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• Hakata
  ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 258.</ref> ...of this community became landholders, or even ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (stewards) of ''[[shoen|shôen]]'' estates.<ref>von Glahn, 273-274.</ref> Their power beg
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• Ejima-Ikushima Affair
  ...ima,<ref>絵島 or 江島, sometimes read as Enoshima.</ref> a lady in the service of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ietsugu|Tokugawa Ietsugu's]] mother, and [[Ikushima S ...According to some accounts, the court ladies gifted to the actors a number of fine robes and other things which were meant to be given as offerings to th
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• Sulfur
  Sulfur is a yellow mineral essential to the production of [[gunpowder]]. ...Islands]].<ref name=smits69>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 69-70.</ref>
  4 KB (558 words) - 03:55, 12 January 2020
• Onnagata
  ...ki and prostitution, marking the beginning of all-male casts playing roles of both genders. ...While the intent of these policies was to reduce or eliminate the ability of the ''onnagata'' to be erotically appealing, the ''murasaki bôshi'' themse
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• Taira clan
  ...m. The Taira were defeated by the Minamoto, however, in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]], and all but destroyed. The Taira would never achieve pro ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 269.</ref>
  5 KB (685 words) - 00:51, 5 May 2018
• Copper
  ...pper in the world.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 16.</ref> [[File:Wadokaichin.jpg|right|thumb|400px|An example of a ''wadô kaichin'' coin, on display at the British Museum]]
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• Southern Song Dynasty
  ...nts; much poetry and painting of the period centered on themes of loss and of desire to reconquer the north. ...-[[1208]].<ref name=schiro208>Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (201
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• Furukawa Koshoken
  ...s a commoner, he was granted samurai status and a small stipend at the age of 69. ...s a rebellious teenager, and writes that he often spent time with children of lower classes.
  7 KB (1,191 words) - 16:15, 23 July 2014
• Sekisho
  ...ocated on major roads, mainly for the purposes of controlling the movement of people and certain goods. At times, these checkpoints served to collect tol ...ion, and travel. Towns grew up around the barriers, becoming notable sites of activity themselves.
  8 KB (1,226 words) - 10:03, 8 May 2020
• Chinese currency
  ...the modern period.<ref name=british/> Though there was a unified standard of bronze coins up until the [[Song Dynasty]] ([[960]]-[[1279]]), the economy ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 251.</ref> that they came to be widely used throughout the
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• Dazaifu
  [[Image:Dazaifu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The site of the Dazaifu government headquarters.]] ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 268.</ref>
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• Northern Song Dynasty
  ...ning of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]]. The move to Kaifeng represents part of a continued eastward shift in political centers, from [[Chang'an]] and [[Lu ...r lover of the arts. He is famous for his distinctive "Slender Gold" style of calligraphy, and for several paintings which are easily among the most famo
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• Tribute
  [[File:Shinkosen.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Model of a Ryukyuan tribute ship (''shinkôsen'') at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum] ...he Emperor, ships were permitted to trade or barter a considerable portion of their cargo, or to have it bartered for them by the local Chinese port offi
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• Heian Period
  ...ave worn, today on display at the ''Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan'' (The Museum of Kyoto).]] ...including the [[Tale of Genji]], one of the most famous novels to come out of Japan.
  12 KB (1,953 words) - 13:02, 5 May 2018
• Tachibana Nankei
  ...<!--伊勢国久居藩-->. He had one older sister and four older brothers, the eldest of whom, Kanenosuke, died young; the second son, Yasukage, thus became the hei ...n studying under a Confucian scholar in service to the domain, by the name of [[Sano Yuzan|Sano Yûzan]]<!--佐野酉山-->. Nankei's father died on [[17
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• Kamakura period
  ...nce]] is representative of warrior residential/administrative architecture of the time.]] ...was the period during which the [[Kamakura shogunate]] ruled from the city of [[Kamakura]], in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] region.
  13 KB (2,028 words) - 03:19, 21 February 2020
• Todai-ji
  ...us [[National Treasures]] - objects from the [[Nara period]] (8th century) of immense historical importance. ...e site chosen for the temple was previously that surrounding the hermitage of the Kegon Buddhist master [[Roben|Rôben]]; he would later become the templ
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• Currency
  ...crises, at times. Systems which served as precursors for a "modern" system of banks and paper currency, along with futures markets and other such economi [[File:Wadokaichin.jpg|right|thumb|400px|An example of a ''wadô kaichin'' coin, on display at the British Museum]]
  27 KB (4,269 words) - 01:52, 18 November 2019

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