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• Chinese Imperial examinations
  ...nations served as the chief avenue for Chinese subjects to enter the ranks of the [[scholar-bureaucrat]] class, and to gain prestigious, stable, and econ ...eflected one's character, and that excellent calligraphy was an indication of a moral and upright individual.
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• Yanagita Kunio
  ...n work was ''Tôno monogatari'', a collection of folktales from the village of Tôno in [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]]. ...him an appreciation for traditional Japanese faith and values in the face of what he called "foreign ways" and "newfangled affectations".<ref>Mori, 87.<
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• Nihonga
  ...Merciful Mother") by [[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]], [[1883]]. [[Freer Gallery of Art]].]] ...ttention to light sources and shadow, the absence of outline, and a degree of realism or naturalism, in compositions which most often feature traditional
  35 KB (5,390 words) - 23:46, 25 July 2016
• Micronesia
  ...; in 1920, Japan was then granted the islands as a "mandate" by the League of Nations in 1920. ...arianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, with the exception of the island of Guam, which was controlled by the United States since [[1898]].
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• Nishimiya Hide
  ...rounds, she struggled to support herself and her family following the fall of the old social order. ...ry. His [[stipends|stipend]] was a mere 10 ''[[koku]]'', plus an allotment of four men (servants).
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• Okinawa prefecture
  ...etween [[1609]], when [[Satsuma han]] annexed nearly all the islands north of Okinawa Island, and [[1879]], when the kingdom was [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolishe ...e State of Hawaii.<ref>[[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 8.; ''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52.</ref> The pr
  41 KB (6,265 words) - 06:03, 29 July 2022
• Meiji period
  [[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], ide ...culture, and society, and marked the emergence of the modern nation-state of Japan.
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• Shuri castle
  [[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]] ...er of the kingdom, site of numerous rituals and ceremonies, and repository of numerous national heirlooms, official records and other artifacts.
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• Ming Dynasty
  ...l of [[Beijing]] to [[Manchu]] invaders in [[1644]], marking the beginning of the [[Qing Dynasty]], China's last imperial dynasty. ...at Nanjing, he returned the capital to Beijing. Much of the Ming elements of the Great Wall and Forbidden City survive today.
  44 KB (6,979 words) - 13:28, 31 March 2018

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