...ck on [[Kira Yoshinaka]] and his subsequent execution, after which a group of his retainers (the [[47 Ronin]]) sought revenge against Kira for provoking
...acked Kira in the Matsu-no-rôka (Pine Tree Corridor) in the Honmaru Palace of [[Edo castle]], and was sentenced the same day to commit ''[[seppuku]]''.
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...surements|tsubo]]''.<ref>Miyamoto Tsuneichi 宮本常一, ''Nihon no shuku'' 日本の宿, Tokyo: Shakai shisôsha (1965), 168-169.</ref>
Prior to the [[Edo period]], the area of Narumi was the site of [[Narumi castle]] (aka Negoya castle). It is believed to have been demolish
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...MA]], remains today one of the most famous and most extensive collections of Japanese ceramics and folk objects in the world.
...13 ([[1851]]), and in [[1859]], at age 21, he began studying at [[Harvard University]] under Louis Agassiz. After some friction with Agassiz, he quit studying a
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...ino]] ("the East"), but has since the [[Edo period]] become a major symbol of Japan as a whole.
...te]] in 2013, under the "Cultural" category, as a "sacred place and source of artistic inspiration."<ref>"[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1418 Fujisan],"
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*''Titles: Lord of [[Nakijin gusuku|Nakijin]], King of [[Hokuzan]] (1397-1416)''
Hananchi was the third and final king of the Okinawan kingdom of [[Hokuzan]].
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The ''yangban'' were a class of government officials and administrators in [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea, patter
...farmers and merchants below them, with a class of outcastes at the bottom of the ladder.
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...some prominence. They lost a good deal of their influence after the death of Nobunaga but survived into the [[Edo Period]] as ''[[kunimochi|jun-kunimoch
...ir party, and to report back to Edo anything suspicious. Further, when one of these [[Tohoku|Tôhoku]] ''daimyô'' was unable to depart on time (or at al
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...of calligraphy by Zhou Huang, from the collection of [[Ichikawa Beian]]. [[Tokyo National Museum]].]]
...' (C: ''Liuqiu-guo zhilue''), a history of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] based on records written by previous envoys to Ryukyu.
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...t south of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. It is today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
...>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 51.</ref>
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...from [[1651]]/8/18 until his death on [[1680]]/5/8. He was the eldest son of third shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
...quently ill, and various high-ranking retainers performed much of the work of administration and governance on his behalf, at times. Particularly promine
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...]] (Kawara lineage) of [[Kumejima]], and making Shô Shin's attacks on both of them attacks on particular (rival) ''wakô'' lineages. Smits, 101.</ref>
...to take advantage of the chaos and disunity, Akahachi proposed an invasion of the Miyako Islands. However, [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone ''Toyomiya'']] le
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* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Kaga province|Kaga]], [[Noto province|Noto]], and [[Etchu province|Etchû
...defenders of [[Osaka Castle]] and fought at the [[Battle of Tennoji|Battle of Tennôji]] ([[1615]]).
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...8/23 until his death from smallpox on [[1709]]/1/10. He was the fourth son of third shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] and shogunal concubine [[Keishoin|Keishô
From [[1661]] until 1680, he was lord of the 250,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief of [[Tatebayashi han]] in [[Kozuke province|Kôzuke province]].<ref>''[[Kokuda
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...egion in early modern Japan, and that most highly regarded for the quality of its product,<ref>Ravina, 159.</ref> though other regions are known for indi
...s allowed to ferment for several months, ideally under specific conditions of temperature, pressure, and moisture. The dye is formed as the leaves fermen
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...Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief musicians credited with introducing music of the [[Ming Dynasty]] into Japan in the 17th century.
...perform Ming music. While in Nagasaki, Zhiyan also became an active patron of [[Sofuku-ji|Sôfuku-ji]], an [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] [[Zen]] temple closely associ
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[[Image:Kuranosuke.jpg|right|frame|Picture of Ôishi Kuranosuke]]
..., one more piece of evidence that the men involved were not all acting out of loyalty to a failed lord), showed a shrewd ability to plot and implement a
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...wa Iemitsu]], becoming shogun at the age of ten. Hoshina was the third son of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], half-brother to [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]], and
...han|Takatô]] in [[Shinano province]]. Masayuki succeeded Masamitsu as lord of Takatô in [[1631]], but was then transferred to [[Yamagata han]] (200,000
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...years since then. He was designated by [[Okinawa prefecture]] as a holder of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and served as an advisor to the prefecture on
...田孝允氏を悼む」, ''Shurijô kenkyû'' 首里城研究 23 (March 2021), 96.</ref> He graduated university in 1959 and immediately afterward was given a full-time job as a designer f
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...atic correspondence with [[Joseon Dynasty]] [[Korea]] in the early decades of the [[Edo period]], and in communications with Western powers in the [[Baku
...f Korea. Thus, they returned to the use of the term ''Nihon kokuô'' ("King of Japan").
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...lso known as Hara Takashi, was the first commoner to become prime minister of Japan.
...racting support from amongst the bureaucracy. He also placed loyal members of his party in positions as prefectural governors, and attracted others to hi
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