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*up until c. 1590 or so, many samurai families pride themselves on genealogies tracing themselves back to Korea or China, connecting them to the continent. After Hideyoshi's invasions, and maybe having to do with some other aspect of Tokugawa rule, samurai families no longer claim foreign descent, but craft Fujiwara, Taira, or Minamoto descent.
*up until c. 1590 or so, many samurai families pride themselves on genealogies tracing themselves back to Korea or China, connecting them to the continent. After Hideyoshi's invasions, and maybe having to do with some other aspect of Tokugawa rule, samurai families no longer claim foreign descent, but craft Fujiwara, Taira, or Minamoto descent.
**What origins do the Sô of Tsushima claim? Their identity as vassals of the Korean king is fascinatingly unique.
**What origins do the Sô of Tsushima claim? Their identity as vassals of the Korean king is fascinatingly unique.
*Ryukyuan dance was first performed at a National Theater in 1967, just one year after Noh and Kabuki were first performed in that context. - Hideyo Konagaya, "Crossing Genres in Okinawan Performance: Art, Folk, and Power in the Cultural Protection System," presentation at Assoc. for Asian Studies annual conference, Washington DC, 23 March 2018.
*[[Shinto shrines]]: in the medieval period, most shrines maintained three priestly positions: a ''kamuzukasa'', or chief priest, who was typically male and who headed administrative duties; a ''negi'', who performed purely religious/priestly/ritual duties including communicating with the ''kami'' and performing shamanistic rituals, and who was typically male, but at certain shrines was always female; and ''hafuri''. - Haruko Nawata Ward, Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, Ashgate (2009), 121.
*[[Shinto shrines]]: in the medieval period, most shrines maintained three priestly positions: a ''kamuzukasa'', or chief priest, who was typically male and who headed administrative duties; a ''negi'', who performed purely religious/priestly/ritual duties including communicating with the ''kami'' and performing shamanistic rituals, and who was typically male, but at certain shrines was always female; and ''hafuri''. - Haruko Nawata Ward, Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, Ashgate (2009), 121.