...eshima was a manmade island in [[Nagasaki]] Harbor to which the activities of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC) in Japan were restricted in the [[Ed
...bers of this group of Nagasaki locals, depending on the size and condition of the buildings they used. The island was originally called Tsukishima or Tsu
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*''[[Kokudaka]]: N/A''<ref>In [[1855]], the shogunate granted Matsumae a rank of 30,000 ''koku''. Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 148
...994), pp69-93. Though this is oft-cited, following the opening of the port of [[Hakodate]] to foreign ships in [[1854]]-[[1855]], the shogunate explicitl
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...[[Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]] of Odawara in [[1590]]. It ended with the transfer of power from the [[Toyotomi clan]] to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
...the [[Tokugawa bakufu]] (shogunate) ([[1603]]), and the final destruction of the Toyotomi clan during the [[Osaka Campaign]] ([[1615]]) . It was follow
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*''Chinese'': 科舉 ''(kējǔ)''
...nations served as the chief avenue for Chinese subjects to enter the ranks of the [[scholar-bureaucrat]] class, and to gain prestigious, stable, and econ
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*''Chinese'': 正德帝 ''(Zhèngdédì / Shoutoku tei)''
The Zhengde Emperor was the eleventh emperor of China's [[Ming Dynasty]].
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...-daibutsu.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Kamakura Daibutsu]], a bronze statue of [[Amida]]]]
==History==
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Across many dynasties and historical periods, Korean kingdoms have been the "model" [[tribute|tributary]] state in China
...from Japan, Bolivia, and around the world were likewise being drained into Chinese coffers.
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...of the earliest extant versions was originally published in 1776, as a set of [[woodblock printing|woodblock printed]] books in four volumes. It is uncle
...cted Analects are either incomplete versions, or evolved, revised versions of the original works.
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The hereditary monarch of Japan is commonly referred to in English as the "emperor." In addition to h
...1998), 180.</ref> Prior to that time, on a number of occasions in Japanese history, a widow or daughter succeeded to the throne.
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...gun|shôguns]] consolidated their power, ruling from the Muromachi district of [[Kyoto|Kyôto]]. Eventually, the two lineages were reconciled, ending the
==History==
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...ht|thumb|320px|''[[Kana]]'' and ''[[kanji]]'' writing, as seen in an album of the ''[[Wakan roeishu|Wakan rôeishû]]'' by [[Konoe Nobutada]], c. 1573-16
...kanji]]'' and ''[[kana]]'', originated with the adoption and adaptation of Chinese characters in the 5th-7th centuries CE, to be applied to the Japanese (spok
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...ô]], established in the early 7th century, as seen through the glass walls of a Starbuck's.]]
...do so today, playing an important role economically as well during various periods.
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...ry (the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]]), and came to be promoted as a key part of Japanese traditional culture in the [[Meiji period]].
...developments in ceramics, architecture, and collecting practices in those periods.
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...yûkyû," while ''Ryûkyû rettô'' means "Ryûkyû archipelago" or "Ryûkyû chain of islands."</ref>
...just south of [[Kyushu]] down to just before [[Taiwan]], just to the east of the [[Kuroshio current]] which brings warm water from the south up to the R
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...bugyô'' exercised any significant degree of power or influence, and then, of course, only in accord with his orders from Satsuma.
...Kagoshima and being replaced by a new ''zaiban bugyô'' (the average length of service for a ''zaiban bugyô'' was 28 months).<ref name=liao>Liao Zhenpei
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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 洪武帝 ''(Hóngwǔ-dì / Koubu-tei)''
..., and came to be known as well as "Ming Taizu," or "Great Ancestor/Founder of Ming."
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...y following the re-figuration of Imperial tombs under the [[State Shinto]] of the [[Meiji period]]]]
...gs in the [[Meiji period]], and continue to be surrounded by constructions of [[State Shinto]] today.
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...in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, Ca. 1400–1750.” ''Journal of World History'' 21, no. 2 (2010): 221.</ref>
..., by French [[Jesuit]] missionary Alexandre de Rhodes, and did not replace Chinese characters as standard until the 20th century.<ref name=wingluke>Gallery la
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...us [[National Treasures]] - objects from the [[Nara period]] (8th century) of immense historical importance.
==History==
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...nds are a group of islands in [[Okinawa prefecture]] near the southern end of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû archipelago]].
...[[Hateruma Island]], plus [[Yonaguni Island]] at the far southwestern end of the Ryûkyû Island chain.
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