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12 August 2016
Korean embassies to Edo
Timeline of Missions
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Korean embassies to Edo
Timeline of Missions
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Other Events of 1643
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Births and Deaths
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Births and Deaths
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Itakura Shigemune
Created page with "*''Born: 1586'' *''Died: Meireki 2/12/1 (15 Jan 1657)'' *''Titles: Kyoto shoshidai (1619/9-1654/12/6)'' Itakura Shigemune served as Kyoto shoshidai (c..."
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Births and Deaths
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Births and Deaths
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Telling Time
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Telling Time
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File:Clock2.jpg
A rough illustration of how the ''koku'' periods for telling time changed over the course of the seasons. Designed by User:LordAmeth.
Telling Time
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File:Clock-diagram.JPG
Diagram of the system of telling time in Edo period Japan. Designed by User:LordAmeth.
Telling Time
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|A 17th century Japanese-made clock based on European technology In Edo period Japan, the day was divided into six ''koku'' (刻), and..."
File:Clock.jpg
Japanese lantern clock, 1678. British Museum, P&E 1958.10-6.2032. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 1 Aug 2015.
1727
Other Events of 1727
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Engelbert Kaempfer
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11 August 2016
尚 (Shô)
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Engelbert Kaempfer
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File:Kaempfer-audience.jpg
The Dutch audience with the Shogun, as depicted by Engelbert Kaempfer, in his ''History of Japan''. British Museum library. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 1 Aug 2015.
Japanese books
Elements of a Book
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File:Chinzei-ryukyu-ki-naidai.JPG
First opening of Miyata Nanboku's Chinzei Ryukyu-ki, 1835. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, University of Hawaii Library. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 9 Sept 2011.
File:Okutsuke-ryukyuki.JPG
The colophon, or okutsuke, of Chinzei Ryukyu-ki by Miyata Nanboku. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, University of Hawaii Library. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 9 Sept 2011.
Japanese books
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File:Album-binding.jpg
A book bound as an album, in gajôsô (画帖装) binding. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 31 Aug 2015.
File:Tetchoso.jpg
An example of a book bound in the Retsujôsô (列帖装) or tetchôsô (綴葉装) manner. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 31 Aug 2015.
Haniwa
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|A ''haniwa'' figure of a chieftain excavated in [[Ibaraki prefecture, and on display at the British Museum]] *''Japanese'': 埴..."
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A haniwa chieftain, British Museum. JA 2003.3-19.3. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 1 Aug 2015.
Monju
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|A 1680s sculpture of Monju on display at the British Museum *''Sanskrit: Mañjuśrī'' *''Japanese'': 文殊 ''(monju)'' Monju, or Man..."
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Sculpture of Monju bodhisattva, 1680s. British Museum. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 1 Aug 2015.
Kichijoten
References
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10 August 2016
Sorimachi Shigeo
Created page with "*''Born: 1901/8/28'' *''Died: 1991/9/4'' *''Japanese'': 反町 茂雄 ''(Sorimachi Shigeo)'' Sorimachi Shigeo was a 20th century scholar of book history, and book dea..."
狩野 (Kanô)
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Hyakumanto darani
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Kichijoten
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|Wooden statue of Kichijôten, c. 900s-1000s, on display at the British Museum *''Japanese'': 吉祥天 ''(kichijouten)'' Kichijô..."
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Statue of Kichijoten. British Museum, 1965.15.1. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 1 Aug 2015.
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Bronze mirror
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Sui dynasty
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Bronze mirrors
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File:Bronze-mirror-smba.jpg
A bronze mirror from the Sui Dynasty. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1983.27.19. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 16 Nov 2013.
Bronze mirrors
Created page with " Bronze mirrors were a major prestige good held by elites in Yayoi period and Kofun period Japan. They have been found in great numbers in burials across the region, i..."
William Gowland
Created page with "*''Born: 1842'' *''Died: 1922'' William Gowland is known for a number of significant Kofun period finds in the early decades of Japanese archaeology. He worked for t..."
Yayoi Period
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Jomon Period
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Pottery
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Dogu
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|A late [[Jomon period|Jômon period earthenware ''dogû'' figure on display at LACMA.]] *''Japanese'': 土偶 ''(doguu)'' ''Dogû'' are [[..."
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A Jomon Period dogu, earthenware, c. 1000-400 BCE. LACMA, M.58.9.6. Photo by User:LordAmeth, 30 Nov 2012.
Jinbaori
Created page with "right|thumb|320px|A late 18th or early 19th century ''jinbaori'' featuring a [[sakura motif, and calligraphy of a poem which can be translated as:..."