...px|A model of the Ginza as it appeared in the 1880s, on display at the Edo-Tokyo Museum]]
Ginza is a neighborhood in [[Tokyo]] known for its expensive high fashion brands and often compared to New Yor
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...Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 51.</ref>
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 319.
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Tôdô Takatoshi was a lord of a [[han|domain]] in [[Ise province]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n116.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n40.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n97.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 304n135.
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Honda Tadaharu served as ''[[jisha bugyo|jisha bugyô]]'' (Magistrate of Temples & Shrines) from [[1702]] until his resignation in [[1713]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n92.
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Richard Pearson (b. 1938) is an archaeologist of East Asia specializing in Okinawa.
...1971 until 2000. His work runs the gamut from Canadian archaeology to that of China, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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Hirata Naokata was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' under the [[So clan|Sô clan]] of [[Tsushima han]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 314n73.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 322.
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...nese history at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is considered the father of Okinawan Studies in the United States.
...ssistants was [[Mitsugu Sakihara]], who later became a prominent historian of Okinawa in his own right.
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...British book collector and journalist known for his exceptional collection of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]-related materials, and expertise in related sub
...s, and Third High School, he became a researcher at the British Embassy in Tokyo.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n39.
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...ama-grave.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Kamiyama Seiryô at Tama Cemetery, Tokyo]]
...the Nagoya Government Monopoly Office; he was reassigned to the equivalent Tokyo office the following year.
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....jpg|right|thumb|400px|An 1821 copy of ''Seiyô kibun'' on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]]
...Hakuseki]] of information he learned about Europe from his interrogations of [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]], a [[Jesuit]] missionary captured by the [[To
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Takebe Masunaga was a ''daimyô'' of [[Hayashida han]], a 100,000 ''[[koku]]'' domain in [[Harima province]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 280n25.
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Asano Naganao was the founder of [[Ako castle|Akô castle]] in [[Harima province]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 281n41.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 306n187.
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The ''okonandoshû'' were personal servants of the [[shogun]], who handled small duties such as the shogun's hairdressing.
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 322.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 314n68.
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The ''Ôrusui'' was the head of security for the women's quarters at [[Edo castle]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 322.
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[[File:Hotta-masatsune.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The graves of Masatsune and his wives Hideko and Kazuko, at the [[Hotta clan]] cemetery a
Hotta Masatsune was a prominent politician of the Taishô and Shôwa periods.
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Nezu Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in Tokyo, established in [[1706]] by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] at the site
...The shrine is a fine example of ''gongen-zukuri'' architecture - the style of shrine architecture associated with the [[Tokugawa clan]] - and has been na
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...oya Oshichi, near Oshichi's grave at Enjô-ji, in the Hakusan/Hongô area of Tokyo]]
...over Sahei again; the fire spread and in the end destroyed a large section of downtown [[Edo]].
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[[File:Tokyosymphonyhall.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Symphony Hall of the Tokyo Music School]]
The Tokyo Music School was the first music school officially sponsored by the [[Meiji
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Gunji Masanobu was an adopted son of [[Arai Masanari]] (father of [[Arai Hakuseki]]).
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 309n7.
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Hattori Seisuke, son of [[Confucian]] scholar [[Hattori Tokuro|Hattori Tôkurô]], was known as a c
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n35.
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Arai Akinori was the eldest son of Confucian scholar [[Arai Hakuseki]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 310n18.
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Furuta Shigeharu, also known as Furuta Daizen-Daibu, was lord of [[Hamada castle]] in [[Iwami province]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 281n43.
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...was the first head of the Tokyo Kaisei Academy (today, the [[University of Tokyo]]).
...out of the country in that year to go study in the West. For the duration of the journey, he went by the name Sugiura Kôzô. While in Europe, he studie
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The ''Sôgyôki'' is a biography of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] written by [[Matsudaira Tadaaki|Matsudaira Shimousa-no-
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 293n141.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 310n14.
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...metsuke]]'' in [[1710]], and ''[[fushin bugyo|fushin bugyô]]'' (magistrate of public works) in [[1714]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 316n105.
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Konoe Takataka was a son of [[Konoe Sakihisa]], and head (''monshu'') of [[Ichijo-in|Ichijô-in]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 314n66.
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...a Buddhist temple in [[Fushimi]], established in [[1601]] with the support of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] for both lay & clergy education.
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 294n168.
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...[Kawabata Yasunari]], as well as several books on the history of [[Edo]]/[[Tokyo]] as a city.
...re he played some small role in overseeing the filming of the film version of Kawabata's novel ''Snow Country'' (''Yukiguni'').
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...Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 51.</ref>
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 324.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n109.
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Doi Genshirô was a [[Confucian]] scholar in the service of the lords of [[Kai province|Kai]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n36.
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...Kagehira, also sometimes rendered as Magabuchi Kagehira, was a Magistrate of Works (''[[fushin bugyo|fushin bugyô]]'').
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n28.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 313n52.
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...ter and ''[[kobushin]]'' in the service of [[Kai province]], with a salary of 250 ''[[Japanese Measurements|hyô]]''.
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n32.
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...n|soba yônin]]'' and lord of [[Murakami castle]]. He was a maternal cousin of [[Inoue Masakata]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n38.
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Sumiyoshi Gukei was a painter of the [[Sumiyoshi school]], and son of painter [[Sumiyoshi Jokei]].
*Kurushima Hiroshi (ed.), ''Egakareta gyôretsu'', University of Tokyo Press (2015), 120.
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Kôben Hôshinnô was the sixth son of [[Emperor Go-Sai]], and an abbot of [[Rinno-ji|Rinnô-ji]] in [[Nikko|Nikkô]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 312n45.
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Shôbô, also known as Rigen Daishi, was a prominent [[Shingon]] monk of the early [[Heian period]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 303n105.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 316n104.
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...ess, the daughter of Retired [[Emperor Reigen]]. Her mother was a daughter of [[Matsumuro Shigeatsu]].
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 306n170.
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Niwa Mitsushige was a son of [[Niwa Nagashige]], and lord of [[Nihonmatsu han]] in [[Iwashiro province]]. He was transferred to that 100
...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 281n42.
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...ki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 304n136.
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