) - 00:46, 23 April 2018
• Zeng Guofan
  ...already in the process of studying abroad, they were mostly only studying language and certain other subjects so as to engage in business and gain prosperity
  2 KB (284 words) - 18:34, 21 February 2015
• William Griffis
  ...rovince]], and many of his students later became prominent officers in the Japanese government. He journeyed frequently into the regions of central and ...His library at Ithaca contained many rare books published in the Japanese language, and he probably had the finest collection of general works upon Japan in t
  5 KB (824 words) - 18:01, 15 April 2014
• Ginowan-udun tomb
  *''Japanese'': [[宜野湾]][[御殿]]の墓 ''(Ginowan udun no haka)'' ...le of [[turtleback tombs]] (J: ''kamekô baka'', ''kikkô baka'', [[Okinawan language|O]]: ''kaami nu kuu baka''). Always a royal tomb, in the 19th century, it b
  2 KB (334 words) - 10:51, 4 January 2017
• Shizuki Tadao
  *''Japanese'': 志筑忠雄 ''(Shizuki Tadao)'' ...lar, best known for his [[1801]] text ''[[Sakokuron]]'', the first work in Japanese to use the word "''[[sakoku]]''."
  2 KB (339 words) - 16:38, 18 August 2014
• Noshiroko
  ...g [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s [[Korean Invasions]]. The village lay seven ''[[Japanese Measurements|ri]]'' west of the castle town of [[Kagoshima]], and was exemp ...names such as Shin, Kin, and Park, an indication that they had not adopted Japanese-style names.
  4 KB (642 words) - 16:29, 9 December 2012
• Ito Genboku
  *''Japanese'': [[伊東]] 玄朴 ''(Itou Genboku)'' ...nd traveled to [[Nagasaki]], where he was able to study medicine and Dutch language with [[Philipp von Siebold]] and interpreter [[Inomata Den'emon]].
  2 KB (305 words) - 13:10, 4 November 2017
• Sho Shoken
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[向]]　象賢 ''(Shou Shouken / Xiàng Xiàngxián)'' ...ence. Haneji Chôshû, meanwhile, is a Japanese-style name, used in Japanese-language correspondence.</ref>, was a scholar-bureaucrat of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|
  5 KB (839 words) - 03:17, 2 January 2017
• Ryo Kokuen
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[梁]] 国琬 ''(Ryou Kokuen / Liáng Guówǎn)'' ...t two occasions prior to the age of 30, and served for a time as a Chinese-language interpreter. In 1751/8, he was appointed to be instructor in Chinese instru
  2 KB (253 words) - 02:46, 18 June 2017
• Takizawa Bakin
  *''Japanese'': 滝沢馬琴 ''(Takizawa Bakin)'' ...any famous and significant works was the first widely distributed Japanese-language version of the ''[[Suikoden]]'', published serially from [[1805]] to [[1835
  2 KB (324 words) - 11:00, 10 November 2021
• Engelbert Kaempfer
  ...1712]], which contained the first description in a European publication of Japanese soybeans, and the most detailed description yet of the processes of produci ...Museum]], and the Museum later acquired Kaempfer's personal collection of Japanese and Chinese prints in [[1753]].
  3 KB (383 words) - 23:54, 22 June 2019
• Shogun Sexecutioner II
  ...ge:Shogun Sexecutioner II One Sheet.jpg|right|thumb|Shogun Sexecutioner II Japanese One-Sheet]] * Language: Japanese
  3 KB (556 words) - 09:01, 14 December 2008
• 1703
  ...oshiyasu's retainers perform or demonstrate a dialogue in spoken [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before the shogun. ...ng]]'' (''Daxue''). [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] provides interpretation into Japanese.
  2 KB (233 words) - 08:52, 17 July 2020
• Mono no aware
  *''Japanese'': 物の哀れ ''(mono no aware)'' ...equently used to refer to a particular aesthetic, or aesthetic element, in Japanese traditional culture, particularly [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian period]]
  3 KB (444 words) - 18:17, 5 October 2013
• Morohashi Tetsuji
  *''Japanese'': 諸橋轍次 ''(Morohashi Tetsuji)'' ...istics. He is known especially for his ''Dai kanwa jiten'' ("Great Chinese-Japanese Encyclopedia"), which is still today frequently regarded as the most thorou
  2 KB (366 words) - 00:29, 18 October 2013

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