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  • ...the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is said to have been particularly expert at the mixing of medicines. ...amed court physician (''oku ishi'') to the shogunate. He was later granted the physicians' lay monastic title of ''[[hogan|hôgan]]''.
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  • ...was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] aristocrat who later became a samurai in the service of [[Satsuma han]]. He is thus an important example of a very rare ...now a samurai in service to the domain, that his name should be moved from the [[kafu|Ryukyuan family registries]] to a new Satsuma one, and that he and h
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  • Toshima Nobumitsu was a ''[[hatamoto]]'' and member of the [[Toshima clan]], known for his assassination of ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Inou ...was that Nobumitsu's suicide had resolved the matter sufficiently, and so the Toshima were allowed to retain their lives, and their status.
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  • Honda Masazumi was a prominent minister in the service of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]. ...se men filled in the outer and second moats of the castle, in violation of the peace treaty. He was dispossessed of his lands in [[1622]] and died in [[De
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  • ...ential theorist of the [[Edo period]], many of whose writings commented on samurai identity and warrior spirit. ...rted that [[Sinocentric world order|it held this position]]. With Japan at the center of his worldview, Yamaga identifies China as "Outer Court," or "Fore
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  • ...onstruct a ''[[Daibutsu]]'' (Great Buddha statue) for [[Hoko-ji|Hôkô-ji]], the Kyoto temple Hideyoshi founded.<ref>Gallery labels, Shiryôhensanjo, Univer ...but Hideyoshi's was unprecedented in its scale. The order itself, known as the "Sword Hunt Order," or ''katanagari rei'', was issued on 1588/7/8. In one c
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  • ...ers & peasants were also sometimes invested with stipends by a ''daimyô'', the shogunate, or another authority. ...he largest domains, controlling between them roughly half the land area of the archipelago.<ref>Ravina, 64.</ref>
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  • ...nous behavior, an act that secured the Môri as Aki's most powerful family. The Inoue were afterwards allowed to continue on as Môri retainers * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • ...s, and one of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori's]] chief strategists during the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. ...]] samurai military academy, the [[Zoshikan|Zôshikan]], he was a master of the sword, and of strategy, even though his eyes and legs were weak, or disable
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  • ...een [[Satsuma students|young men]] from [[Satsuma han]] in sneaking out of the country to go study in Europe. ...osa, he settled in [[Kagoshima]], where he became a math teacher at one of the city's middle schools.
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  • ...1st [[Korean Invasions|Invasion of Korea]] (1592-93). After returning from the 2nd Korean Campaign ([[1597]]-[[1598|98]]), he retired in favor of his son ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • Asai Chû was one of the earliest and most prominent ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style oil painting) ...styles. He then went on to become one of the leading ''yôga'' painters of the [[Meiji period]].
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  • ...o]] in [[1575]] under his nephew Katsuyori. In [[1582]] he was captured by the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and was put to death along with his son [[Takeda * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • ...clan|Ômura]], [[Saigo clan|Saigô]], and [[Taku clan|Taku]]) as he expanded the [[Arima clan|Arima]] to control five districts of Hizen Province. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • Onjô Kendô was a samurai scholar and Buddhist monk known for his exceptional devotion to his lord, [ ...in [[1823]], Onjô Heiemon entered the domain's [[teppo|gunnery]] squad at the age of 15, but soon afterwards began studying medicine under a domain physi
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  • [[Image:Hojo_tokimune_cipher.jpg||thumb|left|The cipher of Hôjô Tokimune.]] ...der son (Tokimune's older brother) [[Hojo Tokisuke|Hôjô Tokisuke]], naming the younger Tokimune his heir.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi, ''A History of Japanese Po
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  • ...en temples. Primarily popular among merchants, peasants, and lower-ranking samurai, they were located in more remote areas and commercial towns. ''Rinka'' tem ...Much of what [[Rinzai]] and [[Soto Zen|Sôtô Zen]] are today is owed not to the big-name Five Mountains temples in [[Kyoto]] and [[Kamakura]] but to region
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  • ...en the ikko of the province rebelled, he surrendered to them. As a result, the following year Nobunaga sent out an army to destroy him. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • ...e one who submitted Ryôma’s [[Eight Point Plan]] to Yôdô for submission to the reigning Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], who then resigned his post in [[186 ...97), 327-329.</ref> He was granted the title of ''hakushaku'' ("Count") in the new ''[[kazoku]]'' aristocracy.
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  • Tani Sanjurô was a [[Bitchu province|Bitchu]] Matsuyama han samurai. His kenjutsu style was [[Jikishin Ryu]] and [[Shin-Kage Ryu]]. ...wn when he joined the [[Shinsengumi]], however his name was on the list of the [[Ikedaya Affair|Ikedaya]] bonus conferment.
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