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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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• Hanmoto mitodoke
  ...ctors) in the service of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], in order to determine the validity of a family's succession. ...omote|on paper]] (and often even altering the officially recorded date of the lord's death), even though privately things might not be quite according to
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• Satsuma Rebellion
  ...tsuma han]] ([[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and involved roughly 15,000 former samurai facing off against around 100,000 [[Imperial Japanese Army]] troops. ...no Toshiaki]] can be seen in the left panel, and [[Shinohara Kunimoto]] in the center.]]
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• Shudo
  ...]]'' [[emaki|handscroll]] by [[Miyagawa Issho|Miyagawa Isshô]] depicting a samurai and his young male lover.]] ...th younger samurai. This custom is most prominently seen, or discussed, in the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] and [[Edo period]]s.
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• Kawajiri Hidetaka
  ...eople of Kai rose up against Hidetaka and he was killed attempting to flee the province. * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Makino Tadatoki
  Makino Tadatoki was the third [[Edo period]] ''daimyô'' of [[Nagaoka han]] in [[Echigo province]]. ...] he was called upon by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to organize and oversee the reception (lodgings, meals, etc.) of [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean envoy
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• Itagaki Nobukata
  ...hingen in [[1542]]. He was killed at the [[Battle of Uedahara]] in 1548 by the [[Murakami clan|Murakami]] due to apparent carelessness on his part. Itagak * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Anthony Bryant
  ...worked as a features editor for the Mainichi Daily News, and as editor for the Tokyo Journal, an English language monthly magazine. He was also the author of four books for Osprey Military Publishing on samurai history.
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• Nishida Shogoro
  ...ô was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer who was involved in the plot which became the [[Teradaya Incident]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Kodama Gentaro
  ...ral of Taiwan]], as well as [[Minister of the Army]] and Chief of Staff of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. ...erial forces in the [[Battle of Hakodate]] in [[1868]], and in suppressing the [[Saga Rebellion]] and [[Shinpuren Incident|Shinpûren Incident]], two [[sh
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• Narushima Motonao
  Narushima Motonao was the compiler of the ''[[Tokugawa jikki]]''. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Arima Kazuzumi
  ...a 19th century ''daimyô'' of [[Maruoka han]]. He was originally born into the [[Shimazu clan]]. *Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20750897483/siz
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• Shibayama Aijiro
  Shibayama Aijirô was a [[Satsuma han]] retainer involved in the [[Teradaya Incident]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Hiraiwa Chikayoshi
  ...gashino]] in [[1575]] and later took part in the failed expedition against the [[Sanada clan|Sanada]] ([[1585]]). He was given a 30,000 ''[[koku]]'' fief * Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Arima Shinshichi
  ...n]] retainer who was among the organizers of the plot which developed into the [[Teradaya Incident]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Asakura Kageakira
  ...fief in Echizen and he changed his name to Tobashi Kageakira. In [[1574]] the Echizen ikko, supported by fighters from [[Kaga province|Kaga]] commanded b ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Shimazu Keijiro
  ...o.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The graves of Shimazu Keijirô and his followers at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] Shimazu Keijirô was a [[Satsuma han]] samurai who fought and died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
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• Kabayama Sukenori
  ...u clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and fought in several of the key conflicts of the 1860s-1870s. ...nd [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874|a punitive expedition to Taiwan]] following the [[Taiwan Incident of 1871]].
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• Hashiguchi Sosuke
  ...[[Satsuma han]] retainer who was involved in the plot which developed into the [[Teradaya Incident]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Nomura Fumio
  Nomura Fumio was the founder of the [[Meiji period]] newspaper ''[[Marumaru chinbun]]''. ...zeal for "civilization and enlightenment" as understood or defined through the British Victorian lens.
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• Hirata Naokata
  Hirata Naokata was a ''[[karo|karô]]'' under the [[So clan|Sô clan]] of [[Tsushima han]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Main Page
  *[[:Category:Samurai|Samurai]] *[[:Category:Sengoku Period|The Sengoku Period]]
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• Mizuno Tadamitsu
  ...a 19th century ''daimyô'' of [[Tsurumaki 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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• Saito Seiichiro
  ...he [[Shinsengumi]] sometime after the 7th month of [[1865]]. He fought at the [[battle of Toba-Fushimi]], but deserted after returning to Edo. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Tokugawa Harunari
  ...Harusada, was the head of the [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]] and father of the 11th shogun, [[Tokugawa Ienari]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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• Hosokawa Yoriyuki
  ...the island of [[Shikoku]], provinces that would be Hosokawa bastions until the 16th Century. ...fter a 12-year tenure as Kanrei, Yoriyuki was forced to step down, costing the Ashikaga an almost indispensable asset.
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• Kaneko Jusuke
  Kaneko Jûsuke was a [[Choshu han|Chôshû domain]] who was stripped of his [[samurai]] status and later imprisoned for crimes committed alongside [[Yoshida Shoi ...r turned themselves in to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] authorities the next day. The pair were imprisoned at [[Tenmacho prison|Tenma-chô]] in [[Edo]] for a tim
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• Nabeshima Katsushige
  ...d by his grandson [[Nabeshima Mitsushige|Mitsushige]] ([[1632]]-[[1700]]), the son of [[Nabeshima Tadanao|Nabeshima Hizen no Kami Tadanao]]. He died on 7 ...from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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• Komagome
  ...ya Hide: Turning Palace Arts into Marketable Skills," in Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan," Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 45-60.< ...eighborhood takes its name from its location at the division (''wake'') of the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]] and Iwatsuki kaidô highways. It also contains a s
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• Tozawa Masayoshi
  ...entury ''daimyô'' of [[Shinjo han|Shinjô 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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• Asano Naganao
  Asano Naganao was the founder of [[Ako castle|Akô castle]] in [[Harima province]]. [[Category:Samurai]]
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