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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 胡琴 ''(hú qin / kokin)'' ...is a category of Chinese musical instruments, spiked fiddles played with a bow. These include the two-stringed ''[[erhu]]'' (perhaps the most well-known o

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 二胡 ''(èr hú / niko)'' ...ngs; unlike the bow of a Western instrument such as a violin, the ''erhu'' bow is not easily, or typically, removed, and is played between the strings rat

*''Japanese'': 屋島 ''(Yashima)'' ...Kagekiyo is presented first, Tsuginobu's death afterwards, and the dropped bow last, with Nasu no Yoichi omitted.

...age:Kuuchou.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A ''kûchô'', the Okinawan version of the Japanese ''kokyû'' fiddle.]] *''Japanese'': 胡弓 ''(kokyuu)''

*''Japanese'': 籠手 ''(kote)'' ''Kote'' are a piece of Japanese armor which protects the lower arm.

*''Japanese'': 内村鑑三 ''(Uchimura Kanzou)'' His refusal to bow before the [[Imperial Rescript on Education]] in [[1891]], alongside his br

*''Japanese'': 漂到流球国記 ''(hyôtô Ryûkyû koku ki)'' The ''Hyôtô Ryûkyû koku ki'' is a record of the experiences of a group of Japanese castaways who, in [[1243]], set out from [[Ojika Island]] and became shipwr

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 禮 or 礼 ''(lǐ / rei)'' ...gods, to the proper way to welcome and host a guest and the proper way to bow according to the circumstance. This also includes a myriad of proper ways t

*''Japanese'': 安里八幡宮 ''(Azato Hachimanguu)'' ...gu|Empress Jingû]], Ôyorihime, and [[Kumano Gongen]]. It featured a sacred bow & arrow, helmet & armor, and floating bell as its chief objects of worship.

*''Japanese/Korean'': 倭館 ''(wakan / waegwan)'' ...[[1510]] between Sô and Joseon ships in which the former were supporting a Japanese traders' and fishermen's protest, Tsushima's representatives in Korea were

*''Japanese'': [[源]]為朝 ''(Minamoto no Tametomo)'' ...and nine from [[Emperor Seiwa]] himself.<ref>William de Bary, ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', vol 1, Columbia University Press (2001), 273.</ref> Tametomo l

*''Japanese'': 巴御前 ''(Tomoe Gozen)'' ...s one of the few examples of a true woman warrior in early to early modern Japanese history, though some have questioned whether she truly lived, or was merely

*''Japanese'': 初代水木辰之助<ref>He originally wrote Mizuki with the character ...bi'' was quite similar to the ''Kichiya-musubi'', in which the ends of the bow were weighed down, and drooped like puppies' ears; in the ''Mizuki-musubi''

*''Japanese'': 神道 ''(shintou)'' Shinto (lit. "Way of the Gods") is an indigenous, syncretic Japanese form of animism. All people, animals, places, and things are believed to be

*''Japanese'': 紋船 ''(ayabune)'' ...ese style, with decorations of blue-green birds and a yellow dragon on the bow of the ship, and the king's crest, a ''[[hidari gomon|mitsu-domoe]]'' also

...g the European lute, the Turkish ''ud'', the Chinese ''[[pipa]]'', and the Japanese ''[[biwa]]''. ...ost of them obtained by the emperors of Japan as gifts from China, or from Japanese monks returning from journeys to China. These include numerous objects with

Mongol, Chinese, and Korean forces under [[Kublai Khan]] vs. Japanese forces under [[Dazai]] [[Shoni Tsunetsugu|Shôni Tsunetsugu]] *Japanese: 元寇 ''(Genkou)''

*''Japanese'': 和田合戦 ''(Wada gassen)'' ...ya Yoshikiyo]], was suddenly struck and killed by an arrow from an unknown bow. It seemed to come from the direction of the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, an

...in the city. (''Japanese Noh Drama: Plays Selected and Translated from the Japanese'', vol. 3, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkôkai (1960), 151n2.)</ref> * ''Japanese:'' [[源]] 義経 ''(Minamoto no Yoshitsune)''

*''Japanese'': 鉄砲 ''(teppou)'' ''Teppô'' is the Japanese term for arquebuses, or matchlocks, the first European firearm to be introd

...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'

...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''

...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'',

...'' 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.

*''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]].

*''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

*''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

*''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

...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.

* ''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

*''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