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• Boshin War
  The Boshin war was the civil war in which the new Meiji government finished off the last of the Pro-[[Tokuga [[Enomoto Takeaki]] and former Bakufu retainers took Bakufu's fleet to Ezo, occupied [[Goryokaku|Goryôkak
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• Jinshin War
  The Jinshin War was a succession dispute which took place in [[672]] between [[Emperor Tenj
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• Imjin War
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• Second Opium War
  The Second Opium War, also known as the Arrow War, was a war fought between the [[Qing Empire]] and a number of Western powers from [[18 Before the end of the war, British and French armies would invade [[Beijing]], and infamously sacked
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• Gempei War
  The Genpei War, fought between the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan|Taira]] sam The war takes its name from the ''on-yomi'' or "Chinese-style" readings of the name
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• Russo-Japanese War
  ...ptych by [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] depicting a scene from the Russo-Japanese War]] ...al Korea|Korea]], which became a Japanese protectorate as a result of this war.
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• Sino-Japanese War
  ...out international war fought by the Meiji state. Like the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of ten years later, it was fought chiefly in Korea, and over which countr ...ition of [[Taiwan]] as a colony as part of the treaty agreement ending the war is similarly often cited as marking the beginning of Japan's imperialist/co
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• Anglo-Satsuma War
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• Naha Tug-of-War
  [[File:Nahatugofwar-rope.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The tug-of-war rope on display in Kibôgaoka Park, Naha]] ...r towns (''yumachi'') of [[Naha]] competed against one another. The Tug-of-War has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as fea
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• Second Opium War
  The Second Opium War, also known as the Arrow War, was a war fought between the [[Qing Empire]] and a number of Western powers from [[18 Before the end of the war, British and French armies would invade [[Beijing]], and infamously sacked
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• Genpei Wars
  #REDIRECT [[Genpei War]]
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• Shokonsha
  ...o-Japanese War]] ([[1894]]-[[1895]]), and again after the [[Russo-Japanese War]] ([[1904]]-[[1905]]). Over 150 remain active or at least extant today.
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• Yamamoto Gonnohyoe
  ...to Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, prior to the [[Russo-Japanese War]].
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• Gokoku Shrine (Okinawa)
  ...aha]], [[Okinawa prefecture]], dedicated to the spirits of those killed in war. Though established originally, and still operated today, as a Japanese Shi ...as a ''[[shokonsha|shôkonsha]]'' (a shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead), and was renamed Gokoku Shrine ("shrine for the protection of the nat
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• Usami Sadayuki
  ...gi Kenshin|Uesugi Kenshin's]] chief retainers, having supported him in his war for control of [[Echigo province|Echigo]]. ...agao Harukage|Harukage]] and led troops for him during the resulting civil war. In [[1564]] he is reputed to have murdered [[Nagao Masakage]] on Kenshin's
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• Prince Mochihito
  ...nd that of [[Emperor Antoku]] played a major role in sparking the [[Genpei War]]. ...r clash between Minamoto and Taira. Mochihito died in that battle, but the war between Minamoto and Taira would continue for five years, ending only in [[
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• Shimazu Tatsuhisa
  ...] in [[1462]], and sided with the [[Hosokawa clan]] in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] but did not actually send any forces to fight in the conflict. It was not
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• 1051
  ...astise the [[Abe clan]] and force their submission to the Imperial Court. (War lasts until [[1063]])
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• Emperor Go-Toba
  ...ced to flee from [[Kyoto]] in [[1183]] amidst the violence of the [[Genpei War]]. Go-Toba took the throne in that year, though it is unclear whether Antok ...Oki Islands]], and never returned to the capital. In the wake of the Jôkyû War, the shogunate took a number of steps to expand its power, and to weaken th
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• Murakami clan (Shinano)
  ...rful daimyô family in [[Shinano province]]. They became involved in a long war with the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] and had by [[1553]] been driven from their
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• Taira no Takakiyo
  ..., Takakiyo was a direct great-grandson of Kiyomori. Surviving the [[Genpei War]], he took the tonsure, and devoted himself to Buddhist practice at [[Mt. T ...th Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.
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• Emperor Antoku
  ...of the [[Taira clan]]. Antoku was perhaps the only emperor to ever die in war, and perhaps the only one whose official mausoleum is located far from the ...rt <i>his</i> claim to the throne over Antoku's, thus beginning the Genpei War. Takakura and Kiyomori both died the following year, in [[1181]], but the T
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• Saito Tomonobu
  ...ol of Echigo]] with [[Uesugi Kagetora]] and was afterwards involved in the war with [[Shibata Katsuie]] (of the [[Oda clan|Oda]]).
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• Naha Tug-of-War
  [[File:Nahatugofwar-rope.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The tug-of-war rope on display in Kibôgaoka Park, Naha]] ...r towns (''yumachi'') of [[Naha]] competed against one another. The Tug-of-War has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as fea
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• Higashiyama Gobunko
  The collection suffered considerable damage during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], but became larger and more well-maintained beginning in the early [[Edo
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• Treaty of Portsmouth
  ...rtsmouth Naval Yard in Maine (USA), marked the end of the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States served as the primary ...e Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese/continental portion of the Pacific War).
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• 1471
  ===[[Onin War|Ônin War]]===
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• Kagekiyo
  ...]]; Kagekiyo has been exiled from the capital for his participation in the war opposing the [[Minamoto clan]]. His daughter now comes around looking for h
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• Mulan
  ...reunion with her fellow soldiers, who had never known, for twelve years of war, that she was a woman, and are thus surprised to see her made-up, and dress
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• 1185
  ===[[Gempei War]] (1180-1185)=== ...thers, and [[Taira Munemori]] is captured and later executed. The [[Gempei War]] ends.
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• Hino Toshimoto
  ...on]], he was captured once again in [[1331]], during the [[Genko War|Genkô War]]. Sent as a prisoner to [[Kamakura]], he was brought to [[Kuzuharaoka Shri
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• Yasukuni Shrine
  ...Taiwanese) who died in service of Japan, Japanese civilians killed in the war, etc. ...great offense at these visits, associating such visits with the worship of war criminals.
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• Lin Zexu
  ...|Statue of Commissioner Lin in New York Chinatown, labeled "Pioneer in the War Against Drugs."]] ...are generally said to have played a major role in spurring the outbreak of war with Britain.
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• 1756
  *The Seven Years' War begins (ends [[1763]]).
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• Oyama Iwao
  ...ardment of Kagoshima|Satsuma-England War]] of [[1863]] and in the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]]. In [[1877]], however, he stood opposed to his cousin [[Saigo ...was active in the [[Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese]] and [[Russo-Japanese War]]s. He also later served as Superintendent General<!--警視総監-->, [[Mi
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• 1183
  ===[[Genpei War]]===
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• Frank Hawley
  ...aveled to Washington DC as a staffer of the British Foreign Office. As the war neared its end, he applied for a special position at the London Times, and
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• Tenbun no ran
  ...s initially a disagreement eventually escalated into a small internal clan war. Though Tanemune had the advantage for some time, Harumune gained the supp
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• Tokutomi Soho
  ...to such a degree that one might even think it was Japan that had lost the war. Still, he argued that such costs were unavoidable if Japan was to follow t ...ulture]] the following year. Following World War II, Sohô was suspected of war crimes, and was blacklisted from government service by the Occupation autho
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• Empress Dowager Shoken
  During the [[Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese]] and [[Russo-Japanese War]]s, she became known for her close association with the Japanese Red Cross,
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• Ikenoue Sadakata
  Ikenoue Sadakata was a [[Satsuma han]] warrior who fought in the [[Boshin War]] and the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. Following the Boshin War, Sadakata joined the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. In [[1871]], he was promot
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• Weiming Yuanhao
  This action prompted war with China, a war which ended with a treaty agreement in [[1044]].
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• Russo-Japanese War
  ...ptych by [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] depicting a scene from the Russo-Japanese War]] ...al Korea|Korea]], which became a Japanese protectorate as a result of this war.
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• James Hepburn
  ...to [[China]] in [[1840]]. After residing in Singapore two years during the war between England and China, went up to China and resided about three years i
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• 1902
  *A motion picture, "The Spanish-American War," is shown in Okinawa for the first time.
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• Ishikawa Seitsu
  ...an University]]. He also served as translator and interpreter at the Tokyo War Crimes trials.
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• Ryoan-ji
  ...te for training Zen monks. The temple was destroyed in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]), but was rebuilt in [[1499]], and expanded a century ...970 in memory of the abbot's comrades who died in battle in Burma in World War II.
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• Kakuichi
  ...a-ryû, which embraced his style, remained strong until the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], after which the Yasaka-ryû declined, and the tradition based on Kakuich
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• Merriman Harris
  ...d was discharged in November, [[1865]], at the close of the American civil war. After the war he attended school at Rural Seminary and Washington Academy, and afterward
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• Oichi
  ...tely, Nagamasa betrayed his alliance with Nobunaga in [[1570]] and went to war with him on behalf of the Asakura family. The fighting continued for three ...owing Nobunaga's death, Shibata Katsuie and [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] went to war over the issue of succession. Katsuie's army was crushed at [[Battle of Shi
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• Kodama Gentaro
  ...treet which is also home to several [[Edo period]] samurai homes; Kodama's former residence is identified by wooden plaques, but unlike the samurai homes, it ...sometime later by collaborator [[Gu Xianrong]]. He served as [[Minister of War]], and [[Naimusho|Minister of Home Affairs]] around the same time.
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• Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)
  The temple was rebuilt following World War II. The facade of the main worship hall today bears a pair of large golden ...ll-war-booty-to-go-back-to-okinawa.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm A 1465 Bell, War Booty, To Go Back To Okinawa]." New York Times. 6 April 1991.
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• Togo Heihachiro
  ...vy]] (IJN) to victory over that of Imperial Russia in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of [[1904]]-[[1905]]. The following year, he participated in the [[Sino-Japanese War]], still as commander of the ''Naniwa''. He was then promoted to rear admir
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• Shinju-an
  ...]] by [[Ikkyu Sojun|Ikkyû Sôjun]], it was destroyed in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] and rebuilt in [[1491]] with the support of [[Owa Sorin|Owa Sôrin]], a w
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• Minamoto no Yoshiie
  ...d the nickname ‘Hachimantaro’, or ‘First son (or First born) of the God of War (Hachiman)’. Abe Sadato comes across as an altogether more impressive man ...and gave him an opponent worthy in both warfare and culture. In fact, the war was nearly over. Sadato continued his flight until he reached another fort,
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• Treaty of Kiakhta
  ...lready resident in the city, most of whom were descendants of prisoners of war, were to be incorporated into the banners and encouraged to learn Chinese.
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• Nagaoka castle
  This castle was totally destroyed during the [[Boshin War]]. The site is now Nagaoka Station and there is no trace of the castle.
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• 1180
  ===[[Gempei War]] (1180-1185)=== ...l [[Prince Mochihito]] issues a call to arms against the Taira. The Gempei War begins.
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• Sato Susumu
  ...ces opposing the [[Northern Alliance]] in the later stages of the [[Boshin War]]. In [[1869]], Susumu traveled to Germany for study, and became the first ...t position in the [[Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese]] and [[Russo-Japanese War]]s. He was named a Baron (''[[kazoku|danshaku]]'') in [[1905]], and died in
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• 1633
  *War begins in earnest between the [[Trinh lords|Trinh]] and [[Nguyen lords]] in
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• Minamoto clan
  ...hogun]] have claimed descent. Defeating the [[Taira clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185) and uniting Japan, the Minamoto established the first shoguna ...leading a similar campaign against the [[Kiyowara clan]] in the [[Gosannen War]] of [[1083]] to [[1087]]. In both conflicts, the Minamoto fought on behalf
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• Tomari International Cemetery
  ...those of Americans killed in the Battle of Okinawa, Korean War, or Vietnam War, or those regularly resident in Okinawa at the time of their death. The cem ==Individuals buried at Tomari prior to World War II==
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• Kobayakawa Shusei
  ...st Asia in conjunction with the military campaigns, painting images of the war. Following the war, he began studying the production of religious paintings. He died in 1974.
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• Reikoden Tenmangu
  The shrine lost its territory during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]) which ravaged Kyoto, and so it was moved to within th
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• Portsmouth
  ...of the [[1905]] [[Treaty of Portsmouth]] which ended the [[Russo-Japanese War]]
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• Taira no Tokuko
  ...ir power. Unfortunately, the situation was to change rapidly. The [[Genpei War]] began and in 1181 both Takakura and Kiyomori died, the latter's passing l ...th Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.</ref>
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• Shimazu Tadatoki
  ...toki]], against the forces of [[Emperor Go-Toba]] in the [[Jokyu War|Jôkyû War]] of [[1221]].
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• Shimazu Tadatsugu
  ...the postwar era, he worked to help bring back Japanese nationals from the former Empire. He served as head of the Japanese Red Cross from 1946 through 1965.
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• Giuseppe Castiglione
  ...[[1860]], however, by British and French forces during the [[Second Opium War]].)
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• Japanese shops in Hawaii
  ==Post-war and today==
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• Asakura Toshikage
  ...kage initially supported the [[Yamana clan|Yamana]] in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] but switched his loyalties to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] in [[1471]],
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• Hojo Ujiyasu
  ...themselves with ruling the vast tracts of land earned through 60 years of war and toil. ...da's relationship was more complex, ranging from relative peace to all-out war. In [[1562]] The Hôjô and Takeda made an alliance and Takeda Shingen adop
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• Hamano Noboru
  ...ô Hospital in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]] City, [[Chiba prefecture]],<ref>The former site of the hospital is today the Sakura Citizens' Gymnasium (''Sakura shim *Plaque at former site of Saiseidô Hospital, Sakura, Chiba.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/to
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• Hino Tomiko
  ...Onin War''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967</ref> and the [[Onin War]] began. * Varley, H. Paul. ''The Onin War''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967
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• Himiko
  ...s later, the governor of Taifang, Wang Qi, was informed that Himiko was at war with Himikoko, king of Kuna (another polity in southern Japan), and was hav
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• 1648
  *The [[Peace of Westphalia]] ends the Thirty Years' War, and marks the emergence of the modern/Western concept of the nation-state.
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• 1763
  *The Seven Years' War comes to an end.
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• Taiheiki
  ...wn as the "Chronicle of Great Peace," is among the most famous of Japanese war tales, or ''[[gunkimono]]''. It relates events of the 1330s, from the battl
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• Sai On
  ...e stonework away to help build airfields. The road was widened in the post-war period, destroying further a portion of the property, but some remains of t *Plaque on-site at the former site of Sai On's mansion at Shuri Akahira-chô 1-45.
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• Biwa hoshi
  ...[Yoshida Kenko|Yoshida Kenkô]] related in his ''[[Tsurezuregusa]]'' that a former [[Shinano province]] official by the name of Yukinaga composed the ''Tale'' ...real high point of the ''biwa hôshi'' tradition, until the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] broke out in the 1460s.
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• Senyomon-in
  ...uards to her palace as well. He was exiled following the [[Jokyu War|Jôkyû War]] in [[1221]].
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• 1904
  ===[[Russo-Japanese War]]=== *1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - [[Battle of Port Arthur]]
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• 1840
  ...Company]] arrive at [[Nagasaki]] and inform of the outbreak of the [[Opium War]]. *The [[Opium War]] begins in China (~1842).
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• Taira no Kagekiyo
  ...ra clan]] warrior who fought against the [[Minamoto clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. He was the second son of [[Taira no Tadakiyo]]. ...'' and [[kabuki]] plays derived from them, he is said to have survived the war and to have gone into retirement (or into hiding) near [[Atsuta Shrine]] in
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• Xi Xia
  ...[[Shanxi province]] in the year of its founding, in [[1038]], beginning a war with the Song which was to last until [[1044]]. During this time, the Song War with the Song broke out again in [[1080]]-[[1081]], and the Xi Xia continue
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• Shiryohensanjo
  Following World War II, in 1949, the institute took over custody of a collection of documents r
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• 1333
  ===[[Genko War|Genkô War]] & [[Kemmu Restoration]]===
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• Arai Tadao
  He fought against the Tokugawa [[Bakufu]] in the [[Boshin War]].
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• Nakama Mitsukeima Eigyoku
  ...these versions of the story, his father was a warrior who, as a result of war, ended up fleeing or being forced south, into the Ryûkyû Islands; there,
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• Hogen Disturbance
  ..., for power. Along with the [[Heiji Disturbance]] of [[1159]] and [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]], it represents the beginning of the rise of the [[sa The famous ''[[Hogen monogatari|Hôgen monogatari]]'' war tale (''[[gunkimono]]''), while romanticizing and lionizing in its approach
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• Uesugi Kagetora
  ...arried a sister of [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]]. In [[1578]], Kagekatsu provoked a war with him over inheritance issues and at length forced him to commit suicide
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• Jokyu Disturbance
  The Jôkyû War, or Jôkyû Disturbance, was fought between the forces of [[Emperor Go-Toba ..., and other enemies of the [[Minamoto clan]] - the victors in the [[Genpei War]], and clan of the [[shogun]]s.
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• Iwai Rebellion
  The so-called Iwai Rebellion of the mid-6th century was a war waged between the kingdom of [[Iwai (kingdom)|Iwai]], on northern Kyushu, a
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• 1905
  ...he results of peace negotiations following the end of the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. This marks possibly the first major urban riots of the modern period. ===Russo-Japanese War===
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• Yi Sun-Shin
  ==Imjin War== ...Press (2016), 76-78.</ref> Throughout the war, for seven years, Yi kept a war diary, entitled ''Nanjung ilgi'' (亂中日記). He is also known for a num
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• Kirino Toshiaki
  ...ovement as a ''[[shishi]]'', and fought for Satsuma domain in the [[Boshin War]].
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• Shibuya clan
  ...ng the [[Kamakura period]]. For their contributions in the [[Hoji War|Hôji War]] of [[1247]], the Shibuya were then named ''[[jito|jitô]]'' of a territor
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• Sino-Japanese War
  ...out international war fought by the Meiji state. Like the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of ten years later, it was fought chiefly in Korea, and over which countr ...ition of [[Taiwan]] as a colony as part of the treaty agreement ending the war is similarly often cited as marking the beginning of Japan's imperialist/co
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• Tonbyan
  ...th century, knowledge of the source of the materials was lost during World War II. Recent research suggests that the source of ''tonbyan'' fibers is likel
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• Ogasawara Ujikiyo
  ...atenjin]] castles. When the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and Imagawa went to war after [[1568]], he sided with Tokugawa.
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• 1477
  *[[Onin War|Ônin War]] comes to an end.
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• 1500
  * 1500/6/7 The first [[Gion Matsuri]] takes place since the [[Onin War|Ônin War]].
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• Jinshin War
  The Jinshin War was a succession dispute which took place in [[672]] between [[Emperor Tenj
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• 673
  *Having defeated [[Prince Otomo|Prince Ôtomo]] in the [[Jinshin War]], Prince Ôama takes the throne as [[Emperor Temmu]].
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• Ioshima
  ...nor with the remote [[Iwo Jima]] far to the east, and famous for the World War II battle which took place there. ...n]] fleeing [[Minamoto clan]] persecution in the aftermath of the [[Genpei War]] made their way to Iôshima. A [[torii]] gate at the Iôshima [[Kumano gon
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• Saigo Tsugumichi
  ...[[Bombardment of Kagoshima|Satsuma-England War]] and the [[1868]] [[Boshin War]]. After the [[Meiji Restoration]], he was appointed a general of the Imper ...[1885]], and became an admiral in [[1894]], serving in the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. He became a fleet admiral in [[1898]]. Tsugumichi also served as [[Home
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• Muto Nobuyoshi
  ...], and platoon chief of the 23rd infantry regiment in the [[Russo-Japanese War]], later serving as military officer attached to the Russian Legation, and
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• Burma
  ...ct erupted between Burma and Qing China, resulting in a devastating border war for the Chinese. Numerous Chinese were felled in battle, and by disease, an ...tries to fall under Japanese control. Following its independence after the war, Burma pursued a friendly relationship with the Communist People's Republic
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• Fujiwara no Fuhito
  ...d, and he somehow managed to avoid the chaos and troubles of the [[Jinshin War]] of [[672]], which took a toll on the power of the [[Nakatomi Clan|Nakatom
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• Nanma Uho
  ...ame the head of education at the [[Aizu han]] mansion. During the [[Boshin War]], at the orders of his domain, he laid low in [[Osaka]]; returning to Aizu
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• Gunkimono
  ''Gunkimono'' or ''gunki monogatari'' are war tales which relate the exploits of great warriors or commanders, and of gre *''[[Mutsu waki]]'' ([[Zenkunen War]])
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• 1086
  *[[Gosannen War]]: [[Minamoto clan]] forces experience a setback at the [[Battle of Numu]].
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• Hiroshima castle
  ...of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]], this part of their holdings was given to the former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalist, [[Fukushima Masanori]]. The castle suf ...ring the [[Sino-Japanese War]] of 1894-95, and during the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904-05, the Japanese Supreme Command (''daihon'ei'') was relocated to
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• Opium
  ...into China in the 18th-19th centuries, eventually resulting in the [[Opium War]], which contributed, in turn, dramatically, to the decline and eventual co ...]], as a precaution in light of the then fairly recent events of the Opium War, but opium was never a prominent feature of Japanese recreational culture e
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• Alfred E. Buck
  ...e, prior to his service in Tokyo, he fought in the Union Army in the Civil War and represented Alabama in the House of Representatives.
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• Iojima
  ...tered as part of Tokyo Metropolis. The site of a particularly famous World War II battle.
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• Japan Society (New York)
  ...ry prominent individuals, from HIH the Shôwa Emperor, Henry Kissinger, and former US President Bill Clinton, to countless prominent Japanese artists, film di ...War]], who visited New York in May 1907 along with another veteran of that war, Vice-Admiral [[Ijuin Goro|Ijuin Gorô]]. The reception committee was chair
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• Yamamoto Hosui
  ...icial government painter in the [[Sino-Japanese War]] and [[Russo-Japanese War]], and was also active in designing and producing set pieces for the theatr
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• Ryuzoji Nobuchika
  ...kanobu]]. He assisted his brother in various military endeavors (including war with the [[Matsura clan|Matsura]]). After Takanobu's death he assisted [[Ry
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• 672
  *[[Jinshin War]] - [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] organizes a rebellion and struggles agai
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• Saikoku kudari
  ...being driven out of [[Kyoto]] by the [[Minamoto clan]] during the [[Genpei War]].
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• Saito Hajime
  ==Boshin War== ...akagi Tokio]] in Tonami, sponsered by former Lord Matsudaira Katamori, the former Aizu han [[Karo|Karô]] [[Yamakawa Hiroshi]] and [[Sagawa Kanbei]]. (Saito
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• Amboyna massacre
  ...James I of England threw his full support behind the Company, threatening war and demanding the VOC punish the Amboyna officials and pay extensive repara
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• Uwajima castle
  ...]], but over the years most of the buildings were taken down. During World War II, the main gatehouse was destroyed when it caught fire during an American
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• James Stirling
  ...me seeking similar concessions, and in light of the outcome of the [[Opium War]] a decade earlier were fearful of the possible repercussions of resisting
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• Yoronjima
  ...in the early 20th century, but nothing was ever completed. Following World War II, the Amami Islands were restored to Japanese sovereignty (ending the US
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• 1894
  ===[[Sino-Japanese War]]=== *1894/8/1 Japan officially declares war on [[Qing dynasty|China]].
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• Bombardment of Kagoshima
  *''Japanese'': 薩英戦争 ''(Satsu-Ei sensou, lit. "Anglo-Satsuma War")'' The Bombardment of [[Kagoshima]], also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War, was a brief conflict which took place in [[1863]]/7, in which British Roya
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• Li Hongzhang
  ...unilaterally annexing the Ryukyus despite Beijing's protests, in the end, war was avoided for the time being. ...e War]] which followed. While in [[Shimonoseki]] negotiating an end to the war, Li survived an assassination attempt; he was shot, but survived, and his i
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• Amino Yoshihiko
  ...[[Meiji Restoration]]), what sort of path Japan should follow in the post-war, and how to pursue it.
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• Wanyan Chonghou
  ...n]], in the [[Second Opium War]] which was then already underway. Once the war ended, in the wake of China's defeat, Chonghou was appointed superintendent ...nds for justice, and thus avoiding further diplomatic problems or outright war. Chonghou, apologizing to his superiors for his failure to properly address
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• Yamada Shinzan
  ...red by the Occupation government to produce paintings and sculptures of US war heroes.<ref>Okuma Seisaku, "Dollar and Art," Okinawan Art in its Regional C
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• Warring States Period
  ...Eastern Zhou Dynasty fell into further disunity and violence, the scale of war expanded. Battles in the Spring and Autumn Period took place chiefly on fla
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• Onuki Hachiro
  ...son Ben played football for the University of Washington, fought in World War I, and later built a career as a lawyer.
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• Documents of the So clan
  ...ts to organize and preserve these documents grew in the aftermath of World War II, and in 1975 the Izuhara Town Board of Education (''Izuhara-chô kyôiku ...rmer Sô clan mansions at Sashikihara and Neo (both within Izuhara-chô, the former Tsushima Fuchû [[jokamachi|castle-town]]) were moved into the storehouse a
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• Kamiyama Seiryo
  After the end of World War II, Kamiyama became the head of several different Okinawan associations, in
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• Yamamoto Otokichi
  ...hips, while the two countries were at war with one another (in the Crimean War).<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', Intern
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• Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma
  |name=[[Boshin War]] *''Illustrated Boshin War'' (イラストでみる戊辰戦争) Shinjinbutsu Oraisha 1988
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• Chen Heqing
  ...ebuilding of [[Todaiji|Tôdaiji]] following its destruction in the [[Genpei War]].
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• Ankokuzen-ji
  ...bell was donated to the war effort, to be melted down and used to produce war materiel; however, it was discovered relatively undamaged in 1962 in [[Tott
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• 1182
  ===[[Genpei War]]===
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• Ito Sukeyuki
  ...erved as general commander of Japanese naval forces in the [[Sino-Japanese War]].
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• Robert Karl Reischauer
  ...d by his brother Edwin Reischauer as "the first American casualty in World War II."<ref>Edwin O. Reischauer, ''Japan: The Story of a Nation'', New York: A
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• Daito Islands
  ...l military installations were maintained on the Daitô Islands during World War II. Though many islanders were evacuated before Allied forces attacked the
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• Nanshu Cemetery
  ...on]] fighting against the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. It is located on the former grounds of the Buddhist temple [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], up ...governor [[Iwamura Michitoshi]] had him and forty of his men buried on the former grounds of Jôkômyô-ji, a temple which had been destroyed in the [[1863]]
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• Oyama Seiho
  ...Island]]. He moved to Canada in 1927, but returned to Okinawa after World War II, settling in [[Naha]] and pursuing a career as a businessman. He later b
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• Meiji Shrine
  ...sashige]], who was particularly celebrated in the [[Meiji period]] and pre-war era.<ref>Fujitani, 17.</ref>
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• 1780
  *[[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]] begins (ends [[1784]]). The British block all [[VOC]] ships from reaching
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• Boshin War
  The Boshin war was the civil war in which the new Meiji government finished off the last of the Pro-[[Tokuga [[Enomoto Takeaki]] and former Bakufu retainers took Bakufu's fleet to Ezo, occupied [[Goryokaku|Goryôkak
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• Yanaihara Tadao
  ...and promoting peace and democracy. A large collection of his writings and former personal library is now held by the University of the Ryukyus Library. After the end of World War II, he returned to the University of Tokyo, later becoming the 16th preside
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• 1406
  *[[Ming-Ho War]] - [[Ming Dynasty]] China takes over Vietnam (until [[1428]]).
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• 1842
  ...] is signed between China and the United Kingdom, ending the [[First Opium War]].
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• Rubber
  ...resources the government and military prized. Rubber was essential for the war machine, for tires, boots, and other uses. ...only began to become more commercially viable around the world when World War II caused demand to skyrocket, and supply lines for natural rubber to becom
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• Jan Pieterzoon Coen
  [[File:Coen-grave.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Plaque at Coen's gravesite, the former site of the [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church of Batavia]]. Wayang M ...s been famously quoted as saying there can be no trade without war, and no war without trade. He led the [[Dutch East India Company]] in violently seizing
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• Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
  ...battle in service to the nation, especially those who died in the [[Boshin War]].
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• Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii
  ...istorical kana]] usage of sounds such as 'gwa', deprecated following World War II.</ref> established in 1898, still stands and operates today.
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• Hojo Ujitsuna
  ...borders whenever the opportunity presented itself. In [[1524]] he went to war with the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi and took [[Edo castle|Edo Castle]] in Musashi Pr ...happened, Tomooki's heir, Tomosada, proved just as willing to carry on the war with the upstart Hôjô. Ujitsuna struck out, taking [[Kawagoe castle|Kawag
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• Keian Genju
  ...[[1473]], and was forced by the chaos and violence of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] to move from place to place. After about five years of traveling around [
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• Prince Komatsu Akihito
  ...o-miya Akihito was an Imperial prince who commanded forces in the [[Boshin War]] and played a central role in the founding and early administration of the ...of the subjugation of the East (''Seitô-tai-shôgun''), and in the [[Boshin War]] which followed as well. During the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]], the
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• Tokugawa Yoshichika
  ...ion, he worked to establish the Tokugawa Art Museum, on the grounds of the former site of the Owari Tokugawa detached palace in [[Nagoya]], donating to the n ...hichika was interrogated by the War Crimes Tribunal after the end of World War II, in part due to his role in colonial administration, but was not charged
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• Kamakura Yoshitaro
  Kamakura continued his research after the war, and in 1973 was named a Living National Treasure, as holder of knowledge o
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• Ashikaga Yoshimasa
  ...ng of the end for the Muromachi shogunate.<ref>[[Paul Varley]], ''The Onin War''. Columbia University Press, 1967.</ref> Yoshimasa formally abdicated as s ...a's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all al
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• Shibata Katsuie
  ...e [[Battle of Okehazama]] ([[1560]]) against the Imagawa, and in the Oda's war with the Saito of [[Mino province|Mino]] ([[1561]]-[[1563]]). ...for in [[1578]] Kenshin died, plunging the Uesugi house into virtual civil war. When [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] finally emerged the new daimyo, Shibata had spea
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• Asuka Period
  ...liance of the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]] and [[Tang Dynasty]] China, in a war over dominance on the Korean peninsula. This ended in defeat for the Japane A prominent succession dispute, known as the [[Jinshin War]], took place in [[672]] as Emperor Tenji's brother [[Emperor Temmu|Prince
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• Mori Hirosada
  ...a variety of sorts, from records of court ceremonies to [[gunki monogatari|war tales]], and even cookbooks. He maintained a diary from age 22 until age 63
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• Treaty of Shimonoseki
  ...monoseki, signed April 17, [[1895]], marked the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. ...n's total GNP at the time, and far more than making up for the cost of the war to the Japanese government, expenses totalling around 200,476,000 yen.<ref>
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• Ichijo Fusaie
  ...] around [[1468]]. With the decline of the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]], the former power in the region, Fusaie was able to firmly established the [[Ichijo cla
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• Marius Jansen
  ...graduating in 1943. He then entered the US military, serving during World War II, and in both Okinawa and mainland Japan during the first year of the All *''Japan and China, From War to Peace: 1894-1974'' (1975)
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• Morohashi Tetsuji
  ...pment were severely damaged in air raids. Fortunately, copies survived the war, and so the work was able to be published beginning in 1955, with the final
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• Periods of Okinawan History
  *1912-1945 - Pre-war & World War II
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• Nagao Harukage
  ...mekage|Tamekage]] as the governor of Echigo. He became involved in a civil war with a number of Echigo warlords who supported his younger brother [[Uesugi
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• Longshan culture
  ...indicating greater separation of groups or clans, and possibly a state of war between them, and (2) a broader range of differences in burials, indicating
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• Kono clan
  ...ovince for centuries, they supported [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] in the [[Gempei War]] ([[1180]]-[[1185|85]]) and played a notable role in the [[Mongol Invasion
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• Miya-juku
  The ''honjin'' burned down in World War II and have not been reconstructed. *Plaques on-site at the former site of the ''Aka Honjin'', 909 Sukacho, Atsuta Ward, Nagoya, Aichi 456-004
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• Battle of Ueno
  |name=[[Boshin War]] The Battle of Ueno was a significant battle of the [[Boshin War]], fought between forces of the new imperial [[Meiji government]] and the [
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• Saigo Kikujiro
  After the end of that war, Kikujirô later worked in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] and then und
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• Asakura Yoshikage
  ...|Nobunaga]] to come to Kyoto in [[1570]], and as a result found himself at war with the [[Oda clan|Oda]]. Yoshikage is said to have resented Nobunaga's pr
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• Itagaki Taisuke
  ...vernment]] in [[1873]] in protest of the [[Seikanron|decision not to go to war with Korea]], and became a prominent leader of the [[Freedom and People's R
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• Shigakko
  [[File:Shigakko.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The former gates to the main ''shigakkô'' founded by [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori ...iven in appreciation for his service, and that of his men, in the [[Boshin War]] which accompanied the [[Meiji Restoration]]; another 136 ''shigakkô'' we
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• 1501
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• Tenryu-ji (Okinawa)
  ...kuzen-ji]]. In 1944, the bell was donated to be melted down to support the war effort, and was believed lost. However, it was later discovered intact at a
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• The Samurai Archives
  ====Flame War==== ...rriage between related families within the line of Japanese emperors. The war was spurred and aggravated by two particularly bellicose forum goers, and i
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• Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854
  ...earlier in the year, and were now actively opposing Russia in the Crimean War. Stirling, commander of the Royal Navy's China Squadron, was dispatched to ...ar concessions, and most especially in light of the outcome of the [[Opium War]], were fearful of the repercussions of resisting British demands. These pr
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• Kamakura shogunate
  ...o Yoritomo]] following his victory over the [[Taira clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. ...e expenses, and, the defeat of the Mongols left little by way of spoils of war to be given to those who fought, in return for their service.
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• Emperor Taisho
  ...is brief reign is marked chiefly by Japan's limited participation in World War I, the Siberian Intervention, the flourishing of Taishô Democracy, the ass
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• Naminoue Shrine
  During the [[Sino-Japanese War]] (1894-5) and [[Russo-Japanese War]] (1904-5), it was common for women to come to Naminoue to pray that their
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• 1907
  ...]] and General Baron [[Kuroki Tamemoto]], veterans of the [[Russo-Japanese War]], visit New York City. *[[James T. Watkins]], co-founder of the first post-war museum in Okinawa, is born (d. 1982).
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• British East India Company
  ...like the Dutch East India Company, the EIC was empowered to “make Peace or War with any Prince or People that are not Christians, in any Places of their T ...ese and British Courts, and the eventual outbreak of the so-called [[Opium War]] in [[1840]].
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• Musashibo Benkei
  ...reconstruction of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]], destroyed in the [[Siege of Nara|war]]. Other episodes, as seen in ''[[Funa Benkei]]'' and ''[[Yoshitsune Senbon
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• Iso Ijinkan
  ...ontrol of the city. The building was used by Occupation forces after World War II, but was returned in 1951, and was named an [[Important Cultural Propert
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• Shunjobo Chogen
  ...ruction of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] following its destruction in the [[Genpei War]].
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• Tenju-an
  ...rest of Nanzen-ji, and suffered further damage during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], finally being rebuilt in the late 16th century, as the chaos and warfare
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• Zaichokanjin
  ...as either courtiers who had settled in the provinces, or as descendants of former indigenous elites, and came to dominate local government. As merely provinc ...kaga clan|Ashikaga]], and the [[Miura clan|Miura]]. Following the [[Gempei War]], it was ''zaichôkanjin'' houses such as these that would adopt the [[bak
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• Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
  ...but is still considered the first member of the imperial family to die in war since, perhaps, [[Emperor Antoku]] in [[1185]]. During the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]], he met with Imperial Prince [[Arisugawa Taruhito]] and reque
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• Kobayashi Kiyochika
  ...rints depicting scenes from the [[Sino-Japanese War]] and [[Russo-Japanese War]], which are now also among his most famous pieces. These were not official
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• Yamanoda Kazusuke
  ...Kôno Shuichirô]] as a herald, conveying messages and information about the war to Satsuma military councilors.
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• Uchimura Kanzo
  ...y in [[1895]], and advocated a pacifist stance during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]; though many other Christian leaders took a more cautious approach to exp
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• Miura clan
  ...aira, supported [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in the [[1180]]-[[1185]] [[Gempei War]] and afterwards enjoyed considerable influence. Perhaps for fear of their
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• Taira no Sukemori
  ...igemori]] and grandson of [[Taira no Kiyomori]] who fought in the [[Genpei War]] and is believed to have died in the [[Battle of Dan no Ura]] in [[1185]].
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• 1665
  *[[Second Anglo-Dutch War]] begins (ends in [[1667]]).
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• Izumisaki-bashi
  ...the ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Hokusai]]. The bridge was destroyed in World War II, and was replaced with a new bridge 100 meters downstream in 1958.
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• Seikanron
  ...ctive and powerful concerns through to the 1890s, when the [[Sino-Japanese War]] broke out over precisely these concerns. Saigô Takamori and [[Itagaki Ta ...redness and the vast economic cost. Ôkubo also expressed fears that if the war in Korea should go badly at all, it would present far too great an opportun
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• Ogasawara clan
  ...Takeda Yoshikiyo]] who served [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] during the [[Gempei War]] ([[1180]]-[[1185|85]]). The Ogasawara later served [[Ashikaga Takauji]] a
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• Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin
  The Crimean War broke out on March 27 that year (2/24 on the Japanese calendar), and on Sep
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• William Willis
  ...Tsugumichi]], and others injured in the [[Namamugi Incident]] and [[Boshin War]], alongside a great many other, more everyday, patients. He was invited to
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• Imperial Regalia
  ...accession rituals were disrupted in the 1460s-1470s by the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], and may have been performed in their full and proper form only sporadica
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• Goryokaku castle
  ...ed far less like a typical Japanese castle and more like an American Civil War harbor fort. The castle was laid out in the form of a five pointed star and ...s laid siege to the castle (in the so called [[Battle of Hakodate|Hakodate War]]), leading to its surrender on May 18, [[1869]].
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• Ryukyu Royal Sho Family Documents
  ...the home of Matsumoto Hiroshi, son-in-law to Shô Hiroshi, 22nd head of the former royal lineage.
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• 1422
  *1422/12/20 Korea releases Japanese prisoners of war from [[1419]] [[Oei Invasion|Ôei Invasion]].
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• Miura Yoshimura
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• Morikawa Masakazu
  ...Motegi Masakazu, was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldier in the [[Boshin War]] and Satsuma fighter who died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
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• Heiji Disturbance
  ...grow up to lead the Minamoto in destroying the Taira clan in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]].
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• Bunten
  ...ater succeeded by the [[Teiten]] ("Imperial Exhibitions") and, after World War II, by the Nitten ("Japan Exhibitions"). The first Bunten was held in [[1907]] in [[Ueno Park]] (in Tokyo), on the former site of the third [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] (held in [[1890]]). Th
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• Ashikaga shogunate
  ...romachi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Stele marking the southwestern corner of the former site of the chief governmental offices of the Muromachi ''bakufu'' at Murom ...able autonomy, and would eventually (beginning around the time of the Ônin War in 1467-1477) transform into the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] [[daimyo]], cla
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• Hantamichi
  ...itical centers, for purposes of contact and communication. During times of war, rival armies also traveled this road to reach the castles of their enemie
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• Narahara Shigeru
  ...ara was for a time the chief retainer in charge of managing the affairs of former daimyô [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]]. He served his lord loyally, and opposed more ...in good standing with the Satsuma faction around the time of the [[Boshin War]] and [[Meiji Restoration]].<ref name=kotobank/>
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• Year dates
  ...oe-tatsu", while it is read as "Boshin" in the [[Boshin War|Boshin (1868) War]] 戊辰戦争. Similarly 己酉約条 is the Kiyû (1609) Agreement [betw
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• 1536
  * [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] goes to war with an older brother in a succession dispute for control of the [[Imagawa
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• Colonial Korea
  ...Citing the decline of [[Qing Dynasty]] China (especially after the [[Opium War]] of [[1840]]-[[1842]]) and the threat of Russian encroachment (especially ...ts. Tensions between China and Japan over influence in Korea nearly led to war during this decade, but negotiations between [[Mori Arinori]] and [[Li Hong
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• Kyukan onzon
  ...rporated into the ''[[kazoku]]'' or ''[[shizoku]]'' nobilities under which former ''daimyô'', other samurai, and the king of Ryûkyû had been able to retai Following the Japanese victory in the [[Sino-Japanese War]] in [[1895]], Tokyo was less concerned about offending or angering China,
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• 1883
  ...naval expenditures, in preparation, according to [[Yamagata Aritomo]], for war on the continent. *The [[Sino-French War]] breaks out.
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• Sakishima Islands
  Though the Sakishimas saw no land fighting during World War II, they did house a number of Japanese military bases and suffered Allied
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• Sato Hikogoro
  During the [[Boshin War]], he formed a farmers' troop called [[Kasugatai]] and fought in the [[Batt
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• Keijo sanshin
  ...'keijô'' sanshin is limited, and falling. Many were destroyed during World War II, while many others survived, either in Okinawa, or in the diaspora; quit
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• Obama han
  ...sai|Takeda Kôunsai]]. In 1868, he fought for the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]]; defeated, he was nevertheless returned to his post at Obama, under the n
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• 1858
  ...], marking the end of the first stage of the [[Second Opium War]], but the war continues until [[1860]]. *The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War.
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• S-A Recent Updates
  ...://www.samurai-archives.com/bdij.html The Rise of Buddhism in Politics and War] to the [http://www.samurai-archives.com/guestart.html Featured Articles] s
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• Guan Yu
  He is widely worshipped as a deity of war and business success across China, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. He is
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• Saito Tatsuoki
  ...ded his father when the latter died of illness in [[1561]]. He inherited a war with the [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]] and saw his forces defeated in a series o
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• Date Masamune
  ...d each advance. Finally, Yoshitsugu turned to Terumune to mediate. The two former rivals sat down and feasted together in a most cordial manner. The followin A general war ensued between the Date and Hatakeyama, the Hatakeyama drawing on support f
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• Tokugawa Ieharu
  ...today, though a number of other shogunal mausolea were destroyed in World War II.
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• British Museum
  ...Westernization, urbanization, empire, war, and various aspects of the post-war period, among of course numerous other elements.
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• Taebodan
  ...s a show of gratitude for his intervention in [[Korean Invasions|the Imjin War]]. However, in [[1749]], the shrine was expanded to also honor the first an
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• Nagoya castle
  ...the main goals was to drain the coffers of the [[tozama]] daimyo and other former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalists (even those that had aided Ieyasu at [ ...struction), it was not to be so lucky on May 14, 1945. On that day a World War II American firebombing raid obliterated much of the castle-the tenshu, the
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• 1672
  ...]] challenges [[VOC]] monopoly on [[pepper]], sparking [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]] (ends [[1673]]).
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• Tokugawa Iesada
  ...[[Tokugawa Nariyuki]], lord of [[Wakayama han]] (who was in turn a son of former shogun [[Tokugawa Ienari]]), his successor. Despite efforts by [[Tokugawa N ...[Edo]]; while a number of shogunal mausolea were lost to bombings in World War II, Iesada's is among those which survive. Iesada was then posthumously pro
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• Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Project
  ...n [[1908]], previously stood on this spot, but was taken down and used for war materiel in the 1940s.]]
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• 1867 Paris World's Fair
  ...eace talks following the [[1863]] [[Bombardment of Kagoshima|Anglo-Satsuma War]]. Explanatory plaques, Sengan'en, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos
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• Yorimasa
  ...here during the [[First Battle of Uji]] (in [[1180]], part of the [[Genpei War]]).
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• Sengoku Period
  ...f the [[Toyotomi clan]] in the [[Osaka Campaigns]]), as marking the end of war, and the beginning of the ''Pax Tokugawa''.
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• Yokohama Specie Bank
  [[File:Yokohama-dome.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze dome on the roof of the former Yokohama Specie Bank headquarters in Yokohama]] ...nk in Japan specializing in foreign exchange and foreign transactions. Its former headquarters, today the home of the [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa Prefectu
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• 1652
  *The [[First Anglo-Dutch War]] breaks out (continues until [[1654]]).
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• Satsuma Rebellion
  ...of [[Satsuma han]] ([[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and involved roughly 15,000 former samurai facing off against around 100,000 [[Imperial Japanese Army]] troops When former samurai (''shizoku'') rose up in separate rebellions in [[Hagi Rebellion|Ha
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• 1784
  *1784/4/1 The former ''[[kamuro]]'' to [[Utahime]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] debut *[[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]], begun in [[1780]], ends.
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• Daikakuji and Jimyoin lines
  ...erial Court, igniting a complex series of events<ref>See [[Genko War|Genkô War]], [[Kemmu Restoration]].</ref> which led to the collapse of the [[Kamakura
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• Kemmu Restoration
  In the aftermath of the [[Genko War|Genkô War]], in which forces of the Kamakura shogunate opposed Go-Daigo's choice of I
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• Imperial Japanese Army
  ...ing, chiefly, the [[1877]] [[Satsuma Rebellion]]), and the [[Sino-Japanese War]] of [[1894]]-[[1895]].
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• Nishimiya Hide
  ...ed to re-settle there in order to maintain their family's ''[[shizoku]]'' (former samurai) status. Her father's stipend had been increased dramatically to 15 ...o Tokyo, apprenticing Nobutaka to a new shoemaker, and rented rooms from a former shogunal retainer, which she then rented out in turn, taking on boarders an
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• Zeng Jize
  ...of the time, including negotiations related to the [[1884]] [[Sino-French War]] over control of [[Vietnam]], and the [[1881]] [[Treaty of St. Petersburg
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• Chuzan
  ...d Ryûkyû in this period, especially after the chaos of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]) and the onset of the [[Sengoku period]] forced much R
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• Taiwan Expedition of 1874
  ...atsuma (now [[Kagoshima prefecture]]), especially [[Kabayama Sukenori]], a former samurai retainer to the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and now comman ...that some sort of military expedition was necessary to redirect [[shizoku|former samurai]] restlessness and anger, and to prevent rebellions against the new
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• Daitokuji
  Most of the temple's buildings were destroyed in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], but were rebuilt under the guidance of [[Ikkyu Sojun|Ikkyû Sôjun]], wi ...and came to Japan to negotiate for the return of captives taken during the war. They were warmly welcomed by the ''[[Kyoto shoshidai]]'', who arranged for
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• Battle of Aizu
  |name=[[Boshin War]] [[Image:若松城.jpg|right|thumb|Aizu-Wakamatsu castle right after Boshin war]]
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• HMS Encounter
  ...the [[Crimean War]]. The [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]] ensured the former but not the latter.
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• 1184
  ===[[Gempei War]] (1180-1185)===
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• Yu Yitung
  His two sons, however, stayed on in the Philippines, and survived the war, only to have their loyalties questioned by members of the overseas Chinese
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• Muromachi Period
  ...o|Kyôto]]. Eventually, the two lineages were reconciled, ending the civil war. ...The countryside devolved into chaos, culminating in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], opening the [[Sengoku Period]].
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• Osawa Noriaki
  ...iro|Ôsawa Ken'ichirô]] fought on the side of the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]].
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• Battle of Utsunomiya castle
  |name=[[Boshin War]]
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• Iriomote-jima
  ...theaters and the like were built on the island. Following the end of World War II, coal mining efforts were ceased, and USCAR made plans for development o
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• Hibiscus
  *Gerald Figal, "Between War and Tropics: Heritage Tourism in Postwar Okinawa," ''The Public Historian''
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• 1419
  *1419/6/9 [[Taejong]], former King of Korea, declares war on [[Tsushima]], claiming it belongs to Korea.
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• Unkei
  ...ht upon Nara by fighting and fires during the early stages of the [[Genpei War]], in 1180-1181, Unkei is believed to have sought refuge in Kyoto, joining Immediately following the end of the Genpei War, as Kôkei, Kaikei, and others engaged in repairing and rebuilding the chie
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• Yuan Chonghuan
  ...how to defend them. By this time a member of the staff of the Ministry of War, drawing both upon knowledge of European firearms and tactics, and other na
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• Empress Jingu
  ...birth to [[Emperor Ojin|Emperor Ôjin]], who is closely associated with the war ''[[kami]]'' [[Hachiman]], and who succeeded her in [[269]].
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• Ueno Toshogu
  The shrine was hit by a bomb during World War II, but fortunately it was a dud and the shrine suffered relatively minimal
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• Siqisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz
  ...curator at the Louvre in Paris, but fled to the United States due to World War I, and was then hired by the Met to help found a new Department of Far East
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• Tale of the Heike
  ...12th century, with much of the text describing the events of the [[Genpei War]]. ...th Oyler, “Time and History in The Tale of the Heike: Narrating the Genpei War (1180-1185).” Talk given at UC Santa Barbara, 26 Oct 2015.</ref>
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• Battle of Hakodate
  The former [[Bakufu]] retainers leaded by [[Enomoto Takeaki]] escaped from [[Edo]] in Matsumae han surrendered in 1868/11/20. But the former Bakufu retainer troops lost their battleships ''[[Kaiyo-maru|Kaiyô-maru]]'
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• George H. Kerr
  ...ho inspired in him an interest in Okinawan history and culture. Once World War II broke out, he became a commissioned intelligence officer in service to t Following the end of World War II, he served for a time as vice consul at the US consulate in Taipei. He w
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• 1642
  *The English Civil War begins (ends [[1646]]).
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• Mori clan (Aki)
  ...in Aki. They supported the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] during the [[Onin war|Ônin War]], although afterwards they often found themselves caught that clan and the
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• Langdon Warner
  ...US military to not bomb [[Kyoto]], [[Nara]], and [[Kamakura]] during World War II, but also infamous for his supposed involvement in looting priceless wal ...ources indicate that that idea has been discredited, and that Secretary of War [[Henry L. Stimson]] may be the one to thank.<ref name=archives/> Neverthel
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• Morishita Hiroshi
  ...ed at the Nunakuma Shrine in 1938; though later melted down to support the war effort, it was reconstructed and re-erected in 1952.
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• Adani-ga-daki
  ...form a fund to maintain the site, while the other was erected after World War II, when the site was restored. The site was named a Tangible Folk Cultural
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• Kumagai Naozane
  ...Naozane was a warrior who fought for the [[Minamoto clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. He is most known for killing the young [[Taira no A ...torically, he truly did so, but he is believed to have survived the Genpei War, and to have lived to a good old age, dying in [[1208]] at the age of 67. I
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• Emperor Go-Shirakawa
  ...Rebellion|Hôgen]] and [[Heiji Rebellion]]s of the 1150s, and the [[Genpei War]] of the 1180s. ...Minamoto clan|Minamoto]]-[[Taira clan|Taira]] conflict known as the Genpei War, which would erupt several decades later, in [[1180]].
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• Mori Terumoto
  ...penly challenged Nobunaga. It happened that the Môri were to be drawn into war over the Ishiyama-Honganji, a religious stronghold in [[Settsu Province|Set ...Yamanaka were killed. This was to be a rare case of Môri initiative in the war. Terumoto was not the leader his grandfather had been, nor did he possess t
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• Gima Shinjo
  ...e scholar-officials captured and brought to [[Kagoshima]] as a prisoner of war. Upon his return to Ryûkyû in [[1611]], he brought cotton seeds, and weav His tomb can be found today in the Sakiyama neighborhood of [[Shuri]], the former royal capital of the kingdom.
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• Naito Joan
  ...ga was desirous of securing a peace treaty with the Chinese and ending the war quickly. He sent Joan to Peking in [[1593]] for peace talks, but Joan did n
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• Hakodate
  ...te]]. The Republic surrendered on 1869/5/18, marking the end of the Boshin War.
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• Siege of Odawara
  ...deyoshi, proclaiming that the Hojo's actions were "unforgivable," declared war, and the next year he invaded the Kanto with an enormous army, spearheaded
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• Gusukuma Seiho
  However, pre-war scholarship indicates that of the extant works in 1933, some reflected stud
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• Hijikata Toshizo
  ==Boshin war==
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• Anton L.C. Portman
  ...ortman returned to his position as legation secretary. During the [[Boshin War]], he reportedly supported and believed in the possibility of shogunate vic
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• Hachisuka Narihiro
  ...or role in the events surrounding the [[Meiji Restoration]] & the [[Boshin War]].
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• Ufumi udun
  ...he sports grounds for the First Prefectural Middle School; following World War II, the land became part of the grounds of Shuri High School. *Plaques on-site at former site of Ufumi-udun.[http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archive
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• Sakhalin
  ...uld serve as a release valve, so to speak, directing disgruntled [[shizoku|former samurai]] into productive military efforts so as to prevent them turning th ...lin remained part of the Japanese Empire until the very last days of World War II, when the Soviet Union finally began attacking Japanese territory.
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• Sunpu castle
  In [[1610]], when Ieyasu met with [[Shimazu Iehisa]] and prisoner of war King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] at Sunpu, the cast
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• Zenrin-ji
  Zenrin-ji lost many of its buildings to fire during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477]]), but from [[1492]] onwards, successive heads of the t
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• Momijiyama yagura
  The cave was actually used as an air defense shelter during World War II, though in the end, through the efforts of [[Langdon Warner]], Kamakura
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• Battle of Toba-Fushimi
  |name=[[Boshin War]] Former [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] moved to [[Osaka castle|Ôsaka castle]] f
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• Shiseibyo
  ...roughfare, Military Road No. 1 (today, National Route 58), cut through the former site. The temple's new location in Wakasa puts it a short distance from Nam ...ng returned to their original location for the first time since before the war.<ref name=shimpo/>
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• Za
  ...and increasing power earned many ''za'' political enemies; some from their former patrons. As the Muromachi period came to an end, in the late 15th century, ...War|Ônin War]] of [[1467]] plunged the country into a period of chaos and war, called the [[Sengoku period]], which would last over 130 years. However, t
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• Oroku
  Following World War II, military bases came to occupy some 70% of Oroku's land area. Today, too
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• Cho
  ...ve unit which emerged out of the violence and chaos of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], and of the [[Sengoku period]] more broadly, when fighting in the streets
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• Ota Chofu
  ...hts Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô'') led in Okinawa by, among others, his former fellow scholarship student, Jahana Noboru<ref>Shinzato, Keiji, et al. ''Oki
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• Otani Takejiro
  ...], and in 1937 he became the president of Shôchiku. After the end of World War II, he was active in working towards the recovery of the theater and film w
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• 1869
  *1869/5/18 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] surrenders. (End of the [[Boshin War]]) **6/29 The government builds a new shrine for soldiers who died in the Boshin War. (Later called [[Yasukuni Shrine]])
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• Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
  A number of terms are used in English, including "Imjin War," an adaptation of the Korean term. Perhaps the most common, however, is no ...small fleet of less than twenty ships, he famously turned the tide of the war yet again, defeating a fleet of some 133 Japanese ships at the [[battle of
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• Godai Tomoatsu
  ...f> The following year, during the [[Bombardment of Kagoshima|Anglo-Satsuma War]], he was captured and taken back to England as a prisoner.<ref name=plaque ...y's [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] (also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War) gave him a new perspective in admiring the accomplishments of Western nati
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• Nishijin
  ...na Sôzen's]] so-called "Western Army" was based during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] (1467-77).
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• Battle of Shizugatake
  ...openly hostile, and in late [[1582]] Shibata's ally Oda Nobutaka declared war on Hideyoshi. While Oda was easily forced into submission, Shibata dispatch
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• Torihara Soan
  ...Kingdom|Ryukyus]] to trade, Sôan, along with [[Mao Guoke]], a prisoner of war from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s [[Korean Invasions]] who he was to repatriate
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• Empress Dowager Cixi
  ...Japan. Following the Qing defeat in the [[1894]]-[[1895]] [[Sino-Japanese War]], in [[1898]], Cixi had the emperor confined in seclusion, and many reform
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• Hojo Ujimasa
  ...ng and Ujimasa and Katsuyori immediately began fighting. In [[1580]] their war culminated in the [[Battle of Omosu]], a largely inconclusive affair conduc
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• Coal
  ...ecame the site of significant coal mining efforts; these ended after World War II.<ref>Gallery labels, "Nature on Iriomotejima Island," Gallery 4 (Folklif
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• 1688
  ...India Company]] occupies Bangkok and other regions, aiding in the Siamese war against the [[English East India Company|English]]. [[Constantine Phaulkon]
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• Jidaimono
  ...f this. The play revolves around actual historical figures of the [[Genpei War]], including [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] and his retainer [[Benkei]]. But th ...were used to represent the shogunate. The Taira clan, who lost the Genpei War to the Minamoto in the 1180s, commonly were represented as oppressed or wro
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• 1591
  ...'Fújiàn xúnfǔ'') [[Zhao Canlu|Zhào Cānlǔ]]<!--趙參魯--> tells the Ministry of War, which conveys the information to the [[Joseon]] court.
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• Treaty of Nanjing
  ...nd [[Qing Dynasty]] China in [[1842]], marked the end of the [[First Opium War]]. It later came to be seen as the first, and most prominent, of the [[Uneq
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• 1598
  ...8/11/18 [[Yi Sun Shin]] killed in battle with [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]] in the war at Noryang.
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• Mukojima Hyakkaen
  ...Kikura]] obtained some 3,000 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' from the former grounds of a [[Taga clan]] mansion. With the help of several other [[litera ...ly the following year. The entire garden was burned and destroyed in World War II, but was restored and reopened by 1949. In 1978, the park was re-designa
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• Uesugi Kagekatsu
  ...]] Kagekatsu found a pretext to feud with Kagetora and the resulting civil war became known as the [[Otate no Ran]]. By [[1579]] Kagekatsu had gained the ...stile to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. In [[1600]] Kagekatsu began preparations for war, and in effect opened the [[Sekigahara Campaign]]. His army, which [[Ishida
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• Mie gusuku
  ...hips departing the harbor. It survived relatively intact well into the pre-war period, but suffered severe damage, as did much of the island, in 1944-1945
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• Ito Hirobumi
  ...sponsible manner; rather, he argued that the nobility (''[[kazoku]]'') and former samurai (''[[shizoku]]'') were the ones who had the education and virtue to ...tic negotiations with [[Li Hongzhang]] which managed, in the end, to avoid war with China in the 1880s, or depending on one's perspective, to at least del
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• 1627
  *War breaks out between Northern (Tonkin) and Southern (Quang Nam) Viet Nam. Ngu
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• 1856
  *The [[Second Opium War]] breaks out (ends [[1860]]).
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• 1597
  * 1597/2/21 Hideyoshi orders a resumption of the [[Korean Invasions|war in Korea]]. Ukita Hideie is placed in overall command.
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• Aoriyae
  Aoriyae later came to be associated with the war god [[Hachiman]], and is described in the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''
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• Osaka castle
  ...ous castles in Japan today. It is a modern reproduction, built in the post-war period. At its height, the castle was the chief home base of [[Toyotomi Hid After Nobunaga’s death in [[1582]], one of his former generals, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], began construction of a castle on the sit
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• Okinawans in Hawaii
  ...aused by the excessive cost to the nation of fighting the [[Russo-Japanese War]] (1904-05). ==1920s through World War II==
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• Emperor Go-Reizei
  *[[Zenkunen War]] ([[1051]]-[[1062]]) in which [[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] and [[Minamoto no
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• Akechi Mitsuhide
  ...and two districts in [[Omi province|Ômi province]]. When Nobunaga went to war with the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]], Mitsuhide was assigned to lead the Oda c ...de and Hideyoshi clashed at [[Battle of Yamazaki|Yamazaki]] and though the former fought bravely, his troops were defeated. Mitsuhide himself was killed whil
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• Japanese schools in Hawaii
  ...sulting legal case and were permitted to settle and teach in Hawaii, World War I created a considerable swell of nativist fervor across the United States,
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• Taira clan
  ...e realm. The Taira were defeated by the Minamoto, however, in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]], and all but destroyed. The Taira would never achiev ...d Imperial politics. They fell from power, however, following the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]], after which the [[Minamoto clan]] made efforts to s
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• Kabayama Sukenori
  Kabayama fought in the [[Boshin War]], and following the abolition of the [[samurai]] class and of the [[abolit
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• Petition box
  ...scribed form from the first twelve years of the box's operation, and a pre-war scholar noted that at that time there were thousands of petitions surviving
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• Matsumoto Ryojun
  ...serving as a medical officer for the [[Shinsengumi]]; during the [[Boshin War]], too, he worked treating wounded shogunate soldiers.
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• Shimazu Narioki
  ...the wake of the [[Kinshirokukuzure Incident]]. Narioki's grandfather, the former Satsuma ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Shigehide]], served as his formal regent for ...ty|Qing Dynasty's]] humiliation at the hands of the British in the [[Opium War]], among other events, these developments spurred discussions within the go
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• Kondo Isami
  ==Boshin war==
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• Nitta Yoshisada
  ...ad refused to join [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] promptly in the early days of the war against the Heike, the Nitta were never given important posts in the Kamaku
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• 1687
  *[[King Narai]] of [[Ayutthaya]] declares war on the [[English East India Company]].
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• Atsu-hime
  ...<ref>See ''[[omote and uchi]]''.</ref><ref name=mansion>Plaques on-site at former site of Imaizumi Shimazu family mansion, Dairyû-chô, Kagoshima.[https://w
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• 1654
  *[[First Anglo-Dutch War]], begun [[1652]], ends.
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• Sotetsu
  ...awaiian plants such as hibiscus and palm trees.<ref>Gerald Figal, "Between War and Tropics: Heritage Tourism in Postwar Okinawa," ''The Public Historian''
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• Kamakura period
  ...id to begin in [[1185]] with the [[Minamoto clan]] victory in the [[Genpei War]], marking the end of the [[Taira clan|Taira clan's]] political control; ot ...r the succession, and over governance in general, in the [[Genko War|Genkô War]] of the 1330s.
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• William Gowland
  ...ater (or at the same time) became an advisor on metallurgy to the Imperial War Department.
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• Hosokawa clan
  ...conflict that consumed Kyoto and would become known as the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]). In the aftermath of this struggle, which is often
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• Omura Sumitada
  ...ending up in the [[Goto clan|Gotô clan]] was extremely hostile towards his former family. In fact, Sumitada had to contend with the resentments of a number o ...e with the Portuguese, especially if this were combined with an end of the war with the Ryûzôji. Concerned that Takanobu would drive out the foreigners
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• Kenkun Shrine
  ...euniting and pacifying the realm after a century of [[Sengoku Period|civil war]], Nobunaga had been doing a service to the Imperial state.<ref name=fuji>T
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• Nakagusuku udun
  ...16 to 55 as domestic workers (in order to keep those men available for the war effort), however, the men watching over the mansion and the treasures store ...with hard-fought land battles. It was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War, and by some accounts more than one-third of the Okinawan civilian populati
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• Eunuchs
  ...kidnapped or abducted during war. During the Tang, this practice of using war captives declined dramatically, or came to an end, and the majority of eunu
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• Ojima Kannondo
  ...Kannon statue, similarly, is believed to have survived perhaps until World War II, but the temple today houses a ceramic one. Stone lanterns on the site a
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• Takeda Nobutora
  ...mily to Nirayama. In [[1521]], Ôi Nobusato again defied his authority and war broke out. Imagawa Ujichika came to Nobusato's support once more and order
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• Phra Phetracha
  ...cessor, King [[Narai]], had a close relationship with France, and declared war on the [[English East India Company]] in [[1687]]; French forces then came
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• Ogo-e
  ...o Iku|Shô Iku]]. All were destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa, but pre-war writings indicate they were richly colored, painted in mineral pigments on
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• Kuya
  ...") division in Japan played some role in ensuring its safety following the war, and its return to the temple.<ref>Lindsay Whitehurst, "[http://www.sltrib.
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• Taewongun
  ...a stance of "rejecting peace"; that is, he identified any refusal to make war against Western incursions as tantamount to treason. As Korea entered the 1
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• Kuroda Kiyotaka
  ...Satsuma-Chôshû Alliance]] of the [[Bakumatsu period]]. During the [[Boshin War]], he then served as part of the military staff of the Hokuriku Pacificatio
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• Otomo Sorin
  ...Chikayoshi]]. Fujiwara served [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] during the [[Gempei War]] and fought in [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] in [[1189]]. In [[1193]] he was na ...daimyo, [[Otomo Yoshinori|Ôtomo Yoshinori]] (Yoshiaki) into a bitter civil war. In [[1550]] Yoshinori was murdered by one of his own retainers, a certain
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• Kuroda Yoshitaka
  ...o and Chikuzen. They were preparing to invade the Shimazu’s lands when the war came to an end.
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• 1667
  *[[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], begun in [[1665]], ends.
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• Sexagenary cycle
  ...s part of a proper name, the Chinese reading are used. Thus, the [[Boshin War]] (戊辰戦争) took place in [[1868]], a ''tsuchinoe-tatsu'' 戊辰 year,
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• Fuzhou
  ...) activity. This caused it to be a target of attack during the Sino-French War ([[1884]]-[[1885]]), but the city, its trade, and its foreign population, r ...hoten]], a trading company supported by investments from the [[Sho Dynasty|former Ryukyuan royal family]], established a branch office in Fuzhou, trading Chi
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• Triumphal Military Review of April 1906
  ...filled with tens of thousands of weapons captured in the [[Russo-Japanese War]], which had ended in Japanese victory the previous year. Items on display A series of rites were then held for the war dead at [[Yasukuni Shrine]] over the course of the next several days, exten
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• Shinagawa Yajiro
  During the [[Boshin War]], Shinagawa served as a staff officer for the Governor-General of the Paci
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• Terukuni Shrine
  ...oday dates to 1958, having been rebuilt following its destruction in World War II.
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• Ulysses S. Grant
  Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War hero and two-term President, visited Japan from June 21 to September 3, 187 ...occasion. As the Guangxu Emperor was only eight years old at the time, the former president was not granted an Imperial audience, but met with the Imperial r
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• Shinron
  ...transform itself into an engine, a unified economic & military effort, for war against the Westerners.
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• Shuri
  ...f name=shuri>Plaque at Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts Library (former site of the Shuri City Administrative Office).</ref> ...nder her. A post-road (''[[shuku michi]]'') led from Adani-gaa-daki to the former capital of [[Urasoe]].
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• Yamanaka Shikanosuke
  ...exile and the Amako lands absorbed by the Mori. For Yamanaka, however, the war wasn't over yet. Determined to fight on to restore the Amako, he made a fam
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• Naeshirogawa
  ...Japan’s Satsuma Domain, 17th -18th Centuries," Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 webinar, 13 Oct 2021. At the ''Yonhyakunen gama'' ４００年
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• Former Natives Protection Law
  The "Former Natives Protection Law" was a piece of legislation put into place by the [[ ...st/racist policies in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]], which by identifying Ainu as "former aborigines" implied that Ainu identity was a thing of the past, and denied
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• Minamoto no Yoritomo
  In this, the [[Genpei War|Genpei 源平 War]] Yoritomo sent armies against the Taira headed by his cousin [[Minamoto n
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• Pho Hien
  War broke out between the Trinh and the [[Nguyen lords]] of central Vietnam in
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• Jin Midi
  ...king (lord of another group of Xiongnu), suffered terrible losses in this war, and in 121 BCE even lost one of their most sacred idols, the Golden Man of ...urtiers and Commoners in Ancient China: Selections from the History of the Former Han by Pan Ku'', Columbia University Press (1974), 151-157.
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• Ashikaga Takauji
  ...dream of Imperial restoration a reality and then tore down that dream in a war that would leave the Court divided and the country in the hands of a new wa ...had joined Minamoto no Yoritomo in [[1180]] and served him in the [[Genpei War]]. Yoshikane also happened to be married to a daughter of [[Hojo Tokimasa|H
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• Hojo Tokimasa
  ...n [[1180]] and served on his Kamakura headquarters for the duration of the war. After the Taira defeat in [[1185]], Tokimasa was sent to present a request
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• Shang Dynasty
  Some sources suggest that it was the use of war chariots - the technology itself, and the tactics for their use coming from ...uman sacrifice, burying a dozen or as many as several hundred prisoners of war, or other people, in an elite's tomb.<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 11-12.</ref>
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• Bakumatsu Period
  ...ials and notable scholars & writers. News of China's defeat in the [[Opium War]] ([[1840]]-[[1842]]) and the humiliating terms it was forced to agree to i ...ht to appease the Westerners, at least to some extent, in order to avoid a war Japan was sure to lose. [[Abe Masahiro]], who became [[Tairo|Tairô]] in [[
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• Mongols
  ...end, the forces dispatched to coordinate border defense, under minister of war Cheng Lo, took action. They burned down numerous Mongolian Buddhist temples
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• Hoshina Masayuki
  ...he pro-shogunate [[Oetsu Reppan Domei|Ôetsu Reppan Dômei]] in the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]].
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• Vienna World's Fair
  ...and design.<ref>Ran Zwigenberg, "Citadels of Modernity: Japan's Castles in War & Peace," talk given at Temple University, Tokyo campus, 12 July 2017.</ref
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• Emperor Takakura
  ...e throne over those of Antoku, thus spurring the beginning of the [[Genpei War]].
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• Higa Shuncho
  Following World War II, he helped found the Okinawans' Association (''Okinawajin renmei'') and
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• David Kalakaua
  ...dom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] had been taken to Japan as a prisoner of war in [[1609]]-[[1611]].</ref> Kalākaua's meeting with the [[Meiji Emperor]] ...October 29 that same year. His traveling party was quite small, including former schoolmates Chamberlain Colonel Charles H. Judd and Attorney General Willia
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• Tokyo
  ...1870s, and returned to their home provinces along with their families and (former) retainers, with many other samurai leaving the city in other ways. Edo thu ...ew Imperial Palace was completed in [[1889]]. In the meantime, much of the former castle grounds became overgrown and infested with foxes and other wildlife.
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• 1646
  *The English Civil War, begun in [[1642]], comes to an end.
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• Vietnam
  The [[Ming-Ho War]] ended in [[1406]] with Ming victory, and Vietnam remained under Chinese c ...oyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1591 and 1601 respectively. When war broke out between Tonkin and Quang Nam in [[1627]], the Nguyễn, along wit
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• Hyogo no tsu
  ...nasty]] Chinese vessels, but was destroyed soon afterwards in the [[Genpei War]]. It was soon rebuilt, however, and came to be known as Hyôgo no tsu from
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• Tokushi yoron
  ...e ''coup-de-etat'' committed by [[Emperor Temmu]] in the [[672]] [[Jinshin War]], writing that it was due to this violent and inappropriate action that Te
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• Taira no Kiyomori
  ...[[Kyoto]]) became the capital once more before the year was up. The Genpei War broke out that same year, as Imperial [[Prince Mochihito]] issued a call-to ...the following year, leaving his sons and grandsons to lead the clan in the war against the Minamoto.
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• Azato Hachiman-gu
  ...o conquer [[Kikaigashima]]. He believed in a promise or agreement with the war god [[Hachiman]] that if he could shoot down a bird with a single arrow, he
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• 1848
  *The United States wins the Mexican-American War, and in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, annexes a large swath of territory
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• Mizuno Tadaakira
  ...fficials as believing that even the use of force could not lead to full-on war, given the great distance of Japan from Europe; they believed that the incu
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• Kyoto
  ...e worst destruction it would ever suffer in war during the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] (1467-77), which took place primarily in the city's streets. Many of the
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• Tribute
  On the eve of the [[Opium War]], in [[1839]], the Qing Court ordered tribute missions from Burma, Siam, a Following the outbreak of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], Ryukyuan tribute missions to the shogunate gradually disappeared, and [[
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• Bai family
  ...the war. In 2007, Fukuji Ijirô, a son of those who fled Okinawa during the war, donated much of these family treasures to the [[Naha City Museum of Histor
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• Shogun
  ...gan to lose their hold over the provinces, with the outbreak of the [[Onin War]] and the subsequent civil warring effectively removing them from national
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• Ryutan
  ...onstruction stands by the bridge today. Following their destruction in the war, the Benten-dô was rebuilt in 1968, and the Tennyo-bashi bridge the follow
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• Tokyo Imperial Palace
  ...are today mostly empty, the palace buildings being located chiefly in the former ''nishi-no-maru'' area of the compound,<ref>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Edo jidai ===Taishô through World War II===
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• Curtis Piehu Iaukea
  ...at the time of the largest plantation strikes to take place prior to World War II. Iaukea expressed his distaste for the plantation owners at that time, a
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• Asai Nagamasa
  ...in the upcoming battle at [[Battle of Anegawa|Anegawa]]. Nagamasa declared war on Nobunaga and threatened the Oda army from the rear even as it drove into
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• Matsudaira Katamori
  After the [[Boshin War]], Katamori confined himself until [[1872]] and became the chief priest of
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• Kotetsu
  ...asic plan set for the ironclad.<ref>Greene and Massignani. ''Ironclads at War.'' Page 202</ref>]] * Greene, Jack and Alessandro Massignani. ''Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891.'' Pennsylva
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• Micronesia
  ...gained control of Micronesia as part of treaty conditions following World War I, taking over colonial control from the Germans; in 1920, Japan was then g Immigration to Micronesia prior to World War I was quite minimal. As of 1914, there were no more than one hundred Japane
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• Gempei War
  The Genpei War, fought between the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] and [[Taira clan|Taira]] sam The war takes its name from the ''on-yomi'' or "Chinese-style" readings of the name
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• 1572
  *The Dutch war of independence, fought against Hapsburg Spain, begins.
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• NHK Taiga Drama
  ...'' (花の乱 ) 33rd NHK Taiga Drama 1994; [[Muromachi Period]], [[Onin War|Ônin War]]--[[Hino Tomiko]], wife of the shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]]
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• Yi Xingmo
  ...ment in the reconstruction of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] following the [[Genpei War]], and for his role in introducing new stone-carving forms.
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• Rin Seiko
  In 1880, after much negotiations and threats of war between China and Japan over the issue of claims over Ryukyu and Taiwan, Ch
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• Hachiman
  Hachiman, commonly described as a god of war, is a [[Shinto]] [[kami|deity]], the patron deity of the [[Minamoto clan]], ...rically often also a blacksmith deity, and came to be associated with both war and agriculture. Some have suggested that Hachiman further grew out of a pa
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• Takezoe Shinichiro
  ...honor its international agreements and to not execute Wanyan. In the end, war was avoided; amidst all of this, Takezoe worked to find a way to take advan
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• 1673
  *[[Third Anglo-Dutch War]], begun the previous year, ends.
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• Komura Jutaro
  ...ns at [[Treaty of Portsmouth|Portsmouth]] which ended the [[Russo-Japanese War]] in [[1905]]. Returning to Japan, he was placed in charge of negotiations
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• Amami Islands
  Following World War II, the Amami Islands were restored to Japanese sovereignty (ending the US
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• Ashikaga clan
  ..., the latter supported by the Nagao of [[Echigo province|Echigo]], went to war with Shigeuji and his followers. Although Shigeuji held his own in various
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• Matsumae castle
  ...acement), leaving only the tenshu and main gate. The tenshu survived World War II but was destroyed during a fire in 1949.
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• Battle of Sekigahara
  ...sions|Korea]], however, most warlords across the realm began preparing for war. Though historian [[Morgan Pitelka]] suggests Ieyasu had no intentions orig
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• Matsuyama castle (Iyo)
  ...e three brothers of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and were granted the right to use his former name of Matsudaira as their family name sometime after the original keep wa ...loyalist, sought refuge at Matsuyama castle after the end of the [[Boshin War]]. He is said to have surrendered to Imperial representatives here, subsequ
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• Dutch East India Company
  ...has been quoted as saying that trade cannot be conducted without war, nor war without trade, the VOC took Jakarta in [[1619]], burning down much of the t ...o-Dutch War]], which ended the following year. In the [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]], which ran from [[1780]] to [[1784]], the English made efforts to block V
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• Beijing
  ...eclaration of Imperial edicts, sending-off events for armies being sent to war, and victory celebrations at the end of a military campaign. Near the Wumen In [[1860]], during the [[Second Opium War]], the city came to be occupied by British and French forces, who ravaged t
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• Fusetsugaki
  ...ials were informed by Dutch ''fûsetsugaki'' of the outbreak of the [[Opium War]] almost as it happened. Market developments, such as the supply and price
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• 1861
  ...llion]] and Anglo-French invasion of Beijing as part of the [[Second Opium War]].
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• Hayashi Tadasu
  ...part in the [[1868]]-[[1869]] [[Battle of Hakodate]] (part of the [[Boshin War]]), and was captured, but later regained his freedom, and accompanied the [
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• Sugar
  ...nawa in [[1908]], but traditional mills remained in use well into the post-war period.<ref>Explanatory plaque, ''Sata-guruma'', Okinawa Furusato Mura, at
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• 1911
  *[[Willard A. Hanna]], co-founder of the first post-war museum in Okinawa, is born (d. 1993).
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• Taketomi Island
  Immediately following World War II, Taketomi suffered from a different problem, however: overpopulation. Wh
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• Korean tribute missions to China
  ...nual tribute" mission (''yŏn'gong'', 年貢). In practice, however, one of the former three always served doubly as the official tribute mission. ...g escorted as far as the Shanhai Pass (山海関) by officials from the Board of War.
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• Funabenkei
  ...and is set after Yoshitsune's great victories as a general in the [[Genpei War]]. Like ''[[Ataka]]'' and other plays also based on the ''Gikeiki'' and set
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• Hoi An
  War broke out between the Nguyen and the Trinh in [[1627]], and the Nguyen peti ..., and thus many scholars discount the idea that this marks the community's former location.<ref>Chuong, 302-304.</ref>
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• Zaiban bugyo
  ...nd his men to prepare for visits to the castle.<ref>Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Uchakuya]].</ref> The ''zaiban bugyô'' typically visited the ...,+%EF%BC%91%E4%B8%81%E7%9B%AE%EF%BC%92%E2%88%92%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%96&z=18 The former site of the ''zaiban bugyôsho'' on Google Maps]
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• Rokumeikan
  ...played a crucial role in financing Japan's victory in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. The building finally met its end in 1941, seemingly simply because of it
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• Banda Islands
  ...tury fighting with the British, in fighting with the Japanese during World War II, and in earthquakes across the centuries, but since 2014 is beginning to
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• Fireworks in Ryukyu
  ...e kingdom, and are known to have both accompanied the annual [[Naha Tug-of-War]],<ref>Uezato, 80.</ref> and to have been a part of events organized to ent
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• Streets of Kyoto
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• Minamoto no Yoshitsune
  ...y, Yoritomo secured the support of Go-Shirakawa and a mandate to press the war with the Taira. On 13 March Yoshitsune and Noriyori were given permission t ...come out for an attack from the west while 50,000 or so (according to the war tales) under Noriyori would strike from the east. On 18 March Yoshitsune ap
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• Aijo-ufumichi
  ...o home to a number of major festivals and events, including an Aijô Tug of War (''Aijô Ôtsuna'') which took place only once per kingly reign, and horsem
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• Ryukyu zatsuwa
  ...locations supposedly in Ryûkyû appear to have been borrowed from a book of war tales such as the ''[[Ryukyu seibatsu ki|Ryûkyû seibatsu ki]]'' (an accou
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• 1854
  *1854/2/29 (March 27) Crimean War: Britain and France declare war on Russia.
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• 1610
  * 1610/7/29 Prisoner of war King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] departs [[Fushi
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• Umundasui udun gofushin nikki
  ...were vital resources for the effort to restore the palace following World War II. Scholars such as Takara Kurayoshi relied heavily on these two sets of s
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• Tokushima han
  ...ratists and their followers, many of whom went on to fight in the [[Boshin War]].<ref>Ravina, 202.</ref>
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• Japanese immigration to Hawaii
  ...ive drink called ''ʻōkolehao'', made from the roots of the ''ti'' plant. A former plantation worker named Sumida Tajirô established the Honolulu Japanese Sa ...d again in [[1905]], when Japan emerged victorious in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. The surge of ethnic pride which accompanied the latter victory provided
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• Nihonga
  ...''Nihonga'', with the question of what constitutes ''Nihonga'' in the post-war period becoming much more contested and debatable, as many artists begin to ...tion]], [[Satsuma Rebellion]], [[Sino-Japanese War]], and [[Russo-Japanese War]] in a more realistic and detailed style which some scholars have described
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• Keifuku-ji
  ...middle school was established on the grounds in [[1878]], and during World War I, several of the temple buildings were taken over by the [[Imperial Japane
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• Rikugien
  ...Navy]] sailors under his command for their service in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. Iwasaki Hisaya donated the gardens to the city of Tokyo in 1938.<ref>Gal
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• Kusunoki Masashige
  ...s, with young men hurling themselves futilely into American ships in World War II by aircraft or fast boat, inspired by the exploits of Masashige. Pre-war propaganda aside, Kusunoki Masashige stands as a soldier of the first order
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• 1895
  *1895/4/17 The [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] ends the [[Sino-Japanese War]].
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• Kamakura
  ...]] established himself in Kamakura in [[1180]] as he called his banners to war against the [[Taira clan]]. Once the dust settled in 1185, he made the city ...or that reason; however, it has been compellingly argued that Secretary of War [[Henry L. Stimson]], and not Warner, is the one who should be credited.<re
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• Yuan Dynasty
  ...ix Boards of government: the Boards of Rites, Revenue, Civil Appointments, War, Punishments, and Public Works. Towards the end of the dynasty, this chance
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• Shimazu Yoshihisa
  ...once-proud Itô lord fled to the lands of the Ôtomo and begged asylum. His former capital, Sadowara, was occupied soon afterwards by the Shimazu. ...Castle [高城]. The advancing Ôtomo quickly crushed the pro-Shimazu lord (and former Ito vassal) [[Tsuchimochi Chikanari]] and occupied [[Matsuo castle]]. The t
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• 1885
  *The [[Sino-French War]] comes to an end. The Chinese are forced to renounce any claims to Vietnam
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• Murakami clan (Chugoku)
  At the end of the [[Zenkunen War]] ([[1051]]-[[1063]]), [[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] was appointed ''Iyo no kam ...Murakami Tamekuni]] sided with [[Emperor Sutoku]], and during the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185) a few decades later, [[Murakami Nobukuni]] served [[Kiso Yosh
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• Honno-ji Incident
  ...solidifying his control over former [[Takeda clan]] lands, and to avoiding war with the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]].
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• Kazu-no-Miya
  ...o-Miya became a nun, taking the name Seikan-in. At the end of the [[Boshin War]] she, the aunt of [[Emperor Meiji]], appealed to the victors for the conti
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• Omura Masujiro
  Masujirô led Imperial military forces as early as the [[Boshin War]] ([[1868]]), immediately following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
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• Hachisuka Mochiaki
  ...Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] had come to Japan in [[1609]] as a prisoner of war.</ref>
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• Yamada Nagamasa
  Following World War II, a number of works were published both in Japanese and English criticizi
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• Shimazu Yoshihiro
  ...e in abducting Korean potters and bringing them to Satsuma as prisoners of war, spurring the development of [[Satsuma wares]] (''Satsuma-yaki'' style or t
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• Samyeongdang
  ...tries, including arranging for the return of over 3000 Korean prisoners of war from Japan, the monk returned home. Formal letters were exchanged between t
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• Arima Harunobu
  ...peninsula. In desperation, he turned to the [[Shimazu clan]], presently at war with the [[Ryuzoji clan|Ryûzôji]] in [[Higo province]]. The Shimazu dispa
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• Xiongnu
  ...cultural life and work, and specially trained in the very separate arts of war.
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• 1849
  ...e orders the strengthening of coastal defenses, in the wake of the [[Opium War]] and anticipating the threat of Western powers seeking to "open" the count
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• Kumamoto garrison
  ...on [[1879]]/3/25, accompanying [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], who delivered to the former royal authorities of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] formal orders ...tle]] until July 1896, roughly a year after the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]]. They were reassigned from the camp at Kohagura as well, which was turned
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• Fujiwara clan
  ...0 years old when his father died. Three years later, in 672, the [[Jinshin War]] broke out, and [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] succeeded to the throne. Th ...d eventually come to the throne as [[Emperor Montoku]], but not before the former's death. Fuyutsugu was posthumously granted the supreme role of [[Dajodaiji
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• Elephants
  ...es were sold to a temple, but they were lost in a fire during the [[Boshin War]].
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• Tokugawa Ienari
  ...r of shogunal mausolea were lost in the bombings of [[Tokyo]] during World War II, his is among those which survive.
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• Kanrin Maru
  During the [[Boshin War]] in [[1868]], the ''Kanrin Maru'' sought refuge in Shimizu harbor (today,
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• Durham Stevens
  For services rendered during the war between Japan and China, Stevens received the decoration of the Second Clas
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• Seiganji (play)
  ...passed down until the Shôwa or Heisei eras (i.e. sometime between the post-war to the present).
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• Iwamura Michitoshi
  ...saw to it that Saigô and many of his men were given proper burials at the former site of the Buddhist temple of [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], th
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• Oei Invasion
  ...ng]], former King of Korea, and/or his successor [[King Sejong]], declared war on Tsushima. Ten days later, on 6/19, a fleet of Korean warships set sail f
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• Magiri
  ...odern period many were renamed to "villages" (or cities or towns), and the former villages within them renamed as ''[[aza]]'' or simply neighborhoods.<ref>Me
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• Taiwan
  ...pan. The tensions still simmered, however, and very nearly came to all-out war before the decade was up, in order to decide more definitively Chinese and Following Japanese victory in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Taiwan became Japanese territory. Residents were allowed a two-yea
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• Takeda Shingen
  ...Yoshimitsu, 1138-1186) had sided with Minamoto Yoritomo during the Gempei War. The Takeda's power had increased in the Ashikaga era, and branches became ...'s son Yoshinobu had married Ujizane's sister but after the suicide of the former in [[1567]], relations between the families had grown sour. It would appear
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• Nagasaki
  ...nate, redirected Chinese ships, shipwrecked sailors, and hostages taken in war, from their own domains to Nagasaki at that time.<ref name=jansen/> The Spa
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• Ryuzoji Takanobu
  ...Chikugo)in 1579. Given the Kamachi's service to Ryûzôji Ienari during the war with Baba Yorichika in 1544-45, this was seen as especially underhanded and
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• Nagaoka han
  ...' alliance of northern domains against the Imperial Armies in the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]]. In the fifth month of that year, battle came to the domain's
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• Hirata Tosuke
  ...der [[Koga Kinichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]] in [[Edo]], and during the [[Boshin War]] served as a field physician for the [[Aizu han]] faction.
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• Ryukyuan pottery
  ...ean potters abducted by Satsuma forces during the [[Korean Invasions|Imjin War]] in the 1590s). Additional styles and techniques continued to be introduce
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• Byodo-in
  The [[1180]] [[First Battle of Uji]], which opened the [[Genpei War]], took place in and around the Byôdôin, and on nearby [[Uji Bridge]]<ref
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• Sefa utaki
  ...ver, this never was carried out. The site was dramatically affected by the war itself, however; gun emplacements were installed along the entrance road th
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• Battle of Dan no Ura
  ...e near the [[Straits of Shimonoseki]], was the culmination of the [[Gempei War]] ([[1180]]-85) and resulted in the complete destruction of the [[Taira cla
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• Shokoshuseikan
  ...um was originally built in [[1865]] in accordance with the dying wishes of former ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Nariakira]] (d. [[1858]]) as one of a group of factor ...f traditional ceramics and objects related to the [[1863]] [[Anglo-Satsuma War]] (also known as the Bombardment of Kagoshima). The second building, or ann
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• Sanjusangendo
  ...in Kyoto. It was built by [[Taira no Kiyomori]] for [[emperor Go-Shirakawa|Former Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] and finished in [[1164]] . It is thirty-three bays ...ing, and many of the sculptures, were severely damaged during the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185); the sculptures created in the early 13th century by [[Tankei
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• Tosa han
  ...in which, while [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Satsuma and Chôshû]] were preparing for war, presented Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] with a petition requesting that he
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• Taira no Atsumori
  ...ra clan]] warrior who fought against the [[Minamoto clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]]. A son of [[Taira no Tsunemori]], Master of the Pala
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• Kochi
  ...e headmen of their own district in Kôchi; and the Pak family, prisoners of war taken by the Chôsokabe during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]]
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• Heian Period
  ...tart with the founding of Heian-kyô in 794 and continue until the [[Gempei War]] between 1180 and 1185. The period, which started during the height of Jap
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• Saito Dosan
  ...|Akechi Suruga no kami Mitsutsugu]]. Toshimasa had adopted the name Saitô, former shugodai of Mino overcome by the Nagai in the 1520s.
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• Torii
  ...t many shrines were destroyed in Allied bombing of Japan's cities in World War II, but of those which survived or were rebuilt, nine of the ten largest ''
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• Qing Dynasty
  ...]], failed attempts at reform and modernization, the First [[Sino-Japanese War]] in [[1895]]-[[1896]], the [[Boxer Rebellion]] of [[1899]]-[[1901]], and t ...loyalties to their new homes even as they maintained connections to their former towns or regions; this group also included many tribal peoples or other eth
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• Phaeton Incident
  The ''Phaeton'' was the first British man-of-war to enter Nagasaki harbor. It was captained by Fleetwood Pellew, with a Lt.
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• Morioka han
  ...etsu Reppan Dômei]] and fought in support of the shogunate in the [[Boshin War]] of [[1868]], in which the shogunate and its supporters were ultimately de
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• Taiwan Incident of 1871
  ...ng Japanese subjects. US Resident Minister in Japan [[Charles DeLong]] and former US consul in [[Amoy]] [[Charles LeGendre]] assured the Meiji oligarchs that
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• Zheng He
  ...y, he was captured by raiders, and became one of a great many prisoners of war, mainly from non-Chinese ethnic origins, who were castrated while young (Zh
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• Okinawa prefecture
  ...om mainland Japan, were appointed to head the governance of Okinawa; while former members of the Ryukyuan royal government scholar-bureaucracy held many gove ...olar-bureaucrats into positions of governmental administration. While many former scholar-bureaucrats accepted positions in the new government, many others,
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• Ayutthaya
  When war broke out between Ayutthaya and [[Cambodia]] in [[1622]], Ayutthaya delayed ...following its destruction in 1630, though it would never again attain its former levels of activity. The imposition of policies of maritime restrictions by
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• 1872
  ...atamori]] ends his self-imposed confinement entered following the [[Boshin War]].
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• Bathing
  In post-[[Onin War|Ônin War]] Kyoto, when so many communal baths, temples and the like had been destroy
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• Hosokawa Fujitaka
  ...aka to side with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. When the Ishida and Tokugawa went to war, Fujitaka was quickly surrounded in [[Tanabe castle|Tanabe Castle]], his ma
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• Maeda Toshiie
  ...ly receiving [[Noto province]] (1581). He aided [[Shibata Katsuie]] in the war with the [[Uesugi clan|Uesugi]] and assisted in the attacks on [[Etchu prov
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• Literacy
  ...writing and on old calendars, a guide to [[Edo]], books of ghost tales and war stories, and a copy of the 80-volume ''[[Wakan sansai zue]]'' encyclopedia.
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• Bernard Bettelheim
  ...for a time in [[1840]], he served as a surgeon on-board an Egyptian man-of-war. While working as a surgeon for a regiment based in Turkey, he first began ...s indicate that Bettelheim took particular pleasure in the downfall of the former regent, who had been his adversary for so long, and that Bettelheim was gen
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• Six Great Imperial Tours
  ...d to have carried the sword whenever leaving the Palace throughout the pre-war period. His entourage also carried Imperial [[chrysanthemum]] flags and oth
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• Meiji government
  ...d a half. It was only with the nationalism surrounding the [[Sino-Japanese War]] that the government was able to achieve a considerable degree of support,
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• University of the Ryukyus
  ...953.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The University of Ryukyus campus in 1953, on the former site of [[Shuri castle]]]] ...[[Okinawa Island]] but all the Ryukyus. As Okinawa was devastated in World War II, financial support for the university from Okinawan sources was not fort
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• Ukiyo-e
  ...t the events of the [[Sino-Japanese War]] (1894-1895) and [[Russo-Japanese War]] (1904-1905).
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• Japanese Swords
  ...ai government ( Genji and Heike ) from an aristocrat government. After the war happened in the middle stage of Heian Era, the battle style changed. That i After the war happened in 1232, Hojo family held real power and Kamakura shogunate reinfo
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• Imperial portraits
  ...central element of an Emperor-centered national(ist) ideology. In the post-war period, the emperor has been more visible in a variety of ways, being seen
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• Ainu
  ...kaitakushi 開拓使--> was established in [[1869]]/8, with [[Horace Capron]], a former US Secretary of Agriculture who played a prominent role in suppressing Nati ...ar Japanese citizens, but were instead labeled in the family registers as "former natives" (''kyû-dojin'').<ref>Andrew Gordon, ''A Modern History of Japan''
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• Wako
  ...se coast.<ref name=so204>So. p204.</ref> By the 1530s, Sengoku (i.e. civil war in many parts of Japan) was in full swing, the shogunate held little power, ...or of the samurai forces of Hideyoshi, who brought back many prisoners of war to Japan when he [[Korean Invasions|invaded Korea in the 1590s]].<ref name=
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• Ginkaku-ji
  ...shimasa intended to do so, but could not afford to do so, given the [[Onin War|warfare that had enveloped the city for decades]], and the corresponding ec
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• Tokugawa Ieyasu
  ...he Oda's border castles. The primary objective was [[Anjo castle|Anjô]], a former Matsudaira fort which presently housed [[Oda Nobuhiro]], Nobuhide's eldest ...udaira clan badly fragmented by years of strife and a province weakened by war. To this end he carefully nurtured and strengthened his retainer band by gi
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• Hojo Ujinao
  ...] rebelled against Oda Nobunaga on June 21, 1582, trapping and killing his former commander at the [[Honnoji|Honnôji]] temple. Ujimasa and Ujinao seized thi ...stepped down as ''daimyô'' of the Hôjô clan, Ujinao then took his father's former place, but in reality Ujimasa continued to rule his domain with his son.
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• Yuki-Onna
  * ''Yokai Daisenso'' (English: ''The Great Yokai War''), Takashi Miike, 1995
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• Shinsengumi
  ==Boshin War== ''(See [[Boshin War]])''
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