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• The Samurai Archives
  ==Origin of the Samurai Archives== ...he website were taken from notes originally researched by C.E. West during the summer of 1998 during slow periods at work while he was working for Maui Di
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• S-A Recent Updates
  '''Recent Updates to the Samurai Archives Japanese History Page.''' ** Added [http://samuraiarchives.podbean.com Samurai Archives Podcast] rotating image to main page.
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• Suo
  ...ight|thumb|320px|A ''suô'' costume from the [[Noh]] theater, on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]] ::''For the placename, see [[Suo province]].''
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• Hattori Hanzaburo
  ...defend himself from attack, ultimately killing two of his attackers before the skirmish ended. *Andrew Rankin, ''Seppuku: A History of Samurai Suicide'', Kodansha International (2011), 123.
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• Goto Moriharu
  Moriharu controlled the Goto Islands and clashed with the [[Matsura clan|Matsura]] and [[Ryuzoji clan|Ryûzôji]]. He became a Christ ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Asakura Ujikage
  ...father of [[Asakura Sadakage]]. He took control of the Asakura clan after the death of his father [[Asakura Toshikage|Toshikage]] in [[1481]]. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Shizoku rebellions
  ...y the [[Meiji government]] to terminate samurai status, and in particular, samurai stipends. ...r one's domain, and difficult too to unite across regional boundaries with samurai who had received their stipends from a different lord.
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• Inaba Masayasu
  ...do castle|castle]] guards. As his own son had died previously, this marked the end of his line. *Andrew Rankin, ''Seppuku: A History of Samurai Suicide'', Kodansha International (2011), 123-124.
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• Asakura Kagetaka b.1508?
  ...army to Kagataka, who was also a commander in a [[1564]] campaign against the ikko of Kaga. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Noguchi Kenji
  Noguchi was a [[Mito han]] samurai. He joined the [[Roshigumi]] with [[Serizawa Kamo]]. The reason is unknown.
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• Goshi
  ...samurai class.<ref>[[Luke Roberts]], ''Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa'', Cambridge ...class from the villagers around them, but were not retainers in service to the domain.<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', Universit
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• Niiro Sojiro
  ...]/3/21, at the Battle of Higokagami in [[Higo province]]. He was buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]. *Plaques on-site at the Nanshû Cemetery.
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• Torii Tadayoshi (Sengoku)
  ...s described as the model of the [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] samurai. He was the father of [[Torii Mototada]]. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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• Taira no Tadatsune
  ...events, and it was nearly three years before the Court regained control of the area. *Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 11.
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• Suneate
  ''Suneate'', or shin guards, are a part of a suit of samurai armor. ...e legs from the metal, and also to extend the protection upwards, to cover the knees.
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• Ijichi Suekichi
  ...]/3/30, at the Battle of Matsubashi in [[Higo province]]. He was buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]. *Plaques on-site at the Nanshû Cemetery.
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• Hasegawa Akishige
  ...clan and served under the command of [[Saito Tomonobu|Saitô Tomonobu]]. At the [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]] ([[1561]]) Akishige fought gallantly and ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Godai Tomoyoshi
  ...ess capturing an enemy commander, Itô Kaga no kami. He went on to serve in the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]). ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Asakura Kagetsura
  ...ave dressed so nicely that those in attendance mistook him for the lord of the clan, causing him much embarrassment. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Ikeda Yukisuke
  ...ce]] following the death of [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1582]]. He was killed in the fighting at [[Battle of Nagakute|Nagakute]] fighting for [[Toyotomi Hideyos ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Takaki Kanehiro
  Takaki Kanehiro was the first Japanese to hold a formal (modern) medical degree, and a prominent fi ...and later founded the Jikei University School of Medicine. He is known as the "father of vitamins" for his efforts to combat beriberi.
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• Namura Gohachiro
  ...exhibitions/past/Samurai-in-New-York.html Samurai in New York]." Museum of the City of New York. 25 June - 7 Nov. 2010.; Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料 [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Asakura Kagetoshi
  ...kaga Yoshiaki]] when the latter came to [[Echizen province|Echizen]] after the death of [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]] in [[1565]]. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Giuseppe Chiara
  ...y]]) in [[1643]]. He later married a Japanese woman, taking the name and [[samurai]] status of her late husband, Okamoto San'emon. He died in [[1657]] at the age of 82.
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• Ikeda Kotaro (d. 1877)
  ....jpg|right|thumb|320px|The graves of Ikeda (at left) and several others at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]]]] ...at age 14, on [[1877]]/9/24, at the Battle of Shiroyama. He was buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
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• Naito Nobunari
  ...nce]] taken from the [[Nakamura clan]] in [[1601]],<ref>Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seven * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Matsudaira Tadaatsu (Ueda)
  Matsudaira Tadaatsu was one of the first Japanese to graduate from Harvard University, doing so in [[1879]]. ...e the city engineer for Bradford, Pennsylvania, and inspector of mines for the State of Colorado.
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• Asakura Kagetaka b.1495
  ...life was in danger. He therefore fled to Wakasa Province and took up with the Takeda. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Hirata Masamune
  ...mune was a senior councilor to [[Shimazu Tadatsune]], who played a role in the [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu]]. ...une, at a meeting of the senior retainers of the clan on 1609/2/6, to lead the invasion; Masamune served as his second-in-command.
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• Doi Michitake
  ...[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] at Wake Beach in [[1565]] and in [[1572]] against both the [[Mori clan|Môri]] and [[Miyoshi clan|Miyoshi]]. He surrendered to [[Kobay ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Ikeda Nagayoshi
  ...] ([[1600]]) and assisted his elder brother [[Ikeda Terumasa|Terumasa]] in the reduction of [[Gifu castle]] in [[Mino province]]. He was afterwards given ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Takasugi Shinsaku
  ...r it was illness that ended his short life before he could see his goal of the Imperial Restoration realized. ...mulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999
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• Hitatare
  ''Hitatare'' was one standard style of samurai dress. It consisted of two pieces: a long-sleeved jacket, and ''[[hakama]]' ...some point in the 13th century, the ''hitatare'' became truly the standard samurai outfit.
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• Mori Masana
  Mori Masana was a samurai retainer of [[Tosa domain]]. ...aving traveled to the latter five times in [[1828]] to [[1856]] as part of the Tosa lord's ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' entourage.
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• Hasekura Tsunenaga
  ...13]]. He was baptized en route to Italy and was admitted into Rome, but by the time he returned to Japan in [[1620]], he found that Masamune had dramatica ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• 1631
  *1631/10/5 The shogunate appoints two ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' for Edo (one "north *1631/11/5 The shogunate issues restrictions on samurai's clothing and housing.
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• Arima Yoshisada
  ...tomo clan|Ôtomo]] in their own struggle with Takanobu (which culminated in the [[Battle of Iyama]]). He retired in [[1571]] in favor of his younger brothe ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Aragaki Chikubei
  ...se paper (''tôshi'' or ''karakami'') into [[Satsuma han]], and was granted samurai status. ...as rewarded in [[1786]] by [[Shimazu Shigehide]], lord of the domain, with samurai status and a position as an official Satsuma retainer.
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• Ijuin Tadazane
  ...actions in [[1599]], he was allowed to remain a Shimazu retainer owing to the intercession of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. However, on a 10/2/1602 hunting expedi ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Honma family
  ...s of [[Shonai han|Shônai han]], and made massive monetary contributions to the domain government. ...00,000 ''ryô'', which was never repaid. The family head was granted full [[samurai]] status, and came to be regularly consulted on financial matters.
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• Hasegawa Gonroku
  ...ki bugyô]]'' circa [[1621]], and in that year played a significant role in the reception of a formal embassy from [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam). ...etainers to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but were also directly involved in the Southeast Asia trade, and held [[shuinsen|red seal ship]] licenses (''shuin
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• Asakura Sadakage
  ...[[Kaga province|Kaga]] ([[1494]], [[1504]]), the ikko-ikki of Echizen, and the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]] of [[Omi province|Ômi]]. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Minamoto no Tsunemoto
  ...Tokugawa shoguns]] claimed descent.<ref>Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 9.</ref> ...stopping it before it reached the emperor.<ref>Gallery labels, "Moon Over the Inner Palace, 1887," Santa Barbara Museum of Art.[https://www.flickr.com/ph
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• Ei Hisatora
  ...of Mimigawa]], and the [[1581]] [[Battle of Minamata]]. He was wounded at the 1584 [[Battle of Okitanawate]]. Ruling or governing the southern tip of Satsuma province, including the port of [[Yamakawa]], Ei received orders in [[1583]] from Shimazu Yoshihisa
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• Asakura Takakage (1493-1546)
  ...f the authority of the [[Kyogoku clan|Kyogoku]] and supported them against the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]]. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Doi Toshikatsu
  ...[[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], and was highly regarded by the latter. He served at the [[Siege of Osaka|sieges of Osaka Castle]] in [[1614]] and [[1615]], having ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Koikawa Harumachi
  ...k ''Kinkin sensei eiga no yume'', published in [[1775]], is often cited as the first work of that type, setting a model or precedent for an entire publish Koikawa's works attracted the negative attention of the authorities, however, and he received a summons in [[1789]] to appear befor
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• Oshio Heihachiro
  Ôshio Heihachirô was a low-ranking samurai who led a significant uprising or revolt in [[Osaka]] in [[1837]]. ...efore the rebellion was suppressed by the authorities. Ôshio was killed in the process.
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• Mori Hirosada
  Mori Hirosada was a member of the mounted guard (''[[umamawari]]'') of the [[Yamauchi clan]] lord of [[Tosa han]]. ...to captain of a unit of twenty [[teppo|gunmen]], to captain of one unit of the domain's mounted guard.
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• Kariage
  ...[[han|domains]] at certain times, especially times of financial crisis, in the [[Edo period]]. ...e taken out"), eliminating the pretense that it was a loan to be repaid in the future.
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• Hachisuka Masakatsu
  ...is said to have been of particular use to Hideyoshi in his construction of the 'One Night Castle' at [[Sunomata castle|Sunomata]] in [[1567]], though if t * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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