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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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• Katsuragawa Hochiku (Kuniteru)
  ...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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• Niigaki
  ...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
  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
  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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• Yamaga Soko
  ...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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• Sword Hunt
  ...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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• Stipends
  ...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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• Inoue Motokane
  ...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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• Ijichi Shoji
  ...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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• Takami Yaichi
  ...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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• Hachisuka Iemasa
  ...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 Chu
  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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• Ichijo Nobutatsu
  ...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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• Arima Haruzumi
  ...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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• Onjo Kendo
  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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• Hojo Tokimune
  [[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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• Rinka Zen
  ...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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• Asakura Kagetake
  ...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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• Goto Shojiro
  ...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 Sanjuro
  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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