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• Sato Shunkai
  *''Japanese'': [[佐藤]]舜海 ''(Satou Shunkai)'' ...hiharu]], Shunkai became a boarding student the Juntendô and studied Dutch language and medicine under [[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]] and [[Sato Takanaka|Satô T
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• Okumura Takie
  ...in Hawaii]], as well as in establishing or supporting other aspects of the Japanese community in the islands. ...ref>Odo and Sinoto, 154.</ref> In [[1904]], Okumura became the head of the Japanese Christian Church in Nu'uanu, establishing a second mission in Makiki at tha
  2 KB (276 words) - 16:44, 26 June 2014
• 1910
  *The [[Imperial Japanese Army]] publishes a History of Warfare in Japan. ...argues the [[Korean language]] to be a lost dialect of [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
  3 KB (425 words) - 20:13, 25 August 2015
• Yakushima
  *''Japanese'': 屋久島 ''(Yakushima)'' ...-year term in the position. A number of other officials, including Chinese-language interpreters, were also stationed there.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, K
  1 KB (205 words) - 12:47, 29 September 2017
• Ranald MacDonald
  ...rteen Japanese, including [[Moriyama Einosuke]], who would put his English language abilities to use interpreting for shogunate officials during their encounte
  2 KB (235 words) - 02:13, 17 February 2020
• Izena dunchi tomb
  *''Japanese'': 伊是名殿内の墓 ''(Izena dunchi no haka)'' The tomb is one of the largest "tortoise-shell tombs" ([[Okinawan language|O]]: ''kaami kuu nu baka'') in [[Okinawa prefecture]], covering some 660 sq
  1 KB (226 words) - 09:31, 12 April 2017
• Yonabaru Ryoku
  *''Japanese'': [[与那原]] 良矩 ''(Yonabaru Ryouku)'' ...gentleman official." He was also known for his talent in writing Japanese-language prose.
  2 KB (236 words) - 09:19, 15 August 2019
• Aak
  ...Ryukyuan Court Music, Uzagaku: Classification and Performance Techniques, Language Usage, and Transmission," PhD thesis, University of Sheffield (2018), 16.</
  2 KB (214 words) - 07:08, 10 April 2020
• Manchus
  ...球國王之印) in [[seal script]] on the right, and an inscription in the [[Manchu language]] on the left. As reproduced in ''Ryûkyû kokuô sappô no zu'', handscrol *''Japanese'': 満州民族 ''(manshuu minzoku)''
  4 KB (564 words) - 16:55, 11 December 2017
• Anton L.C. Portman
  ...urned to the United States, where he played a role in receiving the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States]].
  2 KB (229 words) - 05:53, 14 June 2022
• Chuzan denshin roku
  ...ion of the ''Chûzan denshin roku'', on display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]].]] *''Chinese/Japanese'': 中山伝信録 ''(Zhōngshān chuán xìn lù / Chuuzan denshin roku)''
  5 KB (731 words) - 13:21, 31 March 2018
• 1847
  ...ver commercially produced translation of Japanese literature in a European language.
  1 KB (182 words) - 09:22, 20 August 2020
• Ryukaku danki
  *''Japanese'': 琉客談記 ''(Ryuukaku danki)'' ...n]] and musician [[Sai Hokin|Sai Hôkin]]. Akazaki asked them, in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], about the route they traveled to Beijing, their stay in Beijing,
  2 KB (235 words) - 00:26, 5 August 2016
• Peechin
  ...ion) at all similar to ''peechin'', but rather might be read in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] as ''uya kumu uii'', suggesting that the term may have derived f
  2 KB (238 words) - 21:09, 18 October 2018
• Japanese Measurements
  Premodern Japanese measurements consisted of the following:
  4 KB (466 words) - 17:33, 12 October 2017
• Satsumasendai
  *''Japanese'': 薩摩川内 ''(Satsuma sendai)'' ...Sendai was also one of a handful of cities in Satsuma domain where Chinese-language interpreters were regularly stationed.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kan
  2 KB (245 words) - 18:06, 31 October 2017
• Tomigusuku Choshun
  *''Titles'': 豊見城王子 ''(Tomigusuku ouji / [[Okinawan language|O]]: Tumigushiku wuuji)'' *''Japanese'': [[豊見城]] 朝春 ''(Tomigusuku Choushun)''
  2 KB (250 words) - 21:31, 12 September 2017
• Sato Taizen
  *''Japanese'': [[佐藤]]泰然 ''(Satou Taizen)'' ...medicine, including surgical techniques, along with education in the Dutch language, drawing almost exclusively upon imported European books. In his activities
  2 KB (264 words) - 17:40, 20 September 2013
• Nishikawa Joken
  *''Japanese'': [[西川]] 如見 ''(Nishikawa Joken)'' ...and on the peoples of the world. Joken is regarded as one of the earliest Japanese scholars to engage with and promote European observational approaches to as
  4 KB (614 words) - 07:13, 26 June 2020
• Aoriyae
  *''Japanese'': 煽りやへ、阿応理屋恵 ''(Aoriyae)'' ...n "island-smashing priestess," the word ''shima'' ("island") in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] referring not only to physical islands but also to any well-defi
  2 KB (297 words) - 06:33, 8 February 2020

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