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  • The Boshin war was the civil war in which the new Meiji government finished off the last of the Pro-[[Tokuga [[Enomoto Takeaki]] and former Bakufu retainers took Bakufu's fleet to Ezo, occupied [[Goryokaku|Goryôkak
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  • ...and promoting peace and democracy. A large collection of his writings and former personal library is now held by the University of the Ryukyus Library. After the end of World War II, he returned to the University of Tokyo, later becoming the 16th preside
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  • *[[Ming-Ho War]] - [[Ming Dynasty]] China takes over Vietnam (until [[1428]]).
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  • ...] is signed between China and the United Kingdom, ending the [[First Opium War]].
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  • ...resources the government and military prized. Rubber was essential for the war machine, for tires, boots, and other uses. ...only began to become more commercially viable around the world when World War II caused demand to skyrocket, and supply lines for natural rubber to becom
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  • [[File:Coen-grave.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Plaque at Coen's gravesite, the former site of the [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church of Batavia]]. Wayang M ...s been famously quoted as saying there can be no trade without war, and no war without trade. He led the [[Dutch East India Company]] in violently seizing
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  • ...battle in service to the nation, especially those who died in the [[Boshin War]].
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  • ...istorical kana]] usage of sounds such as 'gwa', deprecated following World War II.</ref> established in 1898, still stands and operates today.
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  • ...borders whenever the opportunity presented itself. In [[1524]] he went to war with the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi and took [[Edo castle|Edo Castle]] in Musashi Pr ...happened, Tomooki's heir, Tomosada, proved just as willing to carry on the war with the upstart Hôjô. Ujitsuna struck out, taking [[Kawagoe castle|Kawag
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  • ...[[1473]], and was forced by the chaos and violence of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] to move from place to place. After about five years of traveling around [
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  • ...o-miya Akihito was an Imperial prince who commanded forces in the [[Boshin War]] and played a central role in the founding and early administration of the ...of the subjugation of the East (''Seitô-tai-shôgun''), and in the [[Boshin War]] which followed as well. During the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]], the
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  • ...ion, he worked to establish the Tokugawa Art Museum, on the grounds of the former site of the Owari Tokugawa detached palace in [[Nagoya]], donating to the n ...hichika was interrogated by the War Crimes Tribunal after the end of World War II, in part due to his role in colonial administration, but was not charged
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  • ...ng of the end for the Muromachi shogunate.<ref>[[Paul Varley]], ''The Onin War''. Columbia University Press, 1967.</ref> Yoshimasa formally abdicated as s ...a's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all al
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  • ...e [[Battle of Okehazama]] ([[1560]]) against the Imagawa, and in the Oda's war with the Saito of [[Mino province|Mino]] ([[1561]]-[[1563]]). ...for in [[1578]] Kenshin died, plunging the Uesugi house into virtual civil war. When [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] finally emerged the new daimyo, Shibata had spea
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  • ...liance of the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]] and [[Tang Dynasty]] China, in a war over dominance on the Korean peninsula. This ended in defeat for the Japane A prominent succession dispute, known as the [[Jinshin War]], took place in [[672]] as Emperor Tenji's brother [[Emperor Temmu|Prince
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  • ...a variety of sorts, from records of court ceremonies to [[gunki monogatari|war tales]], and even cookbooks. He maintained a diary from age 22 until age 63
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  • ...monoseki, signed April 17, [[1895]], marked the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. ...n's total GNP at the time, and far more than making up for the cost of the war to the Japanese government, expenses totalling around 200,476,000 yen.<ref>
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  • ...] around [[1468]]. With the decline of the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]], the former power in the region, Fusaie was able to firmly established the [[Ichijo cla
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  • ...graduating in 1943. He then entered the US military, serving during World War II, and in both Okinawa and mainland Japan during the first year of the All *''Japan and China, From War to Peace: 1894-1974'' (1975)
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  • ...pment were severely damaged in air raids. Fortunately, copies survived the war, and so the work was able to be published beginning in 1955, with the final
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