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• Hirosaki han
  *''Castle: [[Hirosaki castle]]''
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• Silk
  Silk was one of the most prominent materials both produced in Japan and imported from Ch Silk production is one of the classic examples of cottage industries and by-employments that const
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• Yonezawa han
  *''Castle: [[Yonezawa castle]]'' ...h that the clan was considered among the ''taishin [[kunimochi]]'' ("great country holder") ''daimyô''.<ref>Ravina, 19.</ref>
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• Ii Naosuke
  [[File:Naosuke-hikone.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Statue of Ii Naosuke at [[Hikone castle]]]] ...ding the [[maritime restrictions]] of the [[Edo period]] and "opening" the country, and for his engineering of the [[Ansei Purges]] in which he purged from th
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• Ryukyu-kan
  ...'' were a pair of institutions, one located in early modern [[Fuzhou]] and one in [[Kagoshima]], which served as pseudo-embassies, or branch offices of th ...administration; this ''Ryûkyû kariya'' was thus but one (albeit a special one) within a network of standard domainal practices.<ref>Akamine Mamoru, Lina
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• Tosa han
  *''Castle: [[Kochi castle|Kôchi castle]]'' ...</ref> domain was ruled by the [[Yamauchi clan]] from [[Kochi castle|Kôchi castle]], its territory roughly coterminous with [[Tosa province]].
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• Tokushima han
  *''Castle: [[Tokushima castle]]'' ..."true country holding") ''daimyô'' in the realm,<ref>Ravina, 19.</ref> and one of the only ones to hold two entire provinces. The domain has been characte
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• Edo
  ...gatekeeper hired by the ''chô''; the guardhouse, meanwhile, was manned by one local resident of the ''chô'' and by a professional guardman, who between ...s also referred to as ''yakeya'' (burning houses), since fires spread from one house to the next quite quickly and easily.<ref>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo M
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• Morioka han
  *''Castle: [[Morioka castle]]'' ...ide the larger, more prominent [[Sendai han]]. It was ruled from [[Morioka castle]] by the ''tozama daimyô'' of the [[Nanbu clan]]. The domain's ''[[daimyo
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• Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
  ...mmanded two unsuccessful invasions of Korea, one in [[1592]]-[[1593]], and one in [[1597]]-[[1598]]. ...at "the mobilization for Hideyoshi's Korean venture encompassed the entire country of Japan, whether or not the troops were directly involved in operations on
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• Okinawan language
  The Okinawan language is one of several [[Ryukyuan languages]] spoken in the [[Ryukyu Islands]]. It is s ...rominent in the Shuri dialect. The word ''gusuku'', meaning "fortress" or "castle," and alternatively written/pronounced as ''gushiku'', is a good example of
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• Ryukyu Shobun
  ...yûkyû." However, this has nothing to do with "disposition" in the sense of one's mood or temperament, or inclinations or tendencies. Rather, the word ''sh ...s king, [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]], to now no longer be ''koku-ô'' (国王, king of a country), but ''han-ô'' (藩王, lord of a domain), despite the fact that all the
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• Satsuma han
  *''Castle: [[Kagoshima castle]]'' ...ovince, the Shimazu were considered ''[[kunimochi|hon-kunimochi]]'' ("true country holders").<ref>*[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'
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• Tokyo
  ...ional municipalities which comprise the metropolitan prefecture constitute one of the largest and most populous metropolitan areas in the world, and are h ...rial Palace was completed in [[1889]]. In the meantime, much of the former castle grounds became overgrown and infested with foxes and other wildlife.<ref>Fu
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• National Treasures
  ...s were [[Buddhist temples]] and [[Shinto shrines]].<ref>Loo, Tze M. “Shuri Castle’s Other History: Architecture and Empire in Okinawa.” ''The Asia-Pacifi [[File:Himeji1.jpg|right|thumb|320px|[[Himeji castle]]]]
  14 KB (1,884 words) - 05:00, 27 May 2020
• Shikinaen
  ...of its location a short distance south of the main royal palace at [[Shuri castle|Shuri]], Shikinaen is also known as Nan'en ("Southern Gardens"). ...w water from the pond into a controlled waterfall. A ''funa-ageba'' off to one corner of the pond stored pleasure boats which the royalty and their guests
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• Teppo
  ...years and learned the craft. From him, the knowledge spread throughout the country.<ref>Nanpo ''Teppô-ki''</ref> ...smiths to copy and mass-produce this advanced weapon<ref>Baker 2004</ref>. One ''daimyô'' in particular who saw potential in this weapon was [[Oda Nobuna
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• Takayama Ukon
  ...; [[1531]]-[[1596]]), a retainer of [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] who held [[Sawa Castle]] in northwest [[Yamato province]]. ...ved in a war with the Miyoshi. In the course of the feud, Sawa, Tomoteru’s castle, was lost, forcing the Takayama to flee. Through the good offices of [[Wada
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• Hokkaido
  ...of the [[Japanese archipelago]] and the northernmost [[prefecture]] in the country. It is by far the largest prefecture, covering more than 83,000 sq km (in c ...referred to the territory as Ainu Mosir ("Ainu land") or Yaun Mosir ("the country land"), Japanese long referred to it as Ezo or Ezochi, a barbarian land. Et
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• Bakumatsu Period
  ...auchi Yôdô]], ''daimyô'' were forced to step down as lord of their domain. One of those who lost his position in these purges was Hotta Masayoshi, who was ...]] of [[Edo castle]], by a group of [[ronin]] who felt he had betrayed the country. [[Henry Heusken]], Dutch advisor to Townsend Harris, was similarly assassi
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