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• Kikaigashima
  ...the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today. ...ref name=smits18>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 18-20.</ref>
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• Izumo Shrine
  The Grand Shrine at Izumo is one of the oldest and most important [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in the [[Shinto]] ...e state.<ref name=tnm>Gallery labels, "Yamato and Izumo," special exhibit, Tokyo National Museum, Feb 2020.</ref>
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• Shuri
  ...the [[Shureimon]] and [[Aijo-ufumichi|Aijô-ufumichi]] leading off the top of the image, and [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] and the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] [[File:Shuri-skyline.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The rooftops of [[Shuri castle]], as seen from the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] Pond, 2014.]]
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• Elephants
  [[File:Elephant-print.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A woodblock print of an elephant which was on display at Ryôgoku in Edo in [[1862]]-[[1863]]]] ...er in [[1602]].<ref>Ôta, 66.</ref> An elephant was also sent from the King of [[Cambodia]] to [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] in the 16th century, but it d
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• Langdon Warner
  ...arnerplaque.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A stone marker & plaque erected in honor of Langdon Warner, outside [[Kamakura]] Station.]] ...gh the Lens of Popular Media," paper presented at International Convention of Asia Scholars, 2021.</ref>
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• Bunten
  ...iderable criticism and pushback from many members of the art world outside of those favored by the Ministry and its judges. ...Ministry favored and those they did not - whether personally, or in terms of style or approach.
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• William Adams
  [[File:Anjincho.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Stone marker at the former site of Adams' [[Edo]] mansion]] ...igator who settled in Japan. He is now famous as the prototype of the hero of James Clavell's quasi-historical novel [[James Clavell's Shogun|''Shogun'']
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• Highways
  ...hihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', University of Michigan (2012), 49.</ref> ...tle over time, often by improvements to get around natural barriars. Most of the highways below are still in use and are commonly called by their old na
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• Arai Hakuseki
  ...thumb|400px|A portrait of Hakuseki by [[Tsubaki Chinzan]], National Museum of Korea]] ...y other Confucian scholar of the entire [[Edo period]], outside of members of the [[Hayashi family]], and was permitted to exercise considerable influenc
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• Matsudaira Sadanobu
  ...gates.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The gates to Sadanobu's grave, at Reigan-ji in Tokyo]] ...e initiatives pioneered by his predecessor, as well as renewed enforcement of [[sumptuary regulations]] and the like.
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• Nakijin gusuku
  [[File:Nakijin-walls.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A view of the walls of the Shigema enclosure, seen from within the main enclosure]] [[File:Nakijin-model.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A model of the castle's walls, showing the overall layout]]
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• Shimazu Hisamitsu
  [[File:Hisamitsu.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Shimazu Hisamitsu at [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...lord himself, as regent for his son, Hisamitsu came to be known as "father of the country" (国父), and in significant ways governed the domain, and act
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• Society of Jesus
  ...eading stand inlaid in mother-of-pearl with the IHS logo of the Society. [[Tokyo National Museum]], 16-17th c.]] ...r-Reformation in Europe, and one of the earliest and most prominent groups of Christian missionaries to be active in Japan.
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• Tokugawa seasonal observances
  ...do castle]] to pay obeisances, and/or to offer gifts, on certain occasions of every year. ...h, to instead taking place only in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 12th months of the year. Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Cast
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• Shimazu Narioki
  [[File:Narioki.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Shimazu Narioki at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] .... He is considered the 27th head of the clan, counting since the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]].
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• Edo castle
  ...eft empty, and the ''Nishi-no-maru'' is now home to the central structures of the Imperial Palace. ...he ''Edojô tôjô fûkei zu byôbu'', Ôsuga Kiyomitsu, 1847. [[National Museum of Japanese History]].]]
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• Famous Samurai Swords
  ...al figure, any given figure owned and used multiple swords over the course of their lives. ...able, there is an ''oshigata'', a professional drawing showing the details of the blade. Historical accuracy here is sometimes flexible due to the high e
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• Osaka castle
  ...and, following the fall of the [[Toyotomi clan]], it became a major center of [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] control in the [[Kinki region]]. ...c of floating junks past the fortress walls filled with the ears and noses of attempted escapees.
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• Morioka han
  *''Territory: parts of [[Mutsu province]]'' ...ural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター
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• Shimazu Tadayoshi
  [[File:Shimazu-tadayoshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze statue of Tadayoshi at the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] gardens in [[Kagoshima]], designed ...u]], adopted son of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and is counted as the 29th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
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