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• Iriomote-jima
  ...theaters and the like were built on the island. Following the end of World War II, coal mining efforts were ceased, and USCAR made plans for development o
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• Hibiscus
  *Gerald Figal, "Between War and Tropics: Heritage Tourism in Postwar Okinawa," ''The Public Historian''
  1 KB (187 words) - 07:23, 22 April 2020
• 1419
  *1419/6/9 [[Taejong]], former King of Korea, declares war on [[Tsushima]], claiming it belongs to Korea.
  1 KB (143 words) - 12:17, 22 September 2015
• Yuan Chonghuan
  ...how to defend them. By this time a member of the staff of the Ministry of War, drawing both upon knowledge of European firearms and tactics, and other na
  1 KB (212 words) - 16:52, 18 February 2015
• Unkei
  ...ht upon Nara by fighting and fires during the early stages of the [[Genpei War]], in 1180-1181, Unkei is believed to have sought refuge in Kyoto, joining Immediately following the end of the Genpei War, as Kôkei, Kaikei, and others engaged in repairing and rebuilding the chie
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• Empress Jingu
  ...birth to [[Emperor Ojin|Emperor Ôjin]], who is closely associated with the war ''[[kami]]'' [[Hachiman]], and who succeeded her in [[269]].
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• Ueno Toshogu
  The shrine was hit by a bomb during World War II, but fortunately it was a dud and the shrine suffered relatively minimal
  4 KB (557 words) - 08:06, 27 May 2017
• Siqisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz
  ...curator at the Louvre in Paris, but fled to the United States due to World War I, and was then hired by the Met to help found a new Department of Far East
  1 KB (206 words) - 20:45, 9 April 2017
• Tale of the Heike
  ...12th century, with much of the text describing the events of the [[Genpei War]]. ...th Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.</ref>
  8 KB (1,214 words) - 13:14, 27 October 2015
• Battle of Hakodate
  The former [[Bakufu]] retainers leaded by [[Enomoto Takeaki]] escaped from [[Edo]] in Matsumae han surrendered in 1868/11/20. But the former Bakufu retainer troops lost their battleships ''[[Kaiyo-maru|Kaiyô-maru]]'
  4 KB (561 words) - 10:47, 18 December 2021
• George H. Kerr
  ...ho inspired in him an interest in Okinawan history and culture. Once World War II broke out, he became a commissioned intelligence officer in service to t Following the end of World War II, he served for a time as vice consul at the US consulate in Taipei. He w
  3 KB (538 words) - 12:33, 21 June 2021
• 1642
  *The English Civil War begins (ends [[1646]]).
  1 KB (184 words) - 00:53, 21 October 2015
• Mori clan (Aki)
  ...in Aki. They supported the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] during the [[Onin war|Ônin War]], although afterwards they often found themselves caught that clan and the
  4 KB (516 words) - 15:09, 13 October 2017
• Langdon Warner
  ...US military to not bomb [[Kyoto]], [[Nara]], and [[Kamakura]] during World War II, but also infamous for his supposed involvement in looting priceless wal ...ources indicate that that idea has been discredited, and that Secretary of War [[Henry L. Stimson]] may be the one to thank.<ref name=archives/> Neverthel
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• Morishita Hiroshi
  ...ed at the Nunakuma Shrine in 1938; though later melted down to support the war effort, it was reconstructed and re-erected in 1952.
  1 KB (209 words) - 07:19, 6 June 2020
• Adani-ga-daki
  ...form a fund to maintain the site, while the other was erected after World War II, when the site was restored. The site was named a Tangible Folk Cultural
  2 KB (315 words) - 02:25, 17 November 2015
• Kumagai Naozane
  ...Naozane was a warrior who fought for the [[Minamoto clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. He is most known for killing the young [[Taira no A ...torically, he truly did so, but he is believed to have survived the Genpei War, and to have lived to a good old age, dying in [[1208]] at the age of 67. I
  3 KB (575 words) - 20:10, 19 June 2020
• Emperor Go-Shirakawa
  ...Rebellion|Hôgen]] and [[Heiji Rebellion]]s of the 1150s, and the [[Genpei War]] of the 1180s. ...Minamoto clan|Minamoto]]-[[Taira clan|Taira]] conflict known as the Genpei War, which would erupt several decades later, in [[1180]].
  4 KB (547 words) - 10:21, 19 September 2016
• Mori Terumoto
  ...penly challenged Nobunaga. It happened that the Môri were to be drawn into war over the Ishiyama-Honganji, a religious stronghold in [[Settsu Province|Set ...Yamanaka were killed. This was to be a rare case of Môri initiative in the war. Terumoto was not the leader his grandfather had been, nor did he possess t
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• Gima Shinjo
  ...e scholar-officials captured and brought to [[Kagoshima]] as a prisoner of war. Upon his return to Ryûkyû in [[1611]], he brought cotton seeds, and weav His tomb can be found today in the Sakiyama neighborhood of [[Shuri]], the former royal capital of the kingdom.
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