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• Terashima Munenori
  ...assistant instructors at the newly-established ''[[Bansho Shirabesho]]'' (the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate's]] institute for Western learning).<ref>Ish After spending two years in England as a student sponsored by the Tokugawa shogunate, he returned to England in [[1865]], at age 34, to serve
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• Shibuya clan
  ...to the [[Shimazu clan]] in [[1569]], and remained Shimazu vassals through the [[Edo period]]. ...ed the Iriki-in, Ketôin, Tôgô, Tsuruta, and Takajô families, also known as the "Shibuya five families" (''Shibuya goke'').
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• Innai
  ...tions or in the town otherwise largely came originally from other parts of the realm. ...e preyed on the community, and where samurai authorities were able to gain the upper hand, they did so only through violence.
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• Matsumae Takahiro
  Matsumae Takahiro was the 12th [[Edo period]] lord of [[Matsumae han]]. ...1844-1869)|Matsumae Norihiro]] was still too young to take over as head of the clan. Takahiro later adopted Norihiro, and was succeeded by him on his deat
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• Chosokabe Morichika
  ...with the preparation of the Chôsokabe-shi okitegaki ([[100-Article Code of the Chosokabe]]) in 1596 Sons: Moritaka (d.1615), Morinobu (d.1615), Moriyasu ( [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Takigawa Toshikatsu
  ...ult had his lands taken away by the victorious [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. The following year ([[1601]]), [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] relented somewhat and bestow [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Tokugawa Mitsukuni
  ...is strongly associated with the [[Mitogaku]] intellectual movement. He was the son of [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], and grandson of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. ...s in [[Edo]], begun by his father. For both of these projects, he enlisted the help of [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] loyalist [[Zhu Shunsui]].
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• Ijichi Sadaka
  ...kyû Kingdom]] and its new administration under the [[Meiji government]] in the 1870s. ...administration of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] with the heads of the royal government there.
  2 KB (233 words) - 00:03, 19 September 2021
• Hikeshi
  ...the Hikeshi only worked for protecting [[Edo castle]], Daimyô mansions and Samurai houses. ...rom which winds blew which were the most dangerous for spreading a fire to the castle).<ref>Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo
  2 KB (194 words) - 02:00, 18 April 2018
• Terasaka Kichiemon
  ...ce of [[Yoshida Chuzaemon|Yoshida Chûzaemon]], he was also the only one of the 47 ronin to not be a vassal of [[Asano Naganori]] of [[Ako province|Akô]]. ...'s]] mansion. According to some accounts, Terasaka fled the mansion during the raid.
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• Tokugawa Tadateru
  ...her was [[Ocha no Tsubone]]. Despite being only a child, he was married to the daughter of [[Date Masamune]] in [[1599]]. He was later adopted by [[Matsud ...l social audiences surrounding the appointment of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] to the position of Shogun. Since Hideyori could not pay a formal visit to Hidetada
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• Iki (aesthetic)
  ''Iki'' was one of the dominant aesthetics in popular fashion in the city of [[Edo]]. Though notoriously difficult to define, ''iki'' has been c ...n overrobe, or hints of color woven into the gray or brown, became some of the key ways in which people demonstrated restrained, refined, fashion sense. S
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• Kanazawa
  [[File:Tsuzumimon.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Tsuzumimon, in [[lacquer]]ed wood, at Kanazawa Station.]] [[File:Chayagai.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main street of the [[Higashi Chayagai]] [[geisha]] district.]]
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• Peechin
  ...The title was always associated with an individual's fief - combined with the placename of his fief, an official might therefore be known as [[Gima peech ...ld by officials in certain government posts.<ref>Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ge
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• Tsuchiya Toranao
  ...s appointed his replacement as [[Osaka jodai|Osaka jôdai]]. He was also at the same time appointed to help oversee preparations for an upcoming [[Korean e ...i'', he made efforts to relieve the poverty and suffering of the people of the city.
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• Taira no Kagekiyo
  ...t the [[Minamoto clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. He was the second son of [[Taira no Tadakiyo]]. ...famed for a particular encounter with [[Mionoya Juro|Mionoya Jûrô]] during the [[battle of Yashima]].<ref>Royall Tyler, ''Japanese Nô Dramas'', Penguin B
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• Emishi
  ...tionship with the court. Many famous families of later periods, including the [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara family]] appear to have originated as local Emishi ...f use, and were replaced with 蝦夷 as the most common characters to refer to the Emishi.
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• Lagoda
  ...rican [[whaling]] vessel from which fifteen crewmembers abandoned ship off the [[Tsugaru Strait]] in [[1848]], and were ultimately confined in [[Nagasaki] ...ed to escape their confinement, and in despair at his imprisonment, one of the Hawaiians killed himself.
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• Uji
  ::''For the city near Kyoto, see [[Uji (city)]].'' ...he [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu family]], claimed descent from and membership in the [[Minamoto clan]], or ''uji''.
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• Kosaka Masanobu
  ...ng the Takeda since the rise of Shingen, although the bulk (if not all) of the text was probably written by [[Obata Kagenori]] years later. [[Category:Samurai]]
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