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• Shamisen
  ...ently developed instrument central to a folk musical tradition of [[Aomori prefecture]]). These differ mainly in the length and thickness of the neck, size of th ...d at least one record notes a shamisen player from [[Yamashiro province]] (Kyoto) as early as [[1580]].<ref>Henry Johnson, ''The Shamisen: Tradition and Div
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• Meiji period
  ...ht|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'' (国家), or, "The State."]] ...re examples of this. Many [[daimyo yashiki|domain mansions]] in [[Edo]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]], though not seized by the government, were abandoned or so
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• Nagasaki
  Nagasaki is a port city in [[Kyushu]], the capital of [[Nagasaki prefecture]]. It is perhaps most famous today for the atomic bombing of the city on Au Along with [[Osaka]], [[Kyoto]], and a handful of other cities, Nagasaki was controlled directly by the s
  12 KB (1,828 words) - 06:15, 19 August 2020
• Satsuma han
  ...yushu Kagoshima.png|right|thumb|300px|The island of Kyûshû, with Kagoshima Prefecture in dark green. Satsuma han covered this territory, along with some to the n ...rgely contiguous with today's Kagoshima prefecture, plus parts of Miyazaki prefecture. As one of only ten ''daimyô'' clans to control (at least) an entire provi
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• Silver
  The [[Iwami Ginzan]] in [[Iwami province]] ([[Shimane prefecture]]) was the largest silver mine ever to operate in Japan, and was named a [[ ...o such activity, and establishing mints (''[[ginza]]'') in Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
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• Tea culture
  ...thumb|400px|A tearoom at Shôtôen in [[Kamagari|Shimo-Kamagari]], Hiroshima prefecture]] The [[1872 Kyoto Exposition]] saw the introduction of ''ryûrei'', a form of tea ceremony pe
  12 KB (1,935 words) - 00:25, 5 March 2018
• David Kalakaua
  ...ama, twelve in [[Tokyo]], and the remaining six sightseeing in [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], traveling across the [[Inland Sea]], and in [[Nagasaki]]. Aft ...hi then boarded the king's ship along with the vice governor of [[Kanagawa prefecture]] and an admiral of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], presenting a formal inv
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• Currency
  ...etc.). In Edo, gold was more widely circulated, while in [[Kamigata]] (the Kyoto-Osaka area), silver was more commonly the mode of exchange. Gold was exchan ...many parts of the country, particularly the active commercial centers of [[Kyoto]] and [[Osaka]], and other areas at a considerable distance from Edo, curre
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• Kingdom of Ryukyu
  ...[Kagoshima Prefecture]] while the rest of the Ryûkyûs constitute [[Okinawa Prefecture]]. ...rmly established and widespread. Shô Taikyû invited [[Kaiin]], a monk from Kyoto's [[Nanzen-ji]], to come and found a number of new temples, and to oversee
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• Japanese Swords
  *Kinai: Yamashiro (Today's Kyoto prefecture), Yamato (Nara), Settsu (Osaka and Hyogo), Kawachi (Osaka), Izumi (Osaka).S *San-in Do: Tanba (Kyoto and Hyogo), Tajima (Hyogo), Inaba (Tottori), Hoki (Tottori), Izumo (Shimane
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• Ulysses S. Grant
  ...[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] and annexed its territory as [[Okinawa prefecture]] in March to May that year, as a preemptive measure against Chinese action ...tended to visit a number of other areas, including Hyôgo, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, but despite elaborate and expensive receptions prepared for them in these
  17 KB (2,839 words) - 12:52, 31 March 2018
• Emperor
  ...emperors.<ref name=shillony>Ben-Ami Shillony, "Restoration, Emperor, Diet, Prefecture, or: How Japanese Concepts were Mistranslated into Western Languages," ''Co ...esiastical."<ref name=shillony/> Thus, he does refer to the ''tennô'' in [[Kyoto]] as the "Ecclesiastical Hereditary Emperor," though more frequently his us
  19 KB (2,922 words) - 00:10, 11 September 2022
• Kabuki
  ...erhaps be seen today only at the [[Kanamaru-za]] in [[Kotohira]], [[Kagawa prefecture]], the oldest kabuki theater still in operation today. ...G|right|thumb|320px|A statue of [[Izumo no Okuni]] at Shijô-Kawaramachi in Kyoto]]
  43 KB (6,903 words) - 00:03, 26 June 2020

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