...the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today.
...ref name=smits18>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 18-20.</ref>
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...e state.<ref name=tnm>Gallery labels, "Yamato and Izumo," special exhibit, Tokyo National Museum, Feb 2020.</ref>
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...the [[Shureimon]] and [[Aijo-ufumichi|Aijô-ufumichi]] leading off the top of the image, and [[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] and the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]]
[[File:Shuri-skyline.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The rooftops of [[Shuri castle]], as seen from the [[Ryutan|Ryûtan]] Pond, 2014.]]
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[[File:Elephant-print.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A woodblock print of an elephant which was on display at Ryôgoku in Edo in [[1862]]-[[1863]]]]
...er in [[1602]].<ref>Ôta, 66.</ref> An elephant was also sent from the King of [[Cambodia]] to [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] in the 16th century, but it d
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...arnerplaque.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A stone marker & plaque erected in honor of Langdon Warner, outside [[Kamakura]] Station.]]
...gh the Lens of Popular Media," paper presented at International Convention of Asia Scholars, 2021.</ref>
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...iderable criticism and pushback from many members of the art world outside of those favored by the Ministry and its judges.
...Ministry favored and those they did not - whether personally, or in terms of style or approach.
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[[File:Anjincho.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Stone marker at the former site of Adams' [[Edo]] mansion]]
...igator who settled in Japan. He is now famous as the prototype of the hero of James Clavell's quasi-historical novel [[James Clavell's Shogun|''Shogun'']
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...hihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', University of Michigan (2012), 49.</ref>
...tle over time, often by improvements to get around natural barriars. Most of the highways below are still in use and are commonly called by their old na
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...thumb|400px|A portrait of Hakuseki by [[Tsubaki Chinzan]], National Museum of Korea]]
...y other Confucian scholar of the entire [[Edo period]], outside of members of the [[Hayashi family]], and was permitted to exercise considerable influenc
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...gates.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The gates to Sadanobu's grave, at Reigan-ji in Tokyo]]
...e initiatives pioneered by his predecessor, as well as renewed enforcement of [[sumptuary regulations]] and the like.
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[[File:Nakijin-walls.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A view of the walls of the Shigema enclosure, seen from within the main enclosure]]
[[File:Nakijin-model.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A model of the castle's walls, showing the overall layout]]
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[[File:Hisamitsu.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Shimazu Hisamitsu at [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
...lord himself, as regent for his son, Hisamitsu came to be known as "father of the country" (国父), and in significant ways governed the domain, and act
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...eading stand inlaid in mother-of-pearl with the IHS logo of the Society. [[Tokyo National Museum]], 16-17th c.]]
...r-Reformation in Europe, and one of the earliest and most prominent groups of Christian missionaries to be active in Japan.
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...do castle]] to pay obeisances, and/or to offer gifts, on certain occasions of every year.
...h, to instead taking place only in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 12th months of the year. Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Cast
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[[File:Narioki.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Shimazu Narioki at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
.... He is considered the 27th head of the clan, counting since the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]].
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...eft empty, and the ''Nishi-no-maru'' is now home to the central structures of the Imperial Palace.
...he ''Edojô tôjô fûkei zu byôbu'', Ôsuga Kiyomitsu, 1847. [[National Museum of Japanese History]].]]
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...al figure, any given figure owned and used multiple swords over the course of their lives.
...able, there is an ''oshigata'', a professional drawing showing the details of the blade. Historical accuracy here is sometimes flexible due to the high e
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...and, following the fall of the [[Toyotomi clan]], it became a major center of [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] control in the [[Kinki region]].
...c of floating junks past the fortress walls filled with the ears and noses of attempted escapees.
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*''Territory: parts of [[Mutsu province]]''
...ural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター
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[[File:Shimazu-tadayoshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze statue of Tadayoshi at the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] gardens in [[Kagoshima]], designed
...u]], adopted son of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and is counted as the 29th head of the [[Shimazu clan]].
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[[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'
....jpg|right|thumb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]]
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...nds are a group of islands in [[Okinawa prefecture]] near the southern end of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû archipelago]].
...[[Hateruma Island]], plus [[Yonaguni Island]] at the far southwestern end of the Ryûkyû Island chain.
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[[File:Naosuke-hikone.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Statue of Ii Naosuke at [[Hikone castle]]]]
...] of the [[Edo period]] and "opening" the country, and for his engineering of the [[Ansei Purges]] in which he purged from the government a great many sh
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...ight|thumb|300px|Mannequin of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII as Sukeroku, at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.]]
...ys. Closely associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line of actors, it is counted among the ''[[kabuki juhachiban|Kabuki Jûhachiban]]'
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The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan, mainly associated with [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]], though as late as the
...Ainu are centered exclusively in Hokkaidô, making it difficult for Ainu in Tokyo or elsewhere to benefit.
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...n [[1808]]).<ref>Plaques on-site at Mamiya's grave, 2-7-8 Hirano, Kôtô-ku, Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/19025158250/sizes/l]</ref>
...d to find the natives calling them "Spanola" (i.e. Spanish), an indication of the natives' familiarity with other foreign peoples.
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...acial hair changed dramatically over the centuries, and were often markers of status, cultural refinement, or identity otherwise.
...topknot would then either be worn back or forward, hanging over the center of the head. The ''mitsu-ori'' ("three folds") was a style popular in the late
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...culture.<ref>[[Morgan Pitelka]], ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 86.</ref>
...apply at Nijô castle for authorization to leave a certain central portion of Kyoto, to which they were otherwise restricted.
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...Hashi]]<ref>Technically, Hashi's father [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] was king of Chûzan in 1419, and neither was called "Shô" until that name was granted
...trol only of the central part of the island, which thus became the kingdom of Chûzan.
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...-daibutsu.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Kamakura Daibutsu]], a bronze statue of [[Amida]]]]
...iding a guide for how to reconcile Buddhist belief and practice with those of Confucianism and Taoism. Buddhism began to spread in earnest in China in th
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..., and contributed significantly to the samurai-heavy demographic character of Edo.
The wives of ''daimyô'' were obliged to remain resident in Edo, as political hostages,
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...Kurôemon X, at "Master Artists from Japan: Living Traditions," University of California at Santa Barbara, 27 January 2014.</ref> Developed in the early
...mance is also seen as a form of meditation for the actors, and as a prayer of sorts for the spirits.
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...-yushima.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The world's largest statue of Confucius, at Tokyo's [[Yushima seido|Yushima seidô]].]]
...oping into a number of strains of [[Neo-Confucianism]], the most prominent of which developed in the [[Song Dynasty]], articulated by scholars including
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...rea]].</ref> and who were the ''de facto'' decision-makers in most matters of policy.
...ô]]'') were ineligible for membership on the council. In the early decades of the shogunate, the Elders were known as ''toshiyori'' (lit. "elders"), with
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..., and a licensed foreign ship the other half. In theory, a merchant's half of the form would have to line up properly with the port officials' half in or
...l, along with various other figures such as the number of ships and number of crew members, to make sure these were in line with proper tributary protoco
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...I also saw it on a shrine memorial stella commemorating the 26th centenary of 2601 (=1941 A.D.). However, its use has always been extremely limited.</ref
...dates used in China were the reign year of the ruler. These appear on some of the 13th-century BCE [[oracle bones]] and early bronze vessels. However, in
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...]], the primary shrine (一の宮, ''[[ichinomiya]]'') in the prefecture and one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Ryûkyû Eight Shrines]]. It sits atop a high bl
...age|Japanese]].</ref>, and later was incorporated into the Japanese system of Shinto shrines.
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...o Sansetsu|Kanô Sansetsu]], c. 1647, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York]]
...[[Tokugawa shogunate]], was the leading official/orthodox painting school of the [[Edo period]]. A great many Edo period painters, from just about every
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...e first of the famous voyages of Admiral [[Zheng He]], and the last change of capital in the Imperial period.
...ianwen may have been a secondary or ulterior motive for Yongle's launching of [[Zheng He]]'s famous voyages across the entire Indian Ocean region.
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...Kyoto, and [[Furuichi]] in [[Ise]]. As such, it was the center or subject of much popular culture, with many ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints depicting Yoshiwara
...]] has gone so far as to liken an evening at the Yoshiwara to an afternoon of tea."<ref>Segawa Seigle, 152.</ref>
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...or fourth century CE.<ref>[[Robin Thompson|Thompson, Robin]]. ''The Music of Ryukyu''. ''Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music''. Surrey: Ashgate
...the royal capital of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]) and that of [[Naha]] (the kingdom's chief port).
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...e:Nakagusuku udun.jpg|right|thumb|295px|The front hall (''omote zashiki'') of Nakagusuku udun, with the main gate in the background, in a 1920s photograp
...gusuku udun, or the Nakagusuku palace, was the mansion of the Crown Prince of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], located just outside [[Shuri castl
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[[Image:Japan Kyushu Kagoshima.png|right|thumb|300px|The island of Kyûshû, with Kagoshima Prefecture in dark green. Satsuma han covered this
...--諸県郡--> of [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]]; [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] as vassal.''
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...; in 1920, Japan was then granted the islands as a "mandate" by the League of Nations in 1920.
...arianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, with the exception of the island of Guam, which was controlled by the United States since [[1898]].
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...<!--伊勢国久居藩-->. He had one older sister and four older brothers, the eldest of whom, Kanenosuke, died young; the second son, Yasukage, thus became the hei
...n studying under a Confucian scholar in service to the domain, by the name of [[Sano Yuzan|Sano Yûzan]]<!--佐野酉山-->. Nankei's father died on [[17
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* ''Becomes [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]: [[1429]]''
...Hashi]]<ref>Technically, Hashi's father [[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] was king of Chûzan in 1419, and neither was called "Shô" until that name was granted
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...right|thumb|320px|An example of Ryukyuan red lacquer platters, with mother-of-pearl inlay dragon design.]]
...d in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] constitute their own unique set of traditional styles and techniques. Though heavily influenced by the styles
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[[Image:Shuri walls.jpg|right|thumb|320px|One section of the winding walls of [[Shuri castle]].]]
[[File:Nakijin-walls.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A section of the walls of [[Nakijin gusuku]]]]
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...[[Colonial Korea|Korea]], which became a Japanese protectorate as a result of this war.
...ase in the Far East to supplement [[Vladivostok]]. For Japan it was a case of adding insult to injury.
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[[File:Shinkosen.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Model of a Ryukyuan tribute ship (''shinkôsen'') at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]
...he Emperor, ships were permitted to trade or barter a considerable portion of their cargo, or to have it bartered for them by the local Chinese port offi
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...hasizing instead meditative and intellectual practices towards the pursuit of personal enlightenment.
...through Zen that [[Zhu Xi]] [[Neo-Confucianism]], as well as certain forms of [[tea]] and [[tea ceremony]], painting, and calligraphy were introduced and
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...re established in [[1895]]-[[1896]], roughly ten years after the beginning of formal [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]].
...e culture, customs, and morals (''shûshin''), and the history of Japan and of the Japanese community in Hawaii.
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...York, exhibition in honor of the 400th anniversary of Hudson's "discovery" of New York & the Hudson River.]]
...se interacted, for the duration of the [[Edo period]] (until the 'opening' of the country in the [[Bakumatsu period|1850s]]).
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...ave of Zusho Shôzaemon at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery on the former site of the Buddhist temple [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima]]
...orting ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Narioki]] in contrast to the "radical" faction of Narioki's son, [[Shimazu Nariakira]], in the 1840s.<ref>Hellyer, 154.</ref>
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...|Fifteenth-century Beijing as depicted in a diorama at the American Museum of Natural History]]
...o, Edo and Tokyo, Psychology Press (2003), 100.<br>Other sources, speaking of the early Ming, give the city's population as reaching 1 million at that ti
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...shan chuanxin lu]]'' by [[Xu Baoguang]]. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, Univ. of Hawaii Library.]]
...'(C: tiān-shǐ)''<ref>lit. "Heavenly envoys," i.e. ambassadors from the Son of Heaven, i.e. the Chinese Emperor.</ref>
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[[File:Perry-relief.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Scene on the base of bronze statue of Perry in Newport, RI.]]
...to Western commercial activity, are generally taken to mark the beginning of the [[Bakumatsu Period]].
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...[[Ryukyu seasonal observances|seasonal observances]] such as celebrations of New Year's and [[Mid-Autumn Festival]]; enthronement and [[Chinese investit
...ance Techniques, Language Usage, and Transmission," PhD thesis, University of Sheffield (2018), 14-21.</ref>
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...good fortune), as represented in a museum display at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]. Also seen here are a ''[[shisa]]'' (lion) and ''[[hari]
...ness.<ref>Aike Rots, "Strangers in the Sacred Grove: The Changing Meanings of Okinawan Utaki," ''Religions'' 10:298 (2019), 8.</ref>
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...t a local branch of [[Kasuga Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], at the former site of the docks from which the Satsuma fleet departed for [[Yamakawa]].]]
...+ 5000 sailors and laborers in 100 ships) vs. [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] (Forces unknown)
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[[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], ide
...culture, and society, and marked the emergence of the modern nation-state of Japan.
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...ikun gaikô kaitai wo ou'' 『近世日本における外国使節と社会変容（３）－大君外交解体を追う－』, Tokyo: Waseda University (2009), 78.</ref>
...with the Itotoku Company, founded by Obuchi Shichi of the neighboring town of Ôiwa finding success with a ''tamaito seishi'' (dupion filature) technique
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Hokkaidô is the northernmost of the four main islands of the [[Japanese archipelago]] and the northernmost [[prefecture]] in the cou
...ntury. When discussed in contrast to the Ainu and other indigenous peoples of Hokkaidô and surrounding areas, ethnic Japanese are known as Wajin 和人.
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...etween [[1609]], when [[Satsuma han]] annexed nearly all the islands north of Okinawa Island, and [[1879]], when the kingdom was [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolishe
...e State of Hawaii.<ref>[[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 8.; ''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52.</ref> The pr
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...s on missions to [[Edo]] and [[Beijing]], as well as heading the reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] in Ryûkyû, and drafting official diplomati
...e number of unrelated families over a period of some years, from a variety of places - in other words, to a more general immigration event.
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...the outlines and other black sections of the design. Santa Barbara Museum of Art.]]
...untries, and other languages, have far more readers than Japan(ese).</ref> of books, magazines, and other bound materials than any other country on Earth
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...冠), in imitation of the Chinese system. Later this translated to the color of formal robes worn at court.
...ing nobleman would be guaranteed a high initial position, and only members of certain families were allowed to obtain the highest court ranks.
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...crises, at times. Systems which served as precursors for a "modern" system of banks and paper currency, along with futures markets and other such economi
[[File:Wadokaichin.jpg|right|thumb|400px|An example of a ''wadô kaichin'' coin, on display at the British Museum]]
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...t famous work, ''Under the Wave at Kanagawa'', from his series "[[36 Views of Mt. Fuji]]."]]
...o-e]]'' painter and print designer, possibly the most famous figure in all of Japanese art history. In his own time, however, he was most famous and popu
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...-teppo.JPG|right|thumb|500px|An Edo period matchlock gun. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.]]
...s, the first European firearm to be introduced to Japan. Though some forms of gunpowder weapons existed in Japan earlier, having been introduced from Chi
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[[File:Shuri-seiden.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The rebuilt Seiden (main hall) of [[Shuri castle]], as it appears today]]
...ho En.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A [[ogo-e|posthumous official royal portrait]] of King [[Sho En|Shô En]]]]
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...|400px|The King bowing to the altar to Heaven, during a modern reenactment of the ''Ni-nu-faa nu unu-fee'' ceremony, Jan 1, 2017]]
...00px|Scholar-aristocrats praying along with the king, during a reenactment of the ''Ni-nu-faa nu unu-fee'' ceremony, Jan 1, 2017]]
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[[File:Chosenjin-dai-gyoretsuki.JPG|right|thumb|400px|An image of a Korean procession from the [[1748]] ''Chôsenjin daigyôretsuki'', a book
...paralleled [[Ryukyuan embassies]] sent by the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
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...rominent ''[[tozama]]'' and ''[[kunimochi]]'' domain located on the island of [[Shikoku]]. The 200,000 ''[[koku]]''<ref>[[Constantine Vaporis]], "Lordly
...ng with [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Nagato han|Chôshû]]) from where many of the most prominent anti-bakufu ''[[shishi]]'' rebels, i.e. Imperial loyalis
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...no Kami, Daifu''<ref>This last, ''Daifu'' 内府, being his title at the time of Sekigahara, short for 内大臣、''Naidaijin''.</ref>
...asu was a prominent [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] ''daimyô'', and the founder of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
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...Ichikawa Danjûrô XII in the role of [[Sukeroku]], on display at the [[Edo-Tokyo Museum]].]]
...ningyô jôruri]]'' (aka ''bunraku''), one of the three most prominent forms of traditional Japanese theater. Emerging around [[1603]] and developing into
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[[File:Naha-prewar2.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A prewar photograph of the Naha skyline]]
...and a number of other municipalities into its borders, Naha is the capital of [[Okinawa prefecture]].
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...the [[floating world]]," and ''ukiyo-e'' images generally depict elements of urban commoner culture, especially [[kabuki]] actors, courtesans and other
...box, or mounted in albums.<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 99.</ref>
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[[Image:Seiden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The Seiden of Shuri castle.]]
...er of the kingdom, site of numerous rituals and ceremonies, and repository of numerous national heirlooms, official records and other artifacts.
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...constituted its own independent country, known officially as the Republic of China.
...te dangerous, and typhoons presented a serious threat during certain times of year. Many areas were rendered relatively impassable by high mountains and
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...nd weapons helped the Japanese to enhance their living. In the first stage of its development Japan imported iron tools and weaponry from the continent a
These were of the straight, single-edged type called '''Chokuto'''.
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[[Image:Murakami2_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The ''[[kamon]]'' of the Murakami.]]
...Môri's naval power and thus were key in establishing the Môri's domination of the Inland Sea, which lasted from around 1555-1576.
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...e of Hachigata (1590)|Hachigata]] – [[Odawara Campaign|Odawara]] – [[Siege of Shimoda|Shimoda]] – [[Korean Invasions|Korea]]}}</td></tr></table>
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