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• Huqin
  *''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
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• Erhu
  *''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
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• Yashima
  *''Japanese'': 屋島 ''(Yashima)'' ...Kagekiyo is presented first, Tsuginobu's death afterwards, and the dropped bow last, with Nasu no Yoichi omitted.
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• Kokyu (instrument)
  ...age:Kuuchou.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A ''kûchô'', the Okinawan version of the Japanese ''kokyû'' fiddle.]] *''Japanese'': 胡弓 ''(kokyuu)''
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• Kote
  *''Japanese'': 籠手 ''(kote)'' ''Kote'' are a piece of Japanese armor which protects the lower arm.
  735 bytes (111 words) - 11:54, 14 April 2017
• Uchimura Kanzo
  *''Japanese'': 内村鑑三 ''(Uchimura Kanzou)'' His refusal to bow before the [[Imperial Rescript on Education]] in [[1891]], alongside his br
  1 KB (147 words) - 19:08, 19 October 2014
• Hyoto Ryukyukoku ki
  *''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
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• Li (ritual propriety)
  *''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
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• Azato Hachiman-gu
  *''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.
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• Waegwan
  *''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
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• Minamoto no Tametomo
  *''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
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• Tomoe Gozen
  *''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
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• Mizuki Tatsunosuke I
  *''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''
  4 KB (619 words) - 14:20, 7 November 2014
• Shinto
  *''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
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• Ayabune
  *''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
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• Silk Road
  ...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
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• Mongol invasions
  Mongol, Chinese, and Korean forces under [[Kublai Khan]] vs. Japanese forces under [[Dazai]] [[Shoni Tsunetsugu|Shôni Tsunetsugu]] *Japanese: 元寇 ''(Genkou)''
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• Wada Conflict
  *''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
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• Minamoto no Yoshitsune
  ...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)''
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• Teppo
  *''Japanese'': 鉄砲 ''(teppou)'' ''Teppô'' is the Japanese term for arquebuses, or matchlocks, the first European firearm to be introd
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