Tani Bunchô was a prominent [[bunjinga|literati painter]] of the mid-[[Edo period]].
...result of these surveys, Bunchô learned much about the history and breadth of Japanese arts, as well as being exposed to Chinese and European arts in [[N
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...-1810) and the Development of Late Edo Fiction,” PhD dissertation, Harvard University (2011), 96.</ref>
...rhood of Monzen-nakachô. Ten years later, in [[1790]], he became a student of the author [[Santo Kyoden|Santô Kyôden]], publishing his first ''[[kibyos
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...wn for his arguments for broad-ranging reassessments of our understandings of, and approaches to, Japanese history.
...tead, he suggests that a great many rural people were engaged in a variety of trades - including fishing and other maritime activities, artisanal or craf
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[[File:Meijishrine-torii.jpg|right|thumb|320px|One of the main ''[[torii]]'' at the entrance to Meiji Shrine, near Harajuku Stati
...]] located in Shibuya-ku, [[Tokyo]]. It was established in 1920, in memory of [[Emperor Meiji]], who died [[1912|eight years prior]].
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Goeku ''ueekata'' Chôsei was a scholar-bureaucrat in the service of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
...as assistant to the Lead Envoy [[Kunjan Seisoku]], and in 1671, at the age of 51, he served as assistant to Lead Envoy [[Kin Choten|Kin Chôten]].
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...as being a samurai retainer of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]] with a stipend of 300 ''[[koku]]''.
...and projection drawing techniques on his own, and producing images mainly of festivals and other popular and public gatherings.
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...umes of documents selected out of the ''[[Shimazu-ke monjo]]'' ("Documents of the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu House]]").
...stitute, known as the ''Ryûkyû gaikoku kankei monjo'' 琉球外国関係文書 ("Documents of Relations between Ryûkyû and Foreign Countries"), collects documents pert
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...awa clan]],<ref>Gallery labels, "Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn," [[Tokyo National Museum]], 23 July 2010.</ref> Ienari was adopted into the main sho
He married [[Kodai-in (1773-1844)|Shige-hime]] (aka Kôdai-in), a daughter of [[Shimazu Shigehide]], in [[1789]]. She gave birth to their first child, At
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...breaking down, he returned to the United States. He commenced the practice of medicine in New York City, where he resided some thirteen years.
...r doing it in Japan. The result was the ''Hepburn'' style of romanization of Japanese words.
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...himi]], in southern [[Kyoto]] City. Its main object of worship is a statue of [[Shaka]] Nyorai.
...hborhood of central Kyoto, and was operated as a [[Shingon]] branch temple of [[Engaku-ji]].
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...okoro]]'' (principal wife) of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], and daughter of [[Konoe Motohiro]] and [[Shinanomiya Tsuneko]]. She had two brothers, [[Kon
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 313n60.
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...member of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' for over thirty years, through the reigns of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], [[Tokugawa Ienobu|Ienobu]], and [[Tokug
...rimary member of the ''rôjû'' to liaise with the [[So clan|Sô clan]] lords of [[Tsushima han|Tsushima domain]] in handling formal diplomatic relations wi
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...fusa]], ''daimyô'' of [[Mito han]], as a private garden within the grounds of his [[Mito Edo mansion|Edo mansion]]. Construction began in [[1629]], but t
...ures", was chosen at the suggestion of [[Zhu Shunsui]], a Chinese retainer of Mito, based on a proverb or famous quotation, "work first, pleasure later".
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...ave at the Hayashi family cemetery in Ichigaya-yamabushi-chô, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo]]
...nate]], playing a significant role in foreign relations as well. The first of the [[Hayashi clan]] shogunal advisors during the [[Edo period]], he advise
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...ef>James Lewis, “Beyond Sakoku: The Korean Envoy to Edo and the 1719 Diary of Shin Yu-Han,” ''Korea Journal'' 25:11 (1985), 40n17.</ref>
...ulers, and advocates that the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] should take some kind of action to free China from their control.<ref>Schottenhammer, Angela. “Emp
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...Shirakawa]]. A succession dispute between his claim to the throne and that of [[Emperor Antoku]] played a major role in sparking the [[Genpei War]].
...s children, were formally adopted by [[Hachijo-in|Hachijô-in]], a daughter of [[Emperor Toba]] and his consort [[Empress Bifukumon-in|Bifukumon-in]].
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Shinbashi, in [[Tokyo]], was one of the first train stations in Japan. While the old station buildings have bee
...and not rebuilt. The bridge was removed in 1964.<ref>Plaque at former site of Shibaguchi Gate.</ref>
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...'A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901'', International House of Japan (2012), 155.</ref>
...ained from Sidotti in writing his ''[[Seiyo kibun|Seiyô kibun]]'' ("Record of Things Heard about the West").
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[[File:Ihafuyu.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Photo of Ifa Fuyû, c. 1912]]
...rom the same origin, and that with [[Okinawa prefecture]] now being a part of Japan, assimilation was the best path.
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[[File:Muro-kyuso.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Muro Kyûsô at Ôtsuka Confucian scholars' graveyard]]
...fucian]] scholar in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] during the reign of [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]].
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