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• Ninomiya Sontoku
  ...miya-kinjiro.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Ninomiya Sontoku at [[Odawara castle]]]] ...diagram, a pie chart, labeling one half Shinto, one quarter Buddhism, and one quarter Confucianism, to which Sontoku replied that real medicine is all bl
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• Komatsu castle
  Komatsu castle was a lowlands flatlands castle (''hirajiro'') in [[Kaga province]]. ...u Michihide]]. Built largely on swamp, roughly 30% of the land area of the castle grounds was comprised of moats or ditches.
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• Telegraph
  ...n. First introduced to Japan in the 1850s, it was in widespread use in the country by the end of that century. The first telegraph ever brought to Japan was most likely one given as a gift to the shogun by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] of the United
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• Lake Biwa
  ...mamairi no Tsubone]], wet-nurse to the first child of [[Hino Tomiko]], was one such exile. ...he lake had also been previously used to fill the moats of nearby [[Hikone castle]].
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• Nagaoka han
  *''Castle: [[Nagaoka castle]]'' ...of the realm, the "snow country" climate meant that farmers could only do one harvest a year (as opposed to two or three in warmer regions), and such har
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• Nihonbashi
  ...icts; in the [[Meiji period]], the wooden bridge was replaced with a stone one, decorated with bronze street lamps in the style of the time. The district ...across a much smaller waterway to the west of the Sumida, and east of the castle; the waterway was so minor it had no name, and so came to be known as the N
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• Kanazawa
  ...wa-Hashitsumemon.jpg|right|thumb|180px|The ''Hashizume-mon'' of [[Kanazawa castle]].]] ...reaching 50,000 inhabitants by [[1630]], and 120,000 by [[1700]], becoming one of the largest cities in the world, rivaling Rome, Amsterdam, and Madrid, t
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• Yangqin
  ...n the 17th century, after which it began to spread to the remainder of the country. In early modern ([[Tokugawa period]]) Japan, the sight or sound of a dulci ..., "The Sound of Ryukyuan Musical Instruments" 絢爛たる琉球楽器, exhibit at [[Shuri castle]], Naha, Okinawa, Dec 2016.</ref>
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• Dazaifu Tenmangu
  ...oka (city)|Fukuoka]]. It is one of the top three [[Tenjin]] shrines in the country, along with [[Kitano Tenmangu|Kitano Tenmangû]] in [[Kyoto]] and either [[ ...e shrine) includes several large stone [[torii]]. After a sharp left-turn, one passes through another stone torii, and then over a bridge designed in thre
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• Sanada Masayuki
  ...illed samurai commanders of the later Sengoku Period; sometimes considered one of [[Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals]]'' ..., is said to have been at the famous [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]]. At one point he was known as Mutô Kibêjô 武藤喜兵衛尉, but his two elder
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• Kenrokuen
  ...a clan|Maeda]] lords of [[Kaga han|Kaga]]. Established in [[1874]], it was one of the first modern public parks in Japan.<ref>Sven Saaler, "Public Statuar ...ll on which Kenrokuen sits was originally the site of a secondary fortress/castle to help defend this rear entrance. The fifth lord of Kaga, [[Maeda Tsunanor
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• Osaka
  Osaka was one of the three major cities in [[Edo Period|Tokugawa Japan]], and remains tod ...Its role for centuries as one of the most major commercial centers in the country, bringing together the foods (and other goods) of the entire archipelago, h
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• Sanshikan
  ...il of regents that formed in order to handle this challenge and manage the country on the king's behalf soon grew into an established and powerful government ...at poetry, calligraphy, and so forth (which were seen to be reflective of one's moral character), experience in traveling to China and Japan was also see
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• Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts
  ...rsity of the Arts being established in the Tônokura neighborhood below the castle, where it remains. A second campus is located a short distance away, in the ...y found there than at any university library in Tokyo (or elsewhere in the country). The university's special collections are also home to the original notebo
  4 KB (556 words) - 05:44, 17 April 2020
• 1853
  *1853/4/16 A fire destroys [[Tsuwano castle]] and much of the surrounding [[castle-town]]. ...ip and attempts to convince him to give up his intentions to visit [[Shuri castle]]. Perry denies Bettelheim's request to travel with him to Japan.
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• Emperor Meiji
  ...umb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]] ...was the first Emperor since [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] in the 1330s to rule the country in the absence of a [[shogunate]]; he was also the last Emperor to reign in
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• Shimazu Shigehide
  ...ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]], surrounded by tens of stone lanterns, is one of the largest in the entire [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery]] ...metimes even referred to as "the closed country within the [[sakoku|closed country]]."<ref>Gallery labels, [[Reimeikan Museum]], Kagoshima, Sept 2014.</ref> H
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• 1875
  *1875/7/14 Matsuda enters [[Shuri castle]] and meets with [[Nakijin Chofu|Prince Nakijin]], issuing a series of dema ...u ueekata submits his formal letter of complaint, and remains in Tokyo for one year, continuing to reject Japanese demands on behalf of the Ryukyuan court
  6 KB (844 words) - 07:27, 21 April 2017
• Buke Shohatto
  ...wer of the ''daimyô'' and thus protecting the shogunate's control over the country. They drew extensively upon the [[Chinese classics]], and upon earlier Japa ...quarreling, from forming alliances and parties, and from swearing oaths to one another. The system of ''sankin kôtai'' was more fully established at this
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• Nikko Toshogu
  ...with intricately detailed carving and decorative elaboration. Named after one of the gates to the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], the Yômeimon includes over One of the many large [[torii]] on the site bears calligraphy from the hand of
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