...y, to convince the Commodore to give up his intentions of entering [[Shuri castle]]. [[Makishi Chochu|Makishi Chôchû]], a high-ranking official in the roya
On June 6 (4/30), Perry forced his way into Shuri Castle, but was denied audience with either the [[Sho Tai|ten-year-old king]] or t
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...lized around 260, but the total number of distinct domains that existed at one time or another over the course of the Edo period exceeds 540.<ref name=kod
...dination, or other sorts of violations of propriety or competence; roughly one-third of attainders in this fifty-year period were the result of this sort
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...o his authority, they were performing "''sankin''": coming to their lord's castle and sitting in attendance, or in service, to their lord, the shogun. The lo
...could also request, and be granted, exceptions from ''sankin kôtai'' on a one-time basis, when the lord was ill or the Edo mansion had burned down, or wh
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...1-82.</ref> according to the traditional histories, this sword (likely the one known as [[Jiganemaru]]) was a gift from Nakasone to the king explicitly as
...llains, and coloring the narrative of Miyako-Shuri interactions overall as one of uncivilized, "barbaric" places prone to violence which needed to be show
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...e), the Sô enjoyed the privilege of ''[[kunimochi|hon-kunimochi]]'' ("true country holder") status.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern J
...main was around 32,000, with half the population living in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of Fuchû.<ref>Tashiro Kazui. "Foreign Relations during the Edo Peri
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...eek or so later, for a banquet and ''[[sarugaku]]'' performance at [[Sunpu castle]].<ref>"Shizuoka wo aruku" 静岡を歩く, ''Momoto'' モモト 14 (April
...t ranking. In 1611, two years after the invasion, the king returned to his castle at [[Shuri]] once Tadatsune and his advisors were satisfied that he would u
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...t only to count time by years but also to show time by hours (In this case one day is divided into twelve fractions.) and direction. Dates based on Eto ca
...Do means the provinces along the seven main roads spreading throughout the country.
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...forest clearing, and thus enhancing the sense of a spiritual place, where one might be visited by spirits or visions. Further, the pine, as an evergreen
..." (''monogurui Noh''), which feature characters grieving over a lost loved one.
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One of the chief events which spurred Satsuma to aggression occurred when Hidey
...y peace overtures extended by the Ryukyuans, but also to burn down [[Shuri castle]] if necessary to avoid getting bogged down in a lengthy siege, and to take
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...dismissed the notion out of hand. Yoritomo's offer is in any event an odd one. He had, after all, been operating quite without concern for Kyoto since th
...oritomo. A host departed from Kyoto in May, and in Kaga Province split up. One force, under Tomomori, would advance to the north and swing through Noto Pr
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...eigning shogun gone to Kyoto. This was a difficult time for a Japan as the country was violently struggling to find consensus on how to deal with the threat s
...scope of the Mibu Roshigumi's mission from one of protecting the Shogun to one of patrolling the streets of Kyoto and restoring order in the name of the B
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...ng a total land area of some 2,000 square kilometers, it comprises roughly one percent of Japan's total land area.<ref>Hiroko Matsuda and Pedro Iacobelli,
...ractices in Okinawa into line with systems used throughout the rest of the country. This included converting much communal land into private property, and eli
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...as Japan burst onto the world scene demanding to be recognized as a modern country, and as a world power. From electricity and [[railroads]] to [[yoga|oil pai
...or gone in a dramatically different direction, at any of numerous points. One such threat came from [[shizoku rebellions|violent rebellions]] by former s
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...yama|Toyama]] – [[Siege of Negoroji|Negoroji]] – [[Siege of Ota Castle|Ôta Castle]] – [[Invasion of Shikoku (1585)|Shikoku & Ichinomiya]] – [[Battle of T
...enmity of the senior Oda retainers. Tokachiro is then given a position as one of Nobunaga's sandal-bearers and is present for the [[Battle of Okehazama]]
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...Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 63.</ref> and the construction of [[Azuchi castle]], the model for Japanese [[castles]] in the mode most well-known today.
...ased at [[Kiyosu castle]]. The rival branch was to the north, in [[Iwakura castle]].
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...the political ploys of the [[Imagawa clan]], and was now lord of [[Okazaki castle]], a relatively minor territory in [[Mikawa province]]. The question of acc
...ice but to agree, and Sessai returned to Suruga with Takechiyo, who traded one hostage situation for another.
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...ng the Tokugawa victory over the [[Toyotomi clan]] in the [[siege of Osaka Castle]], thus finally eliminating the last serious opposition. The population of
...archipelago. In each locale, peasants and commoners paid taxes only to the one authority that controlled that territory, whether it be a ''daimyô'' house
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...Bingo]] are also known to have commanded raiding parties around this time. One contemporary source relates that "the seven bands" of ''wakô'', though pre
...led in turn to a rise in illegal trade between the coastal Chinese on the one hand with Japanese and other foreigners. A number of Chinese officials and
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[[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]]
Shuri castle was the chief royal palace of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]
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...ng with [[Noh]] and ''[[ningyo joruri|ningyô jôruri]]'' (aka ''bunraku''), one of the three most prominent forms of traditional Japanese theater. Emerging
The ''hanamichi'' (lit. "flower path"), a long, narrow walkway and one of the most visible stage features, extends from the stage (just left of st
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