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• King Gongmin
  King Gongmin was a king of the Korean kingdom of [[Koryo]]. He was the first to enter into [[tribute|tributary relations]] w ...the Persistence of Late Victorian Knowledge," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 77:1 (2017), 83.
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• John Whitney Hall
  John Whitney Hall was one of the foremost historians of Japan in the Anglophone world in the postwar years. His work on pre-modern ...itney Hall.<ref>J.W. Hall, 'Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan'', Harvard University Press (1955), v-ix.</ref>
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• Luke Roberts
  ...riod]] Japan, among other subjects, with a particular focus on the history of [[Tosa province]]. ...Mori Yoshiki]], a mid-ranking samurai official in the service of the lords of Tosa.
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• Li Yu
  In [[1196]], he traveled to [[Ningbo]] to obtain a complete copy of the Buddhist canon to bring back to Tôdai-ji. In return for his service, h ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 273-274.
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• Joten-ji
  ...anized the purchase of land from [[Hakozaki Shrine]] for the establishment of the temple. Enni was named its first abbot. ...] and shogun’s viceroy for northern Kyushu, was entrusted with supervision of the temple.
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• Shofuku-ji
  ...Buddhist shrine known as ''hyakudô'' built earlier by the local community of Chinese merchants in Hakata. ...ire or other disaster.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 116-117.</ref>
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• Queen Sinjeong
  ...oseon]] Dynasty Korea, the wife of [[Crown Prince Hyo-myeong]], and mother of [[King Heonjong]]. ...ing Emperor. The Korean court made efforts to oppose and delay the sending of this mission for many months, however, seeing it (likely quite correctly) a
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• Kenmon
  ''Kenmon'' (lit. "the gates of power") were prominent power-holders in the late [[Heian period|Heian]] thr ...their estates and in the capital and elsewhere, often skirting the control of central authorities and dominating local economies, trade networks, etc.
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• Ikushima Shingoro
  ...,<ref>Donald Shively, "Bakufu Versus Kabuki," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 18, no. 3/4 (1955), 348.</ref> and for his involvement in the [[1714]] sc ...], Ikushima arrived in [[Edo]] in [[1702]]/3. He performed in the premiere of the play ''[[Sukeroku]]'', as the ''[[sake|saké]]'' merchant Shimbei, in [
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• Taira no Tadamori
  ...and grandfather of [[Emperor Antoku]], [[Taira no Atsumori]], and a number of other notable figures. He was a son of [[Taira no Masamori]].
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• Shibai jaya
  ...r private sexual meetings with actors (particularly in the earlier periods of the kabuki theater). ...ed. A daughter of [[Ichikawa Danjuro V|Ichikawa Danjûrô V]], the top actor of his time, for example, married into a ''shibai jaya'' family, and her son w
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• Xie Guoming
  ...oten-ji|Jôten-ji]] (承天寺) and later being named ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (steward) of an [[shoen|estate]] in the area. ...in China from [[1235]] to [[1241]], but after his return, Xie and a number of other Chinese merchants arranged to purchase land from [[Hakozaki Shrine]],
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• Shibosi
  ...], [[Guangzhou]], [[Hangzhou]], and [[Ningbo]]. They oversaw the licensing of overseas trade, including the [[kango boeki|tally trade]]. ...ìbósī'' were supported by local taxes, and oversaw the formal registration of cargoes, ships, and sailors & traders.
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• Sinan shipwreck
  ...on of the ceramics from the shipwreck. On display at the [[National Museum of Korea]].]] ...ef name=museum>Gallery labels, Sinan Shipwreck Collection, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/27679955108/in/dateposted-p
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• Yamamura-za
  ...ts establishment in [[1642]] until its dissolution in [[1714]] as a result of the [[Ejima-Ikushima Affair]]. ...f>Blumner, Holly and Naoko Maeshiba. "Sukeroku: A History." in ''101 Years of Kabuki in Hawai'i''. pp42-44.</ref>
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• Enni
  ...he [[Satsunan school]] of Confucianism, this marked the first introduction of such materials into Japan, though other accounts differ. The following year ...Enni wrote in his diary that he was visited by [[Tenjin]] (a ''[[kami]]'' of scholarship) in a dream, and that Tenjin expressed a wish to study Zen. Enn
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• Quanzhou
  ..., a coastal city in [[Fujian province]] facing [[Taiwan]] across a stretch of the [[South China Sea]], was traditionally a major commercial port, especia ...ibosi'' were supported by local taxes, and oversaw the formal registration of cargoes, ships, and sailors & traders.
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• Sugae Masumi
  ...ding his remaining years in what is today [[Akita prefecture]] (i.e. parts of [[Dewa province|Dewa]] and [[Mutsu province]]s), never returning south to [ ...was there; however, on several occasions, Masumi took note in his writings of preparations for an official group which scholars surmise was that with whi
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• Eisai
  Eisai, also known as Yôsai, was the founder of the [[Rinzai]] school of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan. ...ion of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 275.</ref>
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• Ooku
  ...castle, and was off-limits to nearly all men, the shogun himself being one of the few exceptions. ...ing Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 118-119.</ref>
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