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  • ...akumatsu]] era ''daimyô'' of [[Shirakawa han]]. His wife was a daughter of the [[Shimazu clan]]. *Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20750897483/siz
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  • ...Munetada was the fourth son of [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]], and the founder of the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • Hyôgo joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1863]] and deserted in [[1865]]. He was killed by pursuers from the Shinsengumi.
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  • He joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in [[1866]]. He deserted when the group was in [[Edo]] after the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
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  • Arai Akinori was the eldest son of Confucian scholar [[Arai Hakuseki]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...His many philanthropic projects included the restoration of [[Rikugien]], the [[Edo period]] gardens of ''daimyô'' [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]. ...llowed in turn by Yatarô's eldest son [[Iwasaki Hisaya]], who also founded the [[Toyo Bunko|Tôyô Bunko]].<ref>Gallery labels, Tôyô Bunko.[https://www.
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  • ...ineage of ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' (official merchants) employed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to produce formal clothes. ...in 1627 passing that name on to his descendants, down through the rest of the [[Edo period]].
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  • ...tal at Ichijô no dani, which in some ways foreshadowed the castle towns of the Edo Period. ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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  • ...a son of [[Ogasawara Haruyoshi]] and served the Tokugawa, participating at the [[Battle of Anegawa]] in [[1570]] and other engagements. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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  • ...sed book collector and illustrator, as well as being a samurai retainer of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]] with a stipend of 300 ''[[koku]]''. ...nts included [[Odagiri Shunko|Odagiri Shunkô]]. He died on [[1831]]/7/3 at the age of 76. Many of Tanenobu's diaries survive today, serving as valuable hi
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  • The ''Shûi wakashû'' was the third ''[[waka]]'' poetry anthology to be compiled on official imperial ord *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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  • The ''Sôanshû'' ("Collection from a Reed Hut") is a collection of ''[[waka]]' *Andreas Quast, ''Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son'', Baden-Württemberg, Ger
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  • Shibazaki Jurôemon was a riding master and ''[[kobushin]]'' in the service of [[Kai province]], with a salary of 250 ''[[Japanese Measurements [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • Matsudaira Norikuni helped oversee the inspection of [[highways]] for the [[1711]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]], alongside [[Oku [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...Kodera of [[Harima province|Harima]]. He helped his son Yoshitaka convince the Kodera to submit to [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1577]]. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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  • Murata Jûroemon was a swordsmanship master in the service of the lords of [[Kai province]]. He became a ''[[yoriai]]'' in [[1716]], with a s [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...f Ichimura Hanemoki, a samurai from Ogaki-han. Ichimura Tetsunosuke joined the [[Shinsengumi]] with his older brother [[Ichimura Tatsunosuke]] in [[1867]] ...le of Koshu-Katsunuma]], Tatsunosuke deserted from the [[Koyo Chinbutai]] (the renamed Shinsengumi) but Tetsunosuke stayed.
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  • ...INGUA FRANCA’ OF DIPLOMACY IN JAPANESE–KOREAN ENCOUNTERS, c. 1600-1868,” ''The Historical Journal'', 62:2 (2019), pp. 289-309: 300. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...uki clan|Shirakawa Yûki family]]. A son of [[Komine Tomochika]], he became the adopted heir of [[Yuki Ujitomo|Yûki Ujitomo]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...ura Hikaru]], lord of a branch domain of [[Hirado han]]. He became lord of the domain upon his father's retirement in [[1850]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1. [[Category:Samurai]]
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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. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...ts, as the lover of [[Okuni|Izumo no Okuni]], the woman often described as the founder of [[kabuki]]. A member of the samurai class, his father was [[Nagoya Takahisa]], governor (''kami'') of [[Inaba p
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  • ...Takanobu|Ryûzôji Takanobu]] in [[1554]] and fled to [[Chikugo province]]. The following year he clashed with Takanobu and was killed. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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  • He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/12/1. [[Category:Samurai]]
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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]]). [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...be Motochika's]] daughters but was later killed after he attempted to defy the will of his father-in-law. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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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 [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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  • Tayasu Kojirô was the young son of [[Tayasu Munetake]], who in turn was a son of [[Shogun]] [[Tok [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • Akimoto Takatomo was one of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' from [[1699]] to [[1707]]. He was named Tajima-no-kami [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • Honda Masanaga was named ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' in [[1705]]. He adopted the second son of [[Sakakibara Hisamasa]], [[Honda Masatake]], in [[1693]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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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 [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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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. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...nt of the area that would be granted to Americans for free movement within the port city. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • He was appointed to the position of ''Gaikoku bugyô'' on 1860/11/8. [[Category:Samurai]]
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  • ...he [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]], he afterwards entered the service of the Ogasawara. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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  • The ''Shokugozenshû'' (Continued Later Collection of Poems) 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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  • 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. [[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
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