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• Yangban
  The ''yangban'' were a class of government officials and administrators in [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea, patter ...farmers and merchants below them, with a class of outcastes at the bottom of the ladder.
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• Niwa clan
  ...some prominence. They lost a good deal of their influence after the death of Nobunaga but survived into the [[Edo Period]] as ''[[kunimochi|jun-kunimoch ...ir party, and to report back to Edo anything suspicious. Further, when one of these [[Tohoku|Tôhoku]] ''daimyô'' was unable to depart on time (or at al
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• Zhou Huang
  ...of calligraphy by Zhou Huang, from the collection of [[Ichikawa Beian]]. [[Tokyo National Museum]].]] ...' (C: ''Liuqiu-guo zhilue''), a history of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] based on records written by previous envoys to Ryukyu.
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• Tokunoshima
  ...t south of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. It is today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. ...>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), 51.</ref>
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• Tokugawa Ietsuna
  ...from [[1651]]/8/18 until his death on [[1680]]/5/8. He was the eldest son of third shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]. ...quently ill, and various high-ranking retainers performed much of the work of administration and governance on his behalf, at times. Particularly promine
  2 KB (309 words) - 22:05, 10 September 2015
• Oyake Akahachi
  ...]] (Kawara lineage) of [[Kumejima]], and making Shô Shin's attacks on both of them attacks on particular (rival) ''wakô'' lineages. Smits, 101.</ref> ...to take advantage of the chaos and disunity, Akahachi proposed an invasion of the Miyako Islands. However, [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone ''Toyomiya'']] le
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• Maeda Toshitsune
  * ''Distinction: Lord of [[Kaga province|Kaga]], [[Noto province|Noto]], and [[Etchu province|Etchû ...defenders of [[Osaka Castle]] and fought at the [[Battle of Tennoji|Battle of Tennôji]] ([[1615]]).
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• Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
  ...8/23 until his death from smallpox on [[1709]]/1/10. He was the fourth son of third shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] and shogunal concubine [[Keishoin|Keishô From [[1661]] until 1680, he was lord of the 250,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief of [[Tatebayashi han]] in [[Kozuke province|Kôzuke province]].<ref>''[[Kokuda
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• Indigo
  ...egion in early modern Japan, and that most highly regarded for the quality of its product,<ref>Ravina, 159.</ref> though other regions are known for indi ...s allowed to ferment for several months, ideally under specific conditions of temperature, pressure, and moisture. The dye is formed as the leaves fermen
  2 KB (339 words) - 03:45, 15 September 2019
• Gi Shien
  ...Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief musicians credited with introducing music of the [[Ming Dynasty]] into Japan in the 17th century. ...perform Ming music. While in Nagasaki, Zhiyan also became an active patron of [[Sofuku-ji|Sôfuku-ji]], an [[Obaku|Ôbaku]] [[Zen]] temple closely associ
  2 KB (293 words) - 07:48, 25 April 2017
• Oishi Kuranosuke
  [[Image:Kuranosuke.jpg|right|frame|Picture of Ôishi Kuranosuke]] ..., one more piece of evidence that the men involved were not all acting out of loyalty to a failed lord), showed a shrewd ability to plot and implement a
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• Hoshina Masayuki
  ...wa Iemitsu]], becoming shogun at the age of ten. Hoshina was the third son of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], half-brother to [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]], and ...han|Takatô]] in [[Shinano province]]. Masayuki succeeded Masamitsu as lord of Takatô in [[1631]], but was then transferred to [[Yamagata han]] (200,000
  2 KB (300 words) - 00:16, 22 March 2014
• Maeda Koin
  ...years since then. He was designated by [[Okinawa prefecture]] as a holder of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and served as an advisor to the prefecture on ...田孝允氏を悼む」, ''Shurijô kenkyû'' 首里城研究 23 (March 2021), 96.</ref> He graduated university in 1959 and immediately afterward was given a full-time job as a designer f
  5 KB (652 words) - 04:22, 22 December 2021
• Taikun
  ...atic correspondence with [[Joseon Dynasty]] [[Korea]] in the early decades of the [[Edo period]], and in communications with Western powers in the [[Baku ...f Korea. Thus, they returned to the use of the term ''Nihon kokuô'' ("King of Japan").
  2 KB (342 words) - 09:16, 3 July 2018
• Hara Kei
  ...lso known as Hara Takashi, was the first commoner to become prime minister of Japan. ...racting support from amongst the bureaucracy. He also placed loyal members of his party in positions as prefectural governors, and attracted others to hi
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• Japan Folk Crafts Museum
  [[File:Mingeikan.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The main hall of the Nihon Mingeikan]] ...under of the ''Mingei'' Movement, who also designed both the main building of the museum and its galleries, and a residence across the street, completed
  2 KB (340 words) - 08:11, 17 October 2019
• Niwaka
  ...ional [[kabuki]] plays of the time, ''niwaka'' performed by [[courtesans]] of the [[Yoshiwara]] were particularly popular, and sometimes depicted in ''[[ ...in the Yoshiwara; they were performed in the 8th month each year, as part of a festival dedicated to the ''[[kami]]'' [[Inari]]. The festival also invol
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• Tenpi
  Tenpi, also known as Mazu, is a [[Daoist]] goddess of the sea, most often prayed to for safe voyages. Tenpi worship is particular ...ina, Taiwan, Ryûkyû, and elsewhere associate her with being an incarnation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Kannon]], and in Ryûkyû she is sometimes known as B
  2 KB (306 words) - 23:36, 12 March 2018
• Sumidagawa
  ...riod]], it marked the eastern border of [[Musashi province]], and the city of [[Edo]], dividing these from [[Shimousa province]] to the east. A major wat ...d from the river, as well as numerous sites along its banks, are the theme of numerous ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints.
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• Owari Tokugawa clan
  ...ô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 329.</ref> [[han|domain]] of [[Owari han|Owari]] with [[Nagoya castle|Nagoya]] as their castle, the Owar ...one at Ichigaya. The grounds of the latter is today home to the [[Ministry of Defense]].
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