He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1.
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...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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...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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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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...n in [[1601]], and simultaneously to the position of magistrate overseeing the entire [[Kanto|Kantô]] region.
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...ts, as the lover of [[Okuni|Izumo no Okuni]], the woman often described as the founder of [[kabuki]].
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...Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] in [[1554]] and fled to [[Chikugo province]]. The following year he clashed with Takanobu and was killed.
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He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1.
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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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...red the 15th head of the [[Hosokawa clan]] (counting from the beginning of the [[Edo period]]).
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...be Motochika's]] daughters but was later killed after he attempted to defy the will of his father-in-law.
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...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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...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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...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
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Tayasu Kojirô was the young son of [[Tayasu Munetake]], who in turn was a son of [[Shogun]] [[Tok
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Akimoto Takatomo was one of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' from [[1699]] to [[1707]]. He was named Tajima-no-kami
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Honda Masanaga was named ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' in [[1705]]. He adopted the second son of [[Sakakibara Hisamasa]], [[Honda Masatake]], in [[1693]].
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...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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...s dedication to Bashô was such that after the master's death, Hattori took the tonsure and became a monk.
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...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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Tadamasa was the son of [[Mizuno Kiyotada]] (also known as [[Mizuno Nobumasa]]) and held [[K
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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 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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...ity College London (UCL), he returned to Japan to become the first head of the Osaka mint.
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...nt of the area that would be granted to Americans for free movement within the port city.
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He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/11/8.
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...he [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]], he afterwards entered the service of the Ogasawara.
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The ''Shokugozenshû'' (Continued Later Collection of Poems) is a collection of
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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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...became an associate of [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] and committed suicide after the latter's downfall in 1595.
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Akizuki Taneshige was the 7th [[Edo period]] lord of [[Takanabe han]]. He was an elder brother to [[U
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...was the 13th head of the [[Kikuchi clan]], and a notable warrior figure in the late [[Kamakura period]] and [[Nanbokucho period|Nanbokuchô period]].
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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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Tetsugorô joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1864]].
He was killed during the [[Battle of Aizu]].
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Kuze Shigeyuki was an official in the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], who served for a time as ''[[wakadoshiyori]]'', and
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...a time as ''Ryûkyû shuei'', inspecting and overseeing security concerns in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
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Tadazumi was the third son of [[Honda Masanobu]]. In [[1605]] he was given a 10,000-koku dom
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...ame a leader in the Môri navy, seeing service in various campaigns against the Amako and [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]].
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...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
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He was a cousin of the [[Itakura clan]], lords of [[Bitchu Matsuyama han|Bitchû Matsuyama domain]
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...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 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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Masanari was the son of [[Inaba Ittetsu]] and like his father served [[Oda Nobunaga]] and th
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Matsui Tameyuki was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' to the [[Hosokawa clan]], and the 7th [[Edo period]] castellan of [[Yatsushiro castle]] in [[Higo province]].
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...[[Shimazu Takahisa]], who he assisted on a number of occasions, including the [[Siege of Kajiki castle]].
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...[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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...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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...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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...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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...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'' 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 was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' to the [[Hosokawa clan]], and the 6th [[Edo period]] castellan of [[Yatsushiro castle]] in [[Higo province]].
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Matsudaira Tadayoshi was one of the ''[[wakadoshiyori]]'' beginning in [[1685]]. He was named ''[[soba yonin|so
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..., building an economy based on trade, and taking possession of [[Ezo]] and the [[Kurile Islands]].
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Akitame was a long-time retainer of the Satake and served three generations of that family - [[Satake Yoshiaki|Yosh
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...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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...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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...]] to [[Kumamoto han]], where the Hosokawa would remain through the end of the Edo period.
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Ôkôchi Terutoshi was a [[Bakumatsu]] era lord of [[Takasaki han]]. He served the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] for many years as ''[[sojaban|sôjaban]]'' and as ''
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...attle of Nagashino|Nagashino]] ([[1575]]). He was known for his skill with the spear and was nicknamed "Spear Hanzo".
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...[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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...[[1716]], during which time he oversaw the inspection of [[highways]] for the [[1711]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]] alongside [[Mats
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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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...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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...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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...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 was the younger brother of [[Manabe Akifusa]]. From [[1710]], he had 500 ''[[koku]]
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...became Minister of Industry, and established an art school and schools for the blind & deaf.
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...orked with [[Charles Comte de Montblanc]] to plan the Satsuma pavilion for the [[1867 Paris World's Fair]].
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...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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...[[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
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...tsu'' (private secretary), and then as ''okuyuhitsu kumigashira'' (head of the private secretaries) beginning in [[1856]]. He committed suicide on [[1858]
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Honda Masatake was the second son of [[Sakakibara Hisamasa]], and was adopted by [[Honda Masanaga]
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...of [[Chosokabe Nobuchika]], killed by the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] during the [[Battle of Hetsugigawa]] ([[1587]]).
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...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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...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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...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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Chikasada was of the [[Honda clan (Satsuma)|Satsuma Honda clan]], and one of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa
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...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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...a han]], he was adopted by [[Abe Masatane]], lord of Sanuki, and succeeded the latter.
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...aka castle|Mabusezaka]] and [[Takatenjin castle|Takatenjin]] castles. When the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and Imagawa went to war after [[1568]], he sided
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...ori silver mines and gained much prestige for this. He went on to fight at the [[Battle of Miyajima]] in [[1555]] and [[Battle of Moji|Moji]] in [[1561]].
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...'' (Japantown) in the Siamese city of [[Ayutthaya]]. He may have been from the [[Arima family]] of merchants, who held a [[shuinsen|red seal license]] for
Sugihiro was succeeded as head of the community by [[Kiya Kyuzaemon|Kiya Kyûzaemon]], in [[1610]].
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...[Takeda clan|Takeda]], Masakuni came to serve the latter. He was killed at the [[Battle of Nagashino]] and was succeeded by his younger brother [[Yashiro
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...eji han]]. Born in [[1756]], he died at the age of five, and was buried at the temple of [[Keifuku-ji]] in [[Himeji]].
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Mutô Nobuyoshi was a prominent military officer and official of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods.
...attached to the Russian Legation, and as head of the secret service during the [[Siberian Intervention]].
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...as ''[[Jisha bugyo|Jisha bugyô]]'' in the early 1850s, and as a member of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' from [[1858]] to [[1859]].
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.... The ''[[Shokugozenshu|Shokugozenshû]]'', compiled in [[1251]], was among the famous compilations accredited to him.
*Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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...ima]] in [[1811]] (not traveling to [[Edo]]), Tadakata served as proxy for the shogun in formal audiences with them.<ref>Miyake Hidetoshi 三宅英利, "R
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...in 1498 and forced him to commit suicide. Some older sources give 1491 as the year Chachamaru was driven from Izu.
* Nagahara, K. ''The Great History of Japan'' Japan, 1975
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...ess warrior and at the [[Battle of Okitanawate]] he was killed fighting in the rear guard. He is sometimes ranked as one of Takanobu's ''shi-tenno''.
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...ing at times on the board of directors of [[Mitsui Bank]], as president of the [[Bank of Japan]], and as [[Ministry of Finance|Minister of Finance]] and [
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...民撰議院設立建白書-->, submitted to the government; the memorial was also signed by the likes of [[Soejima Taneomi]], [[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]], [[Eto Shinp
...helped found the [[Liberal Party]], Japan's first modern political party. The following year, he survived an assassination attempt by a right-winger.<ref
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...Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], the final such visit by any shogun prior to the [[Meiji Restoration]].
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The ''San Buena Ventura'' was the first ship built in Japan to cross the Pacific Ocean, doing so in [[1610]].
...p the ''[[Liefde]]''. The shogunate's ship was then piloted in 1610 across the Pacific, to New Spain, by Iberian navigators.
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...ce]]. His diary of the invasion, ''Ryûkyû tokai nichinichi ki'', is one of the chief surviving firsthand accounts of those events.
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...|right|thumb|320px|Monzaemon as seen in a [[Meiji period]] print depicting the seven legends of ''[[bunraku]]'']]
...helping establish or create art forms which would go on to become some of the most prominent and distinctive of Japan's traditional arts.
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...tsu]]. In her infancy, she was betrothed to [[Date Tadamune]], but died at the age of two.
*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''M
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...(letters or other documents) which have survived and give us insight into the European view of Japan.
* Medina, Jean Ruiz de, trans. John Bridges, ''The Catholic Church in Korea: Its origins 1566-1784'' Istituto Storico S.I. - R
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...e of garment often worn by samurai women in certain ceremonial contexts in the [[Edo period]].
...tubes, which held it up creating a rectangular or wing-like effect behind the wearer.
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