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*David Noble translates 中華 as "central flowering." - Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', 38.

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*[[Vietnam]], while under Chinese control from c. 112 BCE until 907, was Sinicized through increased use of Chinese written language, the introduction of the exam system, the rise of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, Chinese-style clothing and marriage ceremonies, the establishment of confucian schools, and a militia employing Chinese technology. - David Kang, “Hierarchy in Asian International Relations: 1300-1900.” Asian Security 1, no. 1 (2005): 58.

*In Meiji, as part of trying to make Japan look as civilized as Europe, European titles are adopted - [[Lord of the Privy Seal]] is basically just the position of [[naidaijin]], reinvented. - Ben Ami Shillony, "Restoration, Emperor, Diet, Prefecture, or: How Japanese Concepts were Mistranslated into Western Languages," Collected Writings of Ben-Ami Shillony, 67.

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*Tsuruya Shôgen 鶴屋将監 - wakô raider

*Kaiin Jôko, a monk from Kyoto who became abbot of Shuri Enkakuji

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*Mie and Yarazamui gusuku lasted until the pre-war, and can be seen in a photo from Meiji 24. - Uezato Takashi. Fireweapons of Ryukyu. p86. More on the castle too.

*Hachisuka clan were not samurai!? but were merchants, arms merchants.

*[[Gusuku]] article needs expansion, from articles, from Kerr, etc. - currently cites only Kitahara

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