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• Sekibune
  ''Sekibune'' were a type of oared warship used extensively in the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo In the [[Edo period]], the shogun, as well as a number of ''daimyô'', possessed luxury ''sekibune'' which had been refitted to serve
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• Maruoka castle
  ...establish himself at Toyohara castle, but who rebelled at the difficulties of constructing a ''yamashiro'' (mountain castle). ...eyasu]], lord of [[Kitanosho castle|Kitanoshô castle]], became the keepers of Maruoka.
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• Hyogo no tsu
  ...ends its name today to the surrounding [[prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo]]. The port-city was renamed [[Kobe]] in the mode One of the [[five harbors]] (''go-tomari'' or ''go-haku'') built by [[Gyoki|Gyôki
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• Ningbo Incident
  ...awa clan]]s, in the Chinese port of [[Ningbo]] in [[1523]], over dominance of maritime trade with China. ...he East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007. p23.</ref>
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• Ryo Bunhitsu
  ...there is no evidence in the documents of Bunhitsu being ill for any length of time, so it appears he may have died fairly suddenly.<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮 ...Bunhitsu's grave. One reads, in large characters, 「海清」and「龍飛」 ("pure/clear sea" and "dragon flying"), while the other pair features lengthier poetry, read
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• Whaling
  ...rights activists and those who claim the hunting & consumption of the meat of whales (and other cetaceans) is a traditional practice, has led to heated p ...nd Europeans, whose whaling ships played a significant role in the history of the Pacific, including in encounters with the Japanese.
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• Kenzuishi
  ...rchangeably with [[Wa]]. Both terms refer to the Japanese state; the term "Japan" itself is avoided as the extent to which the term should be applied to any ...[Hakata]] (Fukuoka), following the Korean coast before crossing the Yellow Sea and arriving in Shangdong. At this time, the Yamato state refused to submit
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• Kawasaki Shozo
  Kawasaki Shôzô was the founder of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, which later developed into Kawasaki Heav ...n the port's commerce. He then opened his own shop in [[Osaka]] at the age of 27, but faced difficulties as, on several occasions, ships transporting his
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• Nitta Yoshisada
  ...hisada.jpg|thumb|left|Nitta Yoshisada prepares to throw his sword into the sea as an offering so that the gods will roll back the tide and let his army pa ...s appointed by Go-Daigo Governor of [[Echigo province]], and Vice-Governor of [[Kozuke Province|Kozuke]] and [[Harima province|Harima provinces]]. When [
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• Battle of Dan no Ura
  ...the [[Gempei War]] ([[1180]]-85) and resulted in the complete destruction of the [[Taira clan|Taira]] leadership. ...-nurse [[Suke no Tsubone]] committed suicide by drowning, followed by most of the Taira samurai - save their leader, Munemori, who was captured and later
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• Kango boeki
  ..., and a licensed foreign ship the other half. In theory, a merchant's half of the form would have to line up properly with the port officials' half in or
  10 KB (1,527 words) - 00:29, 23 July 2022
• John Manjiro
  [[File:John Manjiro Grave.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The graves of Nakahama Manjirô and his relatives, at Zôshigaya Cemetery in Tokyo]] ...njirô is among the most famous of 19th century Japanese castaways, and one of the first Japanese to ever travel to the United States.
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• Kawamura Nagataka
  ...of Niigata into a key site of national coastal defense along the [[Sea of Japan]] coast. ...ration of a city which [[Nagaoka han]] had previously managed with a staff of under twenty.
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• Phra Phetracha
  Phra Phetracha was king of the Siamese kingdom of [[Ayutthaya]] from [[1688]] to [[1703]]. He came to power in 1688 amidst a great moment of crisis and conflict within Ayutthaya. His predecessor, King [[Narai]], had
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• Joi
  ''Jôi'' literally means "Expel the Barbarians", and was usually used as part of "[[Sonno|Sonnô]] Jôi" ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians") as a p ...ffected this violently and harshly, and not through the more ideal methods of benevolent rule. Still, Confucius writes, if not for Guan Zhong, "we might
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• Amino Yoshihiko
  ...wn for his arguments for broad-ranging reassessments of our understandings of, and approaches to, Japanese history. ...tead, he suggests that a great many rural people were engaged in a variety of trades - including fishing and other maritime activities, artisanal or craf
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• 1904
  ==Timeline of 1904== ...zô]] departs [[Kobe]] for [[Manila]], to prepare to oversee the settlement of the first Okinawan emigrants to the Philippines.
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• Gyoki
  [[Image:Gyoki.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Gyôki at Kintetsu Nara Station.]] ...i-ji]]. After his death, he was posthumously named a bodhisattva; a statue of Gyôki stands outside Kintetsu [[Nara]] Station.
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• Atsuta Shrine
  ...ine]] in [[Nagoya]], famous as the site where [[Kusanagi no tsurugi]], one of the [[Imperial Regalia]], is kept. Atsuta is dedicated to numerous ''[[kami ...hrine in [[686]]. It is said to have been lost in [[1185]] at the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]], and either retrieved, or replaced with a replica. Only a very
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• Turbo shell
  ...lected for its iridescent shell, which is used to make decorative [[mother-of-pearl]] inlay on [[lacquerwares]]. ...Nov 2021.</ref> Within the Amamis, this trade helped fuel the acquisition of equipment and raw materials for producing [[iron]] tools and other goods.
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