...was an architect of the [[Meiji architecture|Meiji period]], and a student of [[Josiah Conder]].
...c/creative nature, instead focusing on the practical and technical aspects of architecture. Sone relates considerable relief at the changeover to Conder'
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==Timeline of 1886==
*1886/1/28 A formal [[Convention of Japanese Immigration]] is signed with [[Hawaii]], retroactively covering th
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...uctor in the Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures at Princeton University.
...s two-volume chronology of Japanese history, laying out the specific dates of events in Japanese history from roughly 40 BCE to [[1167]] CE.
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...ner"), a samurai official charged with overseeing the Ryûkyû-kan on behalf of the daimyô.
...ikun gaikô kaitai wo ou'' 『近世日本における外国使節と社会変容（３）－大君外交解体を追う－』, Tokyo: Waseda University (2009), 5.</ref> He traveled with [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], serving as
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...unoo]] by his consort [[Shin-Kogimon-in|Shin-Kôgimon-in]]. He was the last of Go-Mizunoo's children to reign, succeeding his half-brother [[Emperor Go-Sa
Following a fire on [[1673]]/5/8 which destroyed large parts of the city, including the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]], Emperor
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...iroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), xxix.</ref>
...assigned. Within that territory, he was responsible for overseeing a range of government functions, including infrastructure projects, tax collection, an
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Higa Shunchô was one of the most prominent Okinawan historians of the 20th century.
...[Nishibaru]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], he graduated from Okinawa Normal University<!--沖縄師範学校--> with a teaching certificate, and worked for a time
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...ation]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]].<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/41550129501/in/photostream/
...Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 161.</ref>
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...irst history of China to incorporate differing accounts or interpretations of events rather than presenting a single official narrative.
...highest level of the [[Chinese Imperial examinations]] and became a member of the [[Hanlin Academy]].
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...t|300px|thumb|A model of Nihonbashi at the Edo-Tokyo Museum, showing parts of the Nihonbashi district.]]
...n in [[Hiroshige]]'s [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] series "[[The 53 Stations of the Tokaido]]."]]
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...significantly influential in a variety of other decisions and developments of the [[Meiji period]] as well.
...s.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 171.</ref>
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...to Benzaiten are also located on tiny islands in manmade ponds. She is one of the [[Seven Lucky Gods]].
...ith a local serpent [[kami|deity]], Ugajin. According to the founding myth of Enoshima Shrine, a dragon menaced the local population until one day an isl
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Kikuin was a Ryukyuan [[Zen]] monk of the early 17th century.
...to Kyoto to practice at the [[Kyoto Five Mountains|five top Zen temples]] of that city. There, he was granted the monastic name Kikuin, by the Zen maste
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''Kabunakama'' were merchant guilds of the [[Edo period]], which evolved out of the more basic merchants' associations known as ''[[nakama (guilds)|nakama]
...apan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan''. University of Tokyo Press (1990), 225-226.</ref>
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...National Museum]], Ueno Zoo, [[Tokyo University of the Arts]], and Museum of Western Art, among others.
...so be found in the park. Other notable sights in the park include a statue of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] designed by [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kô
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==Timeline of 1875==
...blish Japan's first national decoration in the European style, the [[Order of the Rising Sun]].
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...nsiderable degree of independence from [[samurai]] control throughout much of the [[Sengoku period]].
...>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 36.</ref>
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[[File:Kasuga.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Kasuga no Tsubone's grave at Rinshô-in in Tokyo]]
...in convincing [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]] to join the Eastern army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]].
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...he grave of Hidetada and his wife [[Oeyo]] (Ogô) at [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] in Tokyo]]
...a|Oda Nobunaga's]] sister [[Oichi]]. Hidetada retired in [[1623]] in favor of his son [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]]. He had two younger sons, [[Tokugawa T
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...i.jpg|right|thumb|320px|People taking part in ''hanami'' in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, March 2008]]
...njoying viewing [[cherry blossoms]]. The practice typically takes the form of a picnic, featuring food and drink, in which people simply gather under or
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