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• Ryukyu seasonal observances
  ...Eight Shrines]]. Members of the court then prepared for a ritual known (in Japanese pronunciation) as ''Gokaiin ukishiki'' (御開御規式); officials of vari ...elling all those assembled when to bow, when to raise their heads from the bow, and when to call out "Wansui" (lit. "10,000 years," equiv. to J. ''banzai'
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• Battle of Tsushima
  ...ese government had foreseen and prepared for before the war. For years the Japanese had been purchasing large quantities of the practically smokeless Cardiff C ''-Admiral [[Togo]] to the [[Japanese Fleet]], 27 May 1905''
  28 KB (4,846 words) - 23:03, 29 April 2018
• Clothing
  ...only for its feel and appearance but for its relative coolness in the hot Japanese summer. Naturally, the quality of a kimono a given samurai might wear large ...). This costume is one of the most common to be worn by samurai figures in Japanese movies set prior to the Edo Period (including e.g. ''Kagemusha'', ''Ran'',
  10 KB (1,631 words) - 15:30, 15 July 2017
• Tokugawa seasonal observances
  ...'' came next, each approaching the shogun individually to present a sword, bow at the threshold of the lower level, and then withdraw back to their seat. ...an," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.) ''The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion'', Routledge (2006), 338-340.
  12 KB (1,974 words) - 01:29, 14 November 2023
• Tea culture
  *''Japanese'': 茶道 ''(sadou, chadou)'', 茶湯 ''(chanoyu)'' ...(the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]]), and came to be promoted as a key part of Japanese traditional culture in the [[Meiji period]].
  12 KB (1,935 words) - 00:25, 5 March 2018
• Ming Dynasty
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 明 ''(Míng / Min)'' ...l to enacting the hierarchical order within the court - with no emperor to bow to, who stood at the head of the imperial state? Whose Heavenly will were t
  44 KB (6,979 words) - 13:28, 31 March 2018
• Wako
  *''Japanese/Chinese/Korean'': [[倭]]寇 ''(wakou / wōkòu / waegu)'' ...6th century), these regions became major centers of ''wakô'' activity, and Japanese came to be used as a common language among the ''wakô''. However, while ma
  30 KB (4,952 words) - 09:46, 1 February 2020
• Gempei War
  *''Japanese'': 源平合戦 ''(Genpei kassen)'' ...u no Munetaka]], a young and diminutive warrior known for his skill with a bow, was summoned and Yoshitsune ordered him to make a try at the fan. Determin
  27 KB (4,509 words) - 12:18, 18 August 2021
• Japanese Swords
  ...D. many more iron swords were imported from China to Japan. Soon after the Japanese begun to forge and manufacture their own blades. The method of hardening the steel that is so typical of Japanese swords was first used in 6th century.
  45 KB (7,398 words) - 00:52, 18 August 2020
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  * ''Japanese'': [[豊臣]]秀吉 ''Toyotomi Hideyoshi'' One of the most remarkable men in Japanese history, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born a peasant and yet rose to finally end
  55 KB (8,773 words) - 12:20, 31 March 2018
• Shuri castle
  *''Japanese/Okinawan:''首里城''(Shuri-jou / Sui gusuku)'' ...ave uncovered foundation stones and the remains of grey, 14th-15th century Japanese-style roof tiles, suggesting that some structure of note did once exist on
  73 KB (11,198 words) - 02:06, 8 December 2021

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