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• Ise Shrine
  ...hat it is the ''[[kami]]'' that is the object of worship here, and not the buildings themselves which should be sacred or treasured due to their age or historic ...eltered under a small shed built for that purpose. In this way, the shrine buildings actually alternate between two plots of land as they are rebuilt every twen
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• Important Cultural Properties
  ...tier of sites and objects designated as being of exceptional cultural and historical importance - into an upper tier of National Treasures and a lower tier of I ...d are generally considered to be of somewhat less considerable cultural or historical importance. There are currently approximately 12,821<ref>"[http://www.bunka
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• Todai-ji
  ...al Treasures]] - objects from the [[Nara period]] (8th century) of immense historical importance. ...ty blocks. However, that large space is actually only sparsely filled with buildings. Many sub-temples or other structures exist today that were not part of the
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• Seiken-ji
  Seiken-ji has also been host to many prominent historical figures. According to temple tradition, when he was a child, [[Tokugawa Iey *http://seikenji.com/ The temple's web page, with photos of buildings, the garden, and art treasures.
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• Engaku-ji (Okinawa)
  ..."A History of Ryukyuan Painting," ''Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice'', Sainsbury Institute Occasional Papers ...示会 exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 8-10 May 2024.</ref> Many of these buildings were repaired or renovated over the years, especially in the 1580s-90s and
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• Beijing
  ...sukuba (2003), 1-2.<br>Nicholas Fiévé and Paul Waley, Japanese capitals in historical perspective: place, power and memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo, Psychology Pr ...y (the chief audience hall) faced south directly through a number of other buildings and gates to the Wumen (午門), the main southern gate of the Palace compo
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• Harris Treaty
  ...Within the treaty ports, Americans were to be free to lease land, purchase buildings, construct homes, businesses, and places of worship, and to worship freely, [[Category:Historical Documents]]
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• Naminoue Shrine
  According to the historical document ''[[Ryukyu-koku yurai-ki|Ryûkyû-koku yûrai-ki]]'' (琉球国由 ...ip hall (''haiden''), eight years later. Construction of a number of other buildings, including a number of smaller shrines within the grounds, was completed in
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• Shuri
  ...lost most of its historical sites, religious architecture, and invaluable historical treasures, artifacts, and documents.
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• Osaka castle
  ...Of Toba-Fushimi]] in [[1868]], Shogunal troops burned many of the castle’s buildings while retreating from Imperial forces. A new tenshu (built of ferro-concret ...f the original Tokugawa turrets remain. There are several later Edo Period buildings there as well, including the Ote Yagura Mon, the [[gunpowder]] storehouse,
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• Hoi An
  ...rt, and saw as many as ten Japanese ships each year.<ref>Chen Chingho A. ''Historical Notes on Hội An (Faifo)''. Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Vietnamese St ...to fall into decline. Roughly half the city's population, and many of its buildings, were lost in the [[Tay Son Rebellion]] of the 1780s. The city recovered so
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• Nihonmachi
  ...terally meaning "Japan town" or "Japan street", is a term used to refer to historical Japanese communities in Southeast and East Asia. The term has come to also ...ese in 1767<ref>Coedes. pp164-165.</ref>, and very little by way of intact buildings or other large, noticeable remnants remains today of the ''Nihonmachi''. A
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• Kabuki
  ...]]. Though some plays are set in the historical past, nearly all adapt the historical narrative to a contemporary Edo period setting, making kabuki an excellent ...ally, in the 18th-19th centuries, kabuki theaters were two- or three-story buildings, with multiple floors of dressing rooms and reception rooms. An attached te
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• Nihonga
  ...nges seen in society. ''[[Yokohama-e]]'' featured foreigners, their ships, buildings, and fashions, while the work of [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] and others depicte ...nollosa's arrival in Japan that the government ought to perform surveys of historical sites, ancient monuments, and artistic treasures.</ref>
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• Shuri castle
  ...Sho Kinpuku|Shô Kinpuku]] in [[1453]] led to the destruction of the palace buildings at that time, and the loss of many artifacts including silver seals granted ...the castle resembled those in Korea, with high, winding walls and numerous buildings within the grounds. Shuri in particular incorporated three sets of walls; s
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• Meiji period
  ...a|oil paintings]] and novels, from newspapers and photographs to red brick buildings and top hats, from popular elections to public education, the Meiji period ...hese modern cities, as many were converted into public schools, government buildings, public parks, and the like.
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• Qing Dynasty
  ...interactions with the West, and the overwhelming proportion of Qing period buildings, documents, and objects which have survived compared to those from earlier ...the manner of the khans of the steppes, alongside the Chinese-style wooden buildings of the [[Forbidden City|Imperial Palace]]. In addition, the [[Qianlong Empe
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• User:LordAmeth/Notes
  ...e 180 castles in Japan with any significant number of surviving Edo period buildings. ...y using many others just as they felt like, without care to preserving the historical architecture or interiors.
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• Korean embassies to Edo
  ...ction of a new reception hall on the island. Villagers' homes, among other buildings, were used to house the other 350-500 Koreans, plus the lord of Tsushima an ...GUA FRANCA’ OF DIPLOMACY IN JAPANESE–KOREAN ENCOUNTERS, c. 1600-1868,” The Historical Journal, 62:2 (2019), pp. 289-309: 297.</ref> The mission consists of 498 p
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• Tokugawa Ieyasu
  ...ng a loved one is surely emotionally painful for any person, regardless of historical period or cultural background, samurai lords at this time had such a surplu ...stay in the Capital, Ieyasu ordered the expansion of the Imperial Court's buildings and grounds and asked the western daimyo to sign a three-part document vowi
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