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• Morikawa Masakazu
  Originally from [[Yamanashi prefecture]], he was studying in [[Kyoto]] when he joined up with the [[Meiji government]] military. Later adopted b
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• Ichiki
  Ichiki is a port-town in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], which historically was a significant port for [[Satsuma han]]. ...e]] at one time, and in [[1575]] when [[Shimazu Toshihisa]] departed for [[Kyoto]], he departed from Ichiki. [[Konoe Sakihisa]] arrived at Ichiki the follow
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• Tomyo-ji
  Tômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamo-chô, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]'s Soraku District, first established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Em
  1 KB (197 words) - 17:51, 27 August 2013
• Takehisa Yumeji
  ...born on September 16, [[1884]], in Honjô village, Oku district, [[Okayama prefecture]], as Takehisa Shigejirô. In [[1901]], he left home for [[Tokyo]], and enr ...tiny credit under newspaper or magazine illustrations. In [[1912]], the [[Kyoto Prefectural Library]] held the first exhibition dedicated to his artworks.
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• Tofuku-ji
  ...ple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]] Tôfuku-ji is a major [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in eastern [[Kyoto]], founded in [[1236]] by the [[Kujo family|Kujô family]].
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• Sankeien
  ...has only been in the Kantô since 1914, when it was moved to Sankeien from Kyoto. The ''hondô'', meanwhile, after being damaged in a storm in 1947, was dis ...It was originally built in [[1649]], in what is now Iwade City, [[Wakayama prefecture]], as a summer home for Kishû Tokugawa family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]].
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• Kamiyama Seiryo
  Born in Tira-chô, [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], he attended [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], g ...the [[Kyoto]] ''Okinawa kenjinkai'' (association of people from [[Okinawa prefecture]]), leading efforts to promote development in Okinawa. He later became head
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• Yodo Shrine
  ...ite of [[Yodo castle]], in what is today part of [[Fushimi|Fushimi-ku]], [[Kyoto]] City. The shrine was long associated with guardian deities for safe trans ...yôjin from a shrine in Kawakami village, [[Hizen province]] (today, [[Saga prefecture]]).
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• Ikeda Yoson
  ...in a brush mound (''fudetsuka'') at [[Rosanji]], on [[Teramachi]]-dôri in Kyoto.]] ...oving frequently, living for short periods in Osaka, Fukuyama ([[Hiroshima prefecture]]), and [[Shanghai]], as his father was a textile worker and his job requir
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• Jishibai
  ...buki of the three main cities of [[Edo period]] Japan (that is, [[Edo]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]). These rural/regional/local performance traditions are kn ...traditions continue today, chiefly in [[Gifu prefecture|Gifu]] and [[Aichi prefecture]]s, and in the [[Furuichi]] neighborhood of Ise.
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• Nakasendo
  ...ing with the Tôkaidô for the last three stations including the terminus at Kyoto. The 67 stations of the Nakasendô were spaced an average of 5.2 km apart, ...inoji'') split off from the Nakasendô at [[Tarui-juku]] (modern-day [[Gifu prefecture]]), to join the Tôkaidô at [[Miya-juku]] ([[Nagoya]] City).
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• Fall of Seven Nobles Incident
  ...("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians!") faction were expelled from [[Kyoto]] after being discovered plotting against the ''[[kobu gattai|kôbu gattai] ...d along the way are [[Tomo no ura]] (modern-day Fukuyama City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]])<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuy
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• World Heritage Site
  *Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ([[Kyoto]], [[Uji]] and [[Otsu]] Cities) **Hashino iron smelting site ([[Kamaishi]], [[Iwate prefecture]])
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• Hamada Shoji
  Hamada began his study of ceramics in Kyoto. In 1938, he accompanied [[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]], [[Kawai Kanjiro| ...ork in the style of [[Mashiko wares]], a pottery style native to [[Tochigi prefecture]].
  2 KB (220 words) - 00:53, 5 August 2020
• Hoki Ryu
  ...-ryu (一貫流）, later Hoki-ryu (was a Kansai based [[budo]] that had dojo in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Hiroshima]] and eventually spread down to [[Kumamoto]], in Hoki-ryu iaijutsu is taught today in Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kanagawa and in Kumamoto. Although originating from the
  4 KB (588 words) - 07:08, 22 October 2007
• Furuichi
  ...ed-light district) after the [[Yoshiwara]] in Edo and the [[Shimabara]] in Kyoto. ..."if you can't make it in Ise, you'll never tread on the cypress stages of Kyoto and Osaka." Many plays were also debuted and tested out in Ise before openi
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• Omoto
  ...he polluted, corrupt world, Ômoto's home, the city of [[Ayabe]] in [[Kyoto prefecture]], would become the new capital (''miyako'') of peace and purity.
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• National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in Okinawa
  ...ated as [[National Treasures]]; only [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto]] and [[Nara prefecture]]s claimed a greater number of National Treasures.<ref>Yasuyuki Uezu, "The
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• Izumo no Okuni
  ...:Izumookuni.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Okuni at Shijô-Kawaramachi, in Kyoto.]] ...temporary stages on the shores or dry riverbed of the [[Kamo River]] in [[Kyoto]].
  4 KB (604 words) - 22:17, 3 January 2014
• Dogen
  ...is father's mountain villa, or in the [[Horikawa-in|Horikawa mansion]] (in Kyoto) of his older half-brother [[Minamoto no Michitomo]], who had adopted him. ...mple in a remote, mountainous area in [[Echizen province]] (today, [[Fukui prefecture]]); as a result, Dôgen's impact during his lifetime was minimal. However,
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