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• Abe Masaatsu
  ...akumatsu]] era ''daimyô'' of [[Shirakawa han]]. His wife was a daughter of the [[Shimazu clan]]. *Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20750897483/siz
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• Tokugawa Munetada
  ...Munetada was the fourth son of [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]], and the founder of the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Sakai Hyogo
  Hyôgo joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1863]] and deserted in [[1865]]. He was killed by pursuers from the Shinsengumi.
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• Nakamura Kosaburo
  He joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1866]]. He deserted when the group was in [[Edo]] after the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
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• Arai Akinori
  Arai Akinori was the eldest son of Confucian scholar [[Arai Hakuseki]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Iwasaki Yataro
  ...His many philanthropic projects included the restoration of [[Rikugien]], the [[Edo period]] gardens of ''daimyô'' [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]. ...llowed in turn by Yatarô's eldest son [[Iwasaki Hisaya]], who also founded the [[Toyo Bunko|Tôyô Bunko]].<ref>Gallery labels, Tôyô Bunko.[https://www.
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• Goto Nuinosuke
  ...ineage of ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' (official merchants) employed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to produce formal clothes. ...in 1627 passing that name on to his descendants, down through the rest of the [[Edo period]].
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• Asakura Toshikage
  ...tal at Ichijô no dani, which in some ways foreshadowed the castle towns of the Edo Period. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Ogasawara Yoshiyori
  ...a son of [[Ogasawara Haruyoshi]] and served the Tokugawa, participating at the [[Battle of Anegawa]] in [[1570]] and other engagements. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Koriki Tanenobu
  ...sed book collector and illustrator, as well as being a samurai retainer of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]] with a stipend of 300 ''[[koku]]''. ...nts included [[Odagiri Shunko|Odagiri Shunkô]]. He died on [[1831]]/7/3 at the age of 76. Many of Tanenobu's diaries survive today, serving as valuable hi
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• Shui wakashu
  The ''Shûi wakashû'' was the third ''[[waka]]'' poetry anthology to be compiled on official imperial ord *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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• Soanshu
  The ''Sôanshû'' ("Collection from a Reed Hut") is a collection of ''[[waka]]' *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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• Shibazaki Juroemon
  Shibazaki Jurôemon was a riding master and ''[[kobushin]]'' in the service of [[Kai province]], with a salary of 250 ''[[Japanese Measurements [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Matsudaira Norikuni
  Matsudaira Norikuni helped oversee the inspection of [[highways]] for the [[1711]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]], alongside [[Oku [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Kuroda Mototaka
  ...Kodera of [[Harima province|Harima]]. He helped his son Yoshitaka convince the Kodera to submit to [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1577]]. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Murata Juroemon
  Murata Jûroemon was a swordsmanship master in the service of the lords of [[Kai province]]. He became a ''[[yoriai]]'' in [[1716]], with a s [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Ichimura Tetsunosuke
  ...f Ichimura Hanemoki, a samurai from Ogaki-han. Ichimura Tetsunosuke joined the [[Shinsengumi]] with his older brother [[Ichimura Tatsunosuke]] in [[1867]] ...le of Koshu-Katsunuma]], Tatsunosuke deserted from the [[Koyo Chinbutai]] (the renamed Shinsengumi) but Tetsunosuke stayed.
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• Kamei Korechika
  ...INGUA FRANCA’ OF DIPLOMACY IN JAPANESE–KOREAN ENCOUNTERS, c. 1600-1868,” ''The Historical Journal'', 62:2 (2019), pp. 289-309: 300. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Shirakawa Yuki Naotomo
  ...uki clan|Shirakawa Yûki family]]. A son of [[Komine Tomochika]], he became the adopted heir of [[Yuki Ujitomo|Yûki Ujitomo]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Matsura Nagashi
  ...ura Hikaru]], lord of a branch domain of [[Hirado han]]. He became lord of the domain upon his father's retirement in [[1850]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Takai Dochi
  He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Luke Roberts
  ...in [[Edo period]] Japan, among other subjects, with a particular focus on the history of [[Tosa province]]. ...aphy of [[Mori Yoshiki]], a mid-ranking samurai official in the service of the lords of Tosa.
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• Kume no Heinai
  ...usa]] district of [[Edo]]. A small shrine dedicated to him can be found at the temple today. ...e for some reason it came to be worshipped as a deity for a good marriage. The hall was destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt in 1978.
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• Senzai-shu
  The ''Senzai-shû'' ("Collection from a Thousand Years") is a ''[[waka]]'' poet *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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• Aoyama Tadamasa
  ...n in [[1601]], and simultaneously to the position of magistrate overseeing the entire [[Kanto|Kantô]] region. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Nagoya Sansaburo
  ...ts, as the lover of [[Okuni|Izumo no Okuni]], the woman often described as the founder of [[kabuki]]. A member of the samurai class, his father was [[Nagoya Takahisa]], governor (''kami'') of [[Inaba p
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• Shoni Tokinao
  ...Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] in [[1554]] and fled to [[Chikugo province]]. The following year he clashed with Takanobu and was killed. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Takigawa Guchi
  He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Kazoku
  The ''kazoku'' was a Western-style peerage or aristocracy created by the [[Meiji government]] in [[1869]]/6 as part of a broader restructuring of so ...[[Tokushima han|Tokushima]], petitioned the Emperor for the [[abolition of the han]] in [[1871]].
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• Hosokawa Morishige
  ...red the 15th head of the [[Hosokawa clan]] (counting from the beginning of the [[Edo period]]). [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Ichijo Uchimasa
  ...be Motochika's]] daughters but was later killed after he attempted to defy the will of his father-in-law. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Baba clan (Shinano)
  ...lan|Tokugawa]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] ([[1600]]) and served at the [[Siege of Ueda]] castle. Toshishige afterwards served shôgun [[Tokugawa H ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Nagai Naomune
  ...itated and called back into government service where he eventually rose to the post of ''[[genro|genrô-in]]''. *Hillsborough, Romulus. ''[[Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps]]'', Tuttle Publishing, 2005
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• Iriki-in Shigetoyo
  ...n Shigetoshi]], married an elder sister of [[Shimazu Yukihisa]] and served the Shimazu loyally. He died without an heir and was succeeded by [[Iriki-in Sh [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Tayasu Kojiro
  Tayasu Kojirô was the young son of [[Tayasu Munetake]], who in turn was a son of [[Shogun]] [[Tok [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Akimoto Takatomo
  Akimoto Takatomo was one of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' from [[1699]] to [[1707]]. He was named Tajima-no-kami [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Honda Masanaga
  Honda Masanaga was named ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' in [[1705]]. He adopted the second son of [[Sakakibara Hisamasa]], [[Honda Masatake]], in [[1693]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Honda Masanobu
  ...Masanobu was said to have been at the center of the scandal that disgraced the [[Okubo clan|Okubo]] family ([[1614]]) and some scholars believe that Masan * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Hattori Ransetsu
  ...s dedication to Bashô was such that after the master's death, Hattori took the tonsure and became a monk.
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• Falconry
  ...njoyable pastime in itself, the falcon also came to be associated with the samurai class itself - highly trained and dangerous, but restrained, controlled, an Signalling batons called ''zai'' (麾), and similar to the ''[[saihai]]'' used in battle, were used in falconry.<ref>"[http://kotobank
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• Mizuno Tadamasa (水野忠政)
  Tadamasa was the son of [[Mizuno Kiyotada]] (also known as [[Mizuno Nobumasa]]) and held [[K [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Hino Nariko
  Hino Nariko was the wife of [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]. ...n Early Muromachi Japan", in John Hall and Toyoda Takeshi eds., ''Japan in the Muromachi Age'', University of California Press (1977), 198.
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• Arai Tadao
  Arai Tadao joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1864]], and left for [[Goryo Eji]] in [[1867]]. He fought against the Tokugawa [[Bakufu]] in the [[Boshin War]].
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• Endo Kinsuke
  ...ity College London (UCL), he returned to Japan to become the first head of the Osaka mint. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Matsumae Kageyu
  ...nt of the area that would be granted to Americans for free movement within the port city. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Oguri Tadayoshi
  He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/11/8. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Takanashi Masayori
  ...he [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]], he afterwards entered the service of the Ogasawara. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Shokugozenshu
  The ''Shokugozenshû'' (Continued Later Collection of Poems) is a collection of *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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• Ogata Shuntaro
  Ogata Shuntarô joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in early [[1863]]. He went missing during the [[Battle of Aizu]], and was never seen again. It is not known if he deserte
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• Kimura Shigekore
  ...became an associate of [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] and committed suicide after the latter's downfall in 1595. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Akizuki Taneshige
  Akizuki Taneshige was the 7th [[Edo period]] lord of [[Takanabe han]]. He was an elder brother to [[U [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Kikuchi Takeshige
  ...was the 13th head of the [[Kikuchi clan]], and a notable warrior figure in the late [[Kamakura period]] and [[Nanbokucho period|Nanbokuchô period]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Shinchokusen
  The ''Shinchokusen'' ("New Collection On Imperial Orders") is a collection of ' *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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• Ito Tetsugoro
  Tetsugorô joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1864]]. He was killed during the [[Battle of Aizu]].
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• Kuze Shigeyuki
  Kuze Shigeyuki was an official in the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], who served for a time as ''[[wakadoshiyori]]'', and [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Kawakami Shikibu
  ...a time as ''Ryûkyû shuei'', inspecting and overseeing security concerns in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Honda Tadazumi
  Tadazumi was the third son of [[Honda Masanobu]]. In [[1605]] he was given a 10,000-koku dom [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Kodama Narikata
  ...ame a leader in the Môri navy, seeing service in various campaigns against the Amako and [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Matsura Hikaru
  ...fourth son of [[Matsura Seizan]], lord of [[Hirado han]], and was himself the lord of a Hirado branch domain. He retired in [[1850]] and was succeeded by [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Omura Sumiyasu
  He was a cousin of the [[Itakura clan]], lords of [[Bitchu Matsuyama han|Bitchû Matsuyama domain] [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Hori Hidemasa
  ...mi]] army besieging [[Odawara castle]] in [[1590]] but died in camp during the campaign. * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Asahi-no-kata
  Asahi-no-kata was one of the chief wives (''midaidokoro'') of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], marrying him in [[158 ...med Chikuami. She was a half-sister of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]; the two had the same mother.
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• Inaba Masashige
  Masanari was the son of [[Inaba Ittetsu]] and like his father served [[Oda Nobunaga]] and th [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Matsui Tameyuki
  Matsui Tameyuki was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' to the [[Hosokawa clan]], and the 7th [[Edo period]] castellan of [[Yatsushiro castle]] in [[Higo province]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Tanegashima Satotoki
  ...[[Shimazu Takahisa]], who he assisted on a number of occasions, including the [[Siege of Kajiki castle]]. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Yoshida Toyo
  ...[1853]] to help oversee reforms in domain governance at [[Tosa Edo mansion|the domain's Edo mansion]], he had a notable influence on other upcoming Tosa l By remaining loyal to the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Bakufu]], Yoshida drew the wrath of [[Takechi Zuizan]] and his [[Tosa Loyalist Party]], and as a resul
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• Sanjo Seisatsu Incident
  ...hoshu han|Chôshû han]] was an enemy of the Imperial court, was placed near the [[Sanjo Ohashi|Sanjô bridge]]. ...satsu'' was pulled down and trashed on the side of [[Kamo River]]. On 9/2, the ''seisatsu'' was replaced, however it was gone again in three days.
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• Meiji Restoration
  ...the most significant events in Japanese history, it marks the beginning of the [[Meiji period]], which saw dramatic changes and developments throughout ne ...word "restoration," which has become very much the standard translation of the term.
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• Machi doshiyori
  ...ere the highest-ranking [[chonin|townsmen]] (non-[[samurai]] commoners) in the city's official administrative ranks. ...) of areas within [[Edo]] answered to the ''machi doshiyori'', and oversaw the ''[[goningumi]]'' (five-person collective responsibility groups), and guard
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• Takeda Nobuhiro
  ...re-adopted by [[Kakizaki Sueshige]]. Some sources say he was originally of the [[Minabe clan]]. ...to have been adopted, not a true blood relative, and became estranged from the family.
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• Genpuku
  ''Genpuku'' was the traditional coming-of-age ceremony for members of the samurai class. ...hiefly involved a change of clothes and hairstyle, and in certain periods, the young man would receive his first ''[[eboshi]]'' court cap, sword, and suit
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• Matsui Toyoyuki
  Matsui Toyoyuki was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' to the [[Hosokawa clan]], and the 6th [[Edo period]] castellan of [[Yatsushiro castle]] in [[Higo province]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Matsudaira Tadayoshi
  Matsudaira Tadayoshi was one of the ''[[wakadoshiyori]]'' beginning in [[1685]]. He was named ''[[soba yonin|so [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Honda Rimei
  ..., building an economy based on trade, and taking possession of [[Ezo]] and the [[Kurile Islands]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Wada Akitame
  Akitame was a long-time retainer of the Satake and served three generations of that family - [[Satake Yoshiaki|Yosh [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Hatamoto
  ...daimyo|daimyô]]'' or being ''daimyô'' themselves, were direct retainers of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. ...from the smallest ''daimyô'' was that ''daimyô'', unlike ''hatamoto'', had the right to sentence their subjects to death.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and
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• Yamauchi Toyoshige
  ...urging the shogun to resign peacefully and cede political control back to the throne, which he did. ...mulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999
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• Hosokawa Tadatoshi
  ...]] to [[Kumamoto han]], where the Hosokawa would remain through the end of the Edo period. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Okochi Terutoshi
  Ôkôchi Terutoshi was a [[Bakumatsu]] era lord of [[Takasaki han]]. He served the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] for many years as ''[[sojaban|sôjaban]]'' and as '' [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Watanabe Moritsuna
  ...attle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] ([[1575]]). He was known for his skill with the spear and was nicknamed "Spear Hanzo". [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Hotta Masanaka
  ...[Yamagata han]] in [[1685]], before being transferred to [[Fukushima han]] the following year. Alongside [[Abe Masatake]], he co-edited the ''[[Butoku taiseiki]]'' in [[1683]].
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• Okubo Tadayoshi
  ...[[1716]], during which time he oversaw the inspection of [[highways]] for the [[1711]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]] alongside [[Mats [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Ikeda Kotaro (d. 1868)
  Kotarô joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in Edo in [[1864]]. He participated in the [[Sanjo Seisatsu Incident]]. He was killed in the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]], but some sources say he returned to [[Edo]].
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• Koku
  ...amount known as ''[[kokudaka]]''. This, in turn, would indirectly dictate the number of men such a lord could be expected to field, if necessary. ...samurai relying on stipends paid in rice less and less wealthy relative to the [[chonin|merchant class]], who earned their incomes in gold and silver.
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• Hattori Hanzo
  ...nzo-grave.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Hattori Hanzô at Sainen-ji in the Yotsuya neighborhood of Tokyo]] ...ngth, Tokugawa and his band returned to [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] safely. The same could not be said for [[Anayama Beisetsu]], a recent Tokugawa addition
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• Oishi Kuwajiro
  ...d "Hitokiri Kuwajiro" because of his involvement in many assassinations by the [[Shinsengumi]]. In March [[1868]], he fled the Shinsengumi and tried to join [[Satsuma han]] troops.
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• Manabe Akihira
  Manabe Akihira was the younger brother of [[Manabe Akifusa]]. From [[1710]], he had 500 ''[[koku]] [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Yamao Yozo
  ...became Minister of Industry, and established an art school and schools for the blind & deaf. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Iwashita Michihira
  ...orked with [[Charles Comte de Montblanc]] to plan the Satsuma pavilion for the [[1867 Paris World's Fair]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Orei sanga
  ...a month. At each such ''orei sanga'' event, guests were obliged to present the shogun with a sword, and early on, with a horse as well. ...it became quite standard for ''kuge'' to present swords to the shogun, to the [[Emperor]] or [[Retired Emperor]], and to one another.
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• Kimura Shigenari
  ...[[Osaka castle]] in [[1614]] and was killed at the [[Battle of Wakae]] in the [[Osaka Summer Campaign]]. He was said to have been a strikingly handsome m [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Shiga Kinpachiro
  ...tsu'' (private secretary), and then as ''okuyuhitsu kumigashira'' (head of the private secretaries) beginning in [[1856]]. He committed suicide on [[1858] [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Honda Masatake
  Honda Masatake was the second son of [[Sakakibara Hisamasa]], and was adopted by [[Honda Masanaga] [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Tani Tadazumi
  ...of [[Chosokabe Nobuchika]], killed by the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] during the [[Battle of Hetsugigawa]] ([[1587]]). [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Diplomats]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Hirata Tamenojo
  ...r congratulations to [[King Cheoljong]] of [[Joseon]] on his succession to the throne. In [[1868]], he was serving as ''[[rusui]]'' for the domain in Kyoto.
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• Maeno Goro
  ...eft the [[Shinsengumi]] after the [[Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma]] and joined the [[Seikyotai]] but surrendered to [[Satsuma han]]. He became a wealthy merchant in Hokkaido after the [[Meiji Restoration]].
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• Odagiri Shunko
  ...l by Odagiri depicting the ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' procession of the ''daimyô'' of [[Owari han]]. [[Edo-Tokyo Museum]]]] ...he [[Owari Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] lords of [[Owari han]] ([[Nagoya]]) in the late [[Edo period|Edo]] and early [[Meiji period]]s.
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• Honda Chikasada
  Chikasada was of the [[Honda clan (Satsuma)|Satsuma Honda clan]], and one of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Hasegawa Heizo
  ...he ''hitsuke tôzoku aratame kata'' (火付盗賊改方), the chief official overseeing the apprehension of arsonists, thieves, and gamblers. Heizô is the protagonist of a novel by [[Ikenami Shotaro|Ikenami Shôtarô]].
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• Abe Masaoki
  ...a han]], he was adopted by [[Abe Masatane]], lord of Sanuki, and succeeded the latter. [[Category:Samurai]]
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