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• Nijo castle
  *''Japanese:'' 二条城 ''(Nijou-jou)'' ...iro]]'' ("plains castle"), it is much more of a palace than other existing Japanese castles. Shortly after his victory over the forces of the West at the [[Bat
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• Maruyama
  *''Japanese'': 丸山 ''(maruyama)'' ...e quarters were able to carry things between the foreign districts and the Japanese townsmen of Nagasaki, thus circumventing the shogunate's [[Nagasaki kaisho|
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• Tokugawa seasonal observances
  ...g the gifts. The actual objects were sometimes displayed on the veranda or garden adjoining the audience hall, but were transported by castle staff, and were ...rough the lower level of the ''Ôhiroma'', directly to the south across the garden. After the performance, there was a ceremonial sharing of cups of saké, an
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• Fuzhou
  ...en]] (Fuzhou Gardens) in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa]], a reproduction of a famous garden in Fuzhou]] *''Chinese/Japanese'': 福州 ''(Fúzhōu; Fukushuu)''
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• Ito Jakuchu
  *''Japanese'': [[伊藤]] 若冲 ''(Itou Jakuchuu)'' ...the mid-[[Edo period]]. Though many of his paintings concern traditionally Japanese subjects, particularly chickens and other birds, his painting style and met
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• Qianlong Emperor
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 乾隆帝 ''(Qiánlóng dì / Kenryuu tei)'' ...ens]] in the style of [[Jiangnan|Southern China]].<ref>Chi Xiao, ''Chinese Garden as Lyric Enclave'', Center for Chinese Studies, Univ. of Michigan (2001), 7
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• Asano Naganori
  * ''Japanese'': 浅野 長矩 ''(Asano Naganori)'' ...criminals and was further shown contempt by having to commit seppuku in a garden rather than in the grand chamber appropriate to his status as a daimyo.
  6 KB (985 words) - 08:51, 17 July 2020
• Kofuku-ji
  *''Japanese'': 興福寺 ''(koufuku-ji)'' In the garden in front of the Ô-mi-dô is a grave mound for a boy who was stoned to deat
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• Zen
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': 禅 ''(zen / chán)'', 禅宗 ''(zen shuu / chánzōng)'' ...enters with shoes on, and are often furnished with chairs, in contrast to Japanese temples of other sects, where one typically removes one's shoes before step
  15 KB (2,363 words) - 06:02, 20 June 2020
• Furukawa Koshoken
  *''Japanese'': 古川古松軒 ''(Furukawa Koshouken)'' ...rally means "house of the old pine," from an old pine tree in his family's garden. In the autobiographical ''Koshôken zakki'', he characterizes himself as a
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• 1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States
  The first Japanese embassy to the [[United States]] took place in [[1860]]. The ambassadors tr The chief nominal purpose of this mission was to exchange the Japanese- and English-language versions of the [[Harris Treaty|Treaty of Amity and C
  7 KB (1,143 words) - 02:11, 29 August 2020
• British East India Company
  *''Japanese'': イギリス東インド会社 ''(Igirisu higashi indo kaisha)'' ...ike Lambs in Japan and Devils outside Their Land: Diplomacy, Violence, and Japanese Merchants in Southeast Asia,” ''Journal of World History'' 24:2 (2013), 3
  8 KB (1,224 words) - 09:00, 12 April 2016
• Yokohama
  *''Japanese'': 横浜 ''(Yokohama)'' ...s largest cities. Not counting Tokyo, Yokohama is generally considered the Japanese city with the most residents, and Osaka the most populous during the days,
  9 KB (1,361 words) - 23:16, 18 December 2019
• Narita-san Shinsho-ji
  *''Japanese'': 成田山新勝寺 ''(Narita-san Shinshou-ji)'' ...lly built in 1928, and considerably renovated in 1998, the park contains a garden in a distinctively early 20th century European style, with carefully arrang
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• Nakijin gusuku
  *''Japanese'': [[今帰仁]]城, 今帰仁グスク ''(Nakijin-jou / Nakijin gusuku)'' ...e highest and innermost part of the complex, and was surrounded by a small garden with a spring. Three shrines (''[[utaki|uganju]]'') stood at the highest p
  9 KB (1,416 words) - 08:22, 1 June 2020
• Kumi odori
  *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 組踊　''(kumi odori / kumi udui)'' ...2010.</ref> It can now be considered in a category with other traditional Japanese performing arts, including ''[[gagaku]]'', ''[[Noh]]'', ''[[bunraku]]'', an
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• Beijing
  ...nces, University of Tsukuba (2003), 1-2.<br>Nicholas Fiévé and Paul Waley, Japanese capitals in historical perspective: place, power and memory in Kyoto, Edo a ...t gardens]] for himself within the Forbidden City.<ref>Chi Xiao, ''Chinese Garden as Lyric Enclave'', Center for Chinese Studies, Univ. of Michigan (2001), 7
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• Tokyo Imperial Palace
  *''Japanese'': 皇居 ''(koukyo)'' ...d of the nation to all those who saw it, including foreign dignitaries and Japanese officials and [[kazoku|nobility]]. In the petition, Kawaji also emphasizes
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• Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
  *''Japanese'': 伊勢音頭恋の寝刃 ''(Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba)'' Today, the Aburaya and Inner Courtyard/Garden scenes of Act III are most often performed, with the [[Futami-ga-Ura]] scen
  21 KB (3,725 words) - 18:43, 25 April 2017
• Zaiban bugyo
  *''Japanese'': 在番奉行 ''(zaiban bugyou)'' ...ô'' typically enjoyed a reception at [[Uchaya udun]] (the court's "eastern garden" detached palace) once during his term. Such receptions included lavish ban
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