Japanese clans, the Glossary
This is a list of Japanese clans.[1]
Table of Contents
355 relations: Abe clan, Abe no Hirafu, Abe no Yoritoki, Achi no omi, Adachi clan, Akamatsu clan, Akechi clan, Akechi Mitsuhide, Akita clan, Akiyama clan, Akizuki clan, Amago clan, Amaterasu, Ame-no-Koyane, Amenohiboko, Andō clan, Asakura clan, Asano clan, Ashikaga clan, Ashikaga clan (Fujiwara), Ashikaga shogunate, Ashina clan (Japan), Aso clan, Azai clan, Azai Nagamasa, Ō clan, Ō no Yasumaro, Ōishi Yoshio, Ōta clan, Ōta Dōkan, Ōtomo clan, Ōtomo clan (ancient), Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ōtomo Yoshinao, Ōuchi clan, Baekje, Bojang of Goguryeo, Buyeo Gonji, Cadet branch, Cao Pi, Cao Wei, Chōsokabe clan, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chūzan, Chiba clan, Clan, Conglomerate (company), Daimyo, Date clan, ... Expand index (305 more) »
Abe clan
The was one of the oldest of the major Japanese clans (uji); and the clan retained its prominence during the Sengoku period and the Edo period.
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Abe no Hirafu
was a Japanese military commander, strategist, and politician of the Asuka period.
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Abe no Yoritoki
(died 28 August 1057) was the head of the Abe clan of Emishi who were allowed to rule the six Emishi districts (Iwate, Hienuki, Shiwa, Isawa, Esashi and Waga) in the from Morioka to Hiraizumi in what is now Iwate Prefecture.
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Achi no omi
also known as or, was the legendary founder of the "Yamatonoaya clan (東漢氏)" who settled in Japan with his son Tsuga no omi.
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Adachi clan
The Adachi clan (安達氏) is a family of samurai who are said to have been descended from Fujiwara no Yamakage.
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Akamatsu clan
is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan).
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Akechi clan
The is a branch of the Toki clan, which is descended from the Seiwa Genji.
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Akechi Mitsuhide
, first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period.
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Akita clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū that claimed descent from Abe no Sadato of the Abe clan.
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Akiyama clan
was a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Akizuki clan
Akizuki Tanehide, 29th chieftain of the Akizuki clan, in 1913 The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Takanabe Domain of what is now part of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
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Amago clan
The, descended from the Emperor Uda (868–897) by the Kyogoku clan, descending from the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).
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Amaterasu
Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.
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Ame-no-Koyane
Ame-no-Koyane-no-mikoto (天児屋命, 天児屋根命) is a kami and a male deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto.
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Amenohiboko
was a legendary prince of Silla who settled in Japan during the era of Emperor Suinin, around the 3rd or 4th century and was said to have lived in Tajima Province.
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Andō clan
The is a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Asakura clan
The is a Japanese kin group.
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Asano clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan.
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Ashikaga clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan and dynasty which established the Ashikaga shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573.
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Ashikaga clan (Fujiwara)
The was a branch family of the Japanese Fujiwara clan of court nobles, more specifically Fujiwara no Hidesato of the Northern Fujiwara branch.
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Ashikaga shogunate
The, also known as the, was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.
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Ashina clan (Japan)
is a Japanese clan that emerged during the Sengoku period.
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Aso clan
The Aso clan (阿蘇) is a Japanese clan associated with Aso Shrine.
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Azai clan
The, also rendered as Asai, was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period.
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Azai Nagamasa
was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period known as the brother-in-law and enemy of Oda Nobunaga.
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Ō clan
is a descendant clan of Jimmu and Himetataraisuzu-hime.
Ō no Yasumaro
was a Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat, and chronicler.
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Ōishi Yoshio
was the chamberlain (karō) of the Akō Domain in Harima Province (now Hyōgo Prefecture), Japan (1679 - 1701).
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Ōta clan
The was samurai kin group which rose to prominence in Sengoku and Edo period Japan.
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Ōta Dōkan
, also known as Ōta Sukenaga (太田 資長), was a Japanese samurai lord, poet and Buddhist monk.
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Ōtomo clan
was a Japanese samurai family whose power stretched from the Kamakura period through the Sengoku period, spanning over 400 years.
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Ōtomo clan (ancient)
The was an aristocratic kin group (''uji'') of the Yamato period.
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Ōtomo no Yakamochi
was a Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period.
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Ōtomo Sōrin
, also known as Fujiwara no Yoshishige (藤原 義鎮) or Ōtomo Yoshishige (大友 義鎮), was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Ōtomo clan, one of the few to have converted to Catholicism.
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Ōtomo Yoshinao
Ōtomo Yoshinao (大友 能直, January 29, 1172 - December 20, 1223) was a Japanese samurai lord and gokenin of the early Kamakura period.
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Ōuchi clan
was one of the most powerful and important families in Western Japan during the reign of the Ashikaga shogunate in the 12th to 14th centuries.
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Baekje
Baekje or Paekche was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD.
Bojang of Goguryeo
Bojang of Goguryeo (died 682) was the 28th and last monarch of Goguryeo the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Buyeo Gonji
Buyeo Gonji (? – July, 477) was a member of the royal family of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Cadet branch
A cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons (cadets).
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Cao Pi
Cao Pi (late 187 – 29 June 226), courtesy name Zihuan, was the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Cao Wei
Wei (C) (220–266)Also known as Cao Wei (曹魏) or Former Wei.
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Chōsokabe clan
, also known as, was a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Chōsokabe Motochika
was a prominent daimyō in Japanese Sengoku-period.
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Chūzan
was one of three kingdoms which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century.
Chiba clan
The Chiba clan (千葉氏 Chiba-shi) was a Japanese gōzoku and samurai family descending from the Taira clan.
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Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries under one corporate group.
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Daimyo
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.
Date clan
The is a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Date Masamune
was a Japanese daimyō during Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
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De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter, is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
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Echigo Province
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan.
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Economy of Japan
The economy of Japan is a highly developed/advanced social market economy, often referred to as an East Asian model.
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Eiso dynasty
The was the third dynasty in the traditional historiography of Okinawa Island.
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Emperor Ōgimachi
was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Daigo
was the 60th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Go-Daigo
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-28.
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Emperor Go-Fukakusa
was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Go-Nijō
was the 94th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Go-Saga
was the 88th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Go-Sanjō
was the 71st emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Go-Shirakawa
was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Jimmu
was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the and.
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Emperor Juntoku
(October 22, 1197 – October 7, 1242) was the 84th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kaika
, also known as in the Kojiki, and in the Nihon Shoki was the ninth legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kameyama
was the 90th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kanmu
, or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.
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Emperor Kazan
was the 65th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kōgen
, also known as was the eighth legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kōkō
was the 58th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Kōtoku
was the 36th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Keikō
, also known as and, was the 12th legendary Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Montoku
(August 826 – 7 October 858) was the 55th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Murakami
was the 62nd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Ninmyō
was the 54th emperor of Japan,Emperor Ninmyō, Fukakusa Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor of Japan
The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.
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Emperor Reizei
was the 63rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Saga
was the 52nd emperor of Japan,Emperor Saga, Saganoyamanoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Sanjō
was the 67th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Seiwa
was the 56th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Tenmu
was the 40th Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.
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Emperor Uda
was the 59th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Xian of Han
Emperor Xian of Han (2 April 181 – 21 April 234), personal name Liu Xie (劉協), courtesy name Bohe, was the 14th and last emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty in China.
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Emperor Yōmei
was the 31st Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Yōzei
was the 57th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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Firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.
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First Shō dynasty
The was a dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom on Okinawa Island in the 15th century, ruled by the under the title of King of Chūzan. According to the official history books compiled during the second Shō Dynasty, it lasted from 1406 to 1469. However, the official account is considered unreliable by modern historians because it contradicts contemporary sources.
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Four occupations
The four occupations, or "four categories of the people",Hansson, pp.
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Fujiwara clan
The was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane.
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Fujiwara Hok-ke
The was cadet branch of the Fujiwara clan of Japan.
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Fujiwara Nan-ke
The was a cadet branch of the Fujiwara clan of Japan.
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Fujiwara no Fuhito
Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原 不比等: 659 – 13 September 720) was a powerful member of the imperial court of Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods.
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Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a Japanese court noble who was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke House of the Fujiwara.
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Fujiwara no Hidesato
was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier, folk hero and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period.
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Fujiwara no Kamatari
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原 鎌足, 614 – November 14, 669), also known as, was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Ōe (later Emperor Tenji), carried out the Taika Reform.
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Fujiwara no Maro
was a Japanese statesman, courtier, and politician during the Nara period.
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Fujiwara no Muchimaro
was a Japanese courtier (kuge) and politician of the late Asuka and early Nara period.
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Fujiwara no Umakai
was a Japanese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period.
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Fumimaro Konoe
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941.
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Futodama
Futodama (布刀玉命) is a god in Japanese mythology, claimed to be the ancestor of Imbe clan, whose characteristics are believed to reflect the functions of the clan as court ritualists.
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Gaero of Baekje
Gaero of Baekje (?–475, 455–475) was the 21st king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Gaya confederacy
Gaya (Korean: 가야, Hanja: 加倻) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
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Gōzoku
, in Japanese, refers to powerful regional families.
Goguryeo
Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (high castle; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (high and beautiful; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, kwòwlyéy), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of modern-day Northeast China (Manchuria).
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Gosanke
The, also called simply, or even, were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari, Kii, and Mito, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need.
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Gosankyō
The were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan.
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Hachisuka clan
The are descendants of Emperor Seiwa (850-880) of Japan and are a branch of the Ashikaga clan through the Shiba clan (Seiwa Genji) of the Minamoto clan.
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Hachisuka Masakatsu
, also known Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六), was a daimyō, retainer and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history.
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Haji clan
The Haji clan (土師氏, Haji-uji, Haji-shi) is a Japanese clan.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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Hata clan
was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the history of Japan laid out in Nihon Shoki.
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Hata no Kawakatsu
, sometimes called Hada no Kōkatsu, was a legendary figure in Japanese folklore, who is believed to have introduced ritual Shinto dances to Japan in the sixth century.
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Hatakeyama clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan.
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Hayashi clan (Jōzai)
The, onetime ruling family of the Jōzai Domain, is a Japanese clan which traces its origins to the Ogasawara clan, the shugo of Shinano Province, and through the Takeda clan, from the Seiwa Genji.
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Hayashi clan (Owari)
The was a Japanese samurai clan which served as retainers to the Oda clan based in Owari.
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Hōjō clan
The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333.
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Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
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Hiki clan
The Hiki clan (比企氏, Hiki-shi) was a Japanese samurai family descending from the Fujiwara clan.
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Hokuzan
, also known as before the 18th century, located in the north of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century during Sanzan period.
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Honda clan
The is a Japanese family that claims descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi.
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Honda Tadakatsu
, also called Honda Heihachirō (本多 平八郎) was a Japanese samurai, general, and daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Honma clan
Honma (本間) is a Japanese clan.
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Hosokawa Akiuji
was a samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Japan's Nanboku-chō period.
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Hosokawa clan
The is a Japanese Samurai kin group or clan.
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Hotta clan
The was a Japanese clan that ruled the Sakura Domain in Shimosa Province in the late Edo period.
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Ichijō family
The was a Japanese aristocratic kin group.
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Ii clan
is a Japanese clan which originates in Tōtōmi Province.
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Ii Naomasa
was a general under the Sengoku period daimyō, and later shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. He led the clan after the death of Ii Naotora. He married Tobai-in, Matsudaira Yasuchika's daughter and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ii Naomasa joined the ranks of the Tokugawa clan in the mid-1570s, rising swiftly through the ranks and became particularly famous after the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, as he is recognized as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa along with Honda Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Tadatsugu.
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Ii Naosuke
was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860.
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Ii Naotora
Ii Naotora (井伊 直虎, d. 12 September 1582) was a daimyō of the Sengoku period and head of the Ii clan, a feudal samurai clan of medieval Japan.
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Imagawa clan
was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto
was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period.
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Imperial House of Japan
The is the dynasty and imperial family of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties.
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Inaba clan
The were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.
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Inbe clan
Inbe clan (also spelled Imibe clan or Inbe clan) was a Japanese clan during the Yamato period.
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Inoue clan
The was a samurai clan which came to prominence from the late Kamakura through Edo periods in Japanese history, descending from the Seiwa Genji.
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Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari (石田 三成, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan.
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Ishikawa clan
is a Japanese samurai family which descended from the Seiwa Genji.
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Isshiki clan
is a Japanese kin group of the Sengoku period.
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Itō clan
The are a Japanese clan of gōzoku that claimed descent from the Fujiwara clan through Fujiwara Korekimi (727–789) and Kudō Ietsugu.
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Japanese dragon
Japanese dragons (日本の竜/龍, Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore.
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Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name.
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Jōzai Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kazusa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan.
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Jitō
were medieval territory stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.
Kagawa clan
The Kagawa clan was a minor Japanese clan.
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Kai Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Kamakura shogunate
The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.
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Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion.
Kamiizumi clan
The Kamiizumi clan was a Japanese clan that originated in Kai Province primarily during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century.
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Kamo clan
is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of northeastern Kyoto.
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Kanamaru clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that were a branch of the Takeda clan of Kai Province.
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Kawachi Genji
The Kawachi Genji (河内源氏) were members of a family line within that of the Seiwa Genji, which in turn was one of several branches of the Minamoto clan, one of the most famous noble clans in Japanese history.
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Kawakatsu clan
was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Hata clan.
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Ki no Tsurayuki
was a Japanese author, poet and court noble of the Heian period.
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Kikkawa clan
The was a prominent samurai clan of Japan's Sengoku period.
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Kikkawa Motoharu
was the second son of Mōri Motonari, and featured prominently in all the wars of the Mōri clan.
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Kikuchi clan
The of Higo Province was a powerful daimyō family of Higo, Kyūshū.
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Kinai
is a Japanese term denoting an ancient division of the country.
King of Ryukyu
, also known as King of Lew Chew,, or more officially, was a title held by several lineages from Okinawa Island until 1879.
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Kira clan
The Kira clan(吉良氏 - kira-shi) was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880), and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji).
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Kira Yoshinaka
(October 5, 1641 – January 30, 1703) was a kōke (master of ceremonies).
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Kitabatake clan
The Kitabatake clan was a clan that ruled south Ise Province in Japan and had strong ties to the eastern provinces through Pacific sea routes.
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Kiyohara clan
The was a powerful clan of the far north of Japan during the Heian period, descended from Prince Toneri, son of Emperor Tenmu (631–686).
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Kobayakawa clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Taira clan.
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Kobayakawa Hideaki
(1577 – December 1, 1602) was the fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Kobayakawa Takakage
was a samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama period.
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Koga family
The is a Japanese aristocratic family, a branch of the Minamoto clan that traces its descent from Emperor Murakami.
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Kojiki
The, also sometimes read as or, is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the, and the Japanese imperial line.
Koma clan
The was an immigrant royal family descended from Goguryeo Prince Go Yak'gwang (高若光) who became known as "Genbu Jakkō" (玄武若光) and later as "Koma no Jakkō" (高麗若光).
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Konoe family
is a Japanese aristocratic family.
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Kudara no Konikishi clan
The Kudara no Konikishi clan (Japanese: 百済王氏, Kudara no konikishi-uji) was a Japanese clan whose founder, Zenkō (善光 or 禅広), was a son of King Uija, the last king of Baekje (located in the southwestern Korean Peninsula).
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Kuge
The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto.
Kujō family
is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.
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Kyōgoku clan
The were a Japanese daimyō clan which rose to prominence during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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Kyoto
Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
Later Hōjō clan
The was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region.
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Maeda clan
was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
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Maeda Toshiie
was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period.
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Makino clan
The are a daimyō branch of the samurai Minamoto clan in Edo period Japan.
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.
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Matsuda clan
The is a Japanese family tracing its origins to Bizen Province, and heirs of Fujiwara no Hidesato.
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Matsudaira clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan.
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Matsumae clan
The was a Japanese aristocratic family who were daimyo of Matsumae Domain, in present-day Matsumae, Hokkaidō, from the Azuchi–Momoyama period until the Meiji Restoration.
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Matsunaga clan
is a Japanese Samurai Clan who are descended from the Fujiwara clan.
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Matsunaga Hisahide
Matsunaga Danjō Hisahide (松永 弾正 久秀 1508 – November 19, 1577) was a daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
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Matsura clan
The Matsura clan, also spelled Matsuura, was a medieval and early modern Japanese samurai family who ruled Hirado Domain in Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu.
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Mōri clan
The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.
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Mōri Motonari
was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
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Mikawa Province
was an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture.
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Minamoto clan
was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility since 814.
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Minamoto no Yorimitsu
, also known as Minamoto no Raikō, was a Japanese samurai and folk hero of the Heian period, who served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take.
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Minamoto no Yorinobu
was a samurai commander and member of the powerful Minamoto clan. Along with his brother Yorimitsu, Yorinobu served the regents of the Fujiwara clan, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He held the title, passed down from his father, of Chinjufu-shōgun, Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North.
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Minamoto no Yoshinaka
, also known as, was a Japanese samurai lord in the late Heian period.
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Mito Tokugawa family
The is a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki.
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Mitsubishi
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
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Mitsui
is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II.
Mitsui family
The is one of the most powerful families of merchants and industrialists in Japan.
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Mitsui Takatoshi
was the founder of the Mitsui family of merchants and industrialists that later emerged as the Mitsui Group, a powerful Japanese zaibatsu (business conglomerate).
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Miura clan
The was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan.
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Miyake clan
were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo period.
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Miyoshi clan
is a Japanese family descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa-Genji).
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Miyoshi Nagayoshi
, or Miyoshi Choukei, the eldest son of Miyoshi Motonaga, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō who ruled seven provinces in Kansai.
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Mogami clan
were Japanese daimyōs, and were a branch of the Ashikaga family.
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Mon (emblem)
, also called,, and, are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.
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Mononobe clan
The was a Japanese aristocratic kin group (''uji'') of the Kofun period, known for its military opposition to the Soga clan.
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Mononobe no Moriya
was an Ō-muraji, a high-ranking clan head position of the ancient Japanese Yamato state, having inherited the position from his father Mononobe no Okoshi.
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Mori (Genji clan)
The was a family of Japanese people descended from the Seiwa Genji.
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Mori Ranmaru
, also known as Mori Naritoshi (森 成利), was the son of Mori Yoshinari, and had 5 brothers in total, from the province of Mino.
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Munju of Baekje
Munju of Baekje (?–477, r. 475–477) was the 22nd king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Murakami Yoshikiyo
Murakami Yoshikiyo (村上 義清, 1501–1573) was a Japanese samurai from the and retainer of the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
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Muryeong of Baekje
Muryeong of Baekje (461/462–523, r. 501–23) was the 25th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Nabeshima clan
is a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Nagao clan
was a Japanese samurai clan.
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Nakatomi clan
was a Japanese aristocratic kin group (uji).
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Nakayama (surname)
Nakayama (written: lit. "Central Mountain") is a Japanese surname.
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Nakayama Tadachika
was a Japanese court noble and writer during the late Heian and early Kamakura period and a member of the influential Fujiwara family.
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Nakayama Tadayasu
Marquess Nakayama Tadayasu (Japanese: 中山 忠能, 17 December 1809 – 12 June 1888) was a Japanese nobleman and courtier of the Edo period and then one of the Kazoku of the post-1867 Empire of Japan.
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Nakayama Yoshiko
was a Japanese lady-in-waiting in the court of the Imperial House of Japan.
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Nanbu clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
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Nanzan
Nanzan (南山), also known as Sannan (山南) before the 18th century, located in the south of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century.
Nihon Shoki
The, sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.
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Nijō family
is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.
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Nikaidō clan
is a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Ninigi-no-Mikoto
is a deity in Japanese mythology.
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Nitta clan
The was one of several major families descended from the Seiwa Genji, and numbered among the chief enemies of the Hōjō clan regents, and later the Ashikaga shogunate.
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Nitta Yoshisada
also known as Minamoto no Yoshisada was a samurai lord of the Nanboku-chō period Japan.
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Niwa clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū that claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu via Prince Yoshimine no Yasuo (785-80) and Kodama Koreyuki (d.1069).
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Nomi no Sukune
was a legendary figure in Japanese history, regarded as the founder of sumo wrestling.
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Northern Fujiwara
The Northern Fujiwara (奥州藤原氏 Ōshū Fujiwara-shi) were a Japanese noble family that ruled the Tōhoku region (the northeast of Honshū) of Japan during the 12th century as their own realm.
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Oda clan
The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century.
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Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods.
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Ogasawara clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji.
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Ono no Takamura
, also known as, was a Japanese calligrapher and poet of the early Heian period.
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Owari Tokugawa family
The is a branch of the Tokugawa clan, and it is the seniormost house of the Gosanke ("three honourable houses of the Tokugawa").
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Prince Imseong
, was the third son of King Seong of Baekje who died in battle with Silla forces in 554.
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Prince Junda
was a member of the royal family of Baekje.
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Prince Kusakabe
was a Japanese imperial crown prince from 681 until his death.
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Prince Shōtoku
, also known as or, was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko.
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Prince Toneri
(January 28, 676 – December 6, 735) was a Japanese imperial prince in the Nara period.
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Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang (February 25912 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China.
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Rokkaku clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan.
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Ryukyu Islands
The, also known as the or the, are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.
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Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879.
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Ryukyuan people
The Ryukyuan people (Ruuchuu minzuku or label, Ryūkyū minzoku, also Okinawans, Uchinaanchu, Lewchewan or Loochooan) are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group native to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch between the islands of Kyushu and Taiwan.
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Sado, Niigata
is a city located on in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
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Sagara clan
The Sagara clan (相良氏, Sagara-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of daimyos.
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Saitō clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that ruled Mino province in the Sengoku period.
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Saitō Dōsan
, also known as Saitō Toshimasa (斎藤 利政), was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period.
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Sakai clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa.
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Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
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Sanada clan
The is a Japanese clan.
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Sanada Yukimura
, also known as, was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period.
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Sanjō Sanetomi
Prince was a Japanese Imperial court noble and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration.
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Sasaki clan
are a historical Japanese clan.
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Satake clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan.
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Satomi clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan of the Sengoku period (1467–1573) and early Edo period (1603–1868).
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Satsuma Domain
The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.
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Sō clan
were a Japanese clan claiming descent from Taira no Tomomori.
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Sōma clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that ruled the northern Hamadōri region of southern Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
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Second Shō dynasty
The was the last dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1469 to 1879, ruled by the under the title of King of Chūzan. This family took the family name from the earlier rulers of the kingdom, the first Shō family, even though the new royal family has no blood relation to the previous one. Until the abolition of Japanese peerage in 1947, the head of the family was given the rank of marquess while several cadet branches held the title of baron.
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Seiwa Genji
The is a line of the Japanese Minamoto clan that is descended from Emperor Seiwa, which is the most successful and powerful line of the clan.
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Seong of Baekje
Seong of Baekje (also Holy King, 504?-554) (r. 523–554) was the 26th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Shō Toku
was the son of Shō Taikyū and last king of the First Shō Dynasty.
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Shōni clan
was a family of Japanese nobles descended from the Fujiwara family, many of whom held high government offices in Kyūshū.
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Shiba clan
was a Japanese clan.
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Shimazu clan
The were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
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Shinmen clan
was a Japanese kin group that flourished during the 15th–16th (Sengoku period) and 17th centuries (Edo period) of Japan.
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Shinsen Shōjiroku
is an imperially commissioned Japanese genealogical record.
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Shugo
, commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan.
Shugodai
were officials during feudal Japan.
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Shunten dynasty
The was the second dynasty in the traditional historiography of Okinawa Island.
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Silla
Silla (Old Korean: 徐羅伐, Yale: Syerapel, RR: Seorabeol; IPA), was a Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BCE – 935 CE and located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.
Soga clan
The was one of the most powerful aristocratic kin groups (''uji'') of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state—the Yamato polity—and played a major role in the spread of Buddhism in Japan.
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Soga no Umako
was the son of Soga no Iname and a member of the powerful Soga clan of Japan.
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Sue Harukata
was a samurai who served as a senior retainer of the Ōuchi clan in the Sengoku period in Japan.
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Sugawara clan
The Sugawara clan (菅原氏, Sugawara-uji) was a Japanese aristocratic family claiming descent from Ame-no-hohi.
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Sugawara no Michizane
was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan.
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Sumitomo Group
The is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II.
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Suwa clan
The, also known as the Jin or Miwa clan (神氏, Miwa uji / Miwa-shi or Jinshi) was a Japanese shake and samurai family.
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Tachibana clan (kuge)
was one of the four most powerful kuge (court nobility) families in Japan's Nara and early Heian periods—the other three were the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Taira.
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Tachibana clan (samurai)
The Tachibana clan (立花氏) was a Japanese clan of daimyō (feudal lords) during Japan's Sengoku and Edo periods.
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Tachibana Ginchiyo
was head of the Japanese Tachibana clan and onna-musha during the Sengoku period.
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Tachibana Muneshige
, was a Japanese samurai, known in his youth as Senkumamaru (千熊丸) and alternatively called Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎), during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and an Edo-period daimyō.
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Taira clan
The was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Tachibana.
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Taira no Kiyomori
was a military leader and ''kugyō'' of the late Heian period of Japan.
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Taira no Masakado
was a Heian period provincial magnate (gōzoku) and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto.
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Taira no Yoshifumi
Taira no Yoshifumi (平 良文) was a samurai lord of the Heian period.
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Takamuko no Kuromaro
was a Japanese scholar and diplomat of the Asuka period.
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Takanashi clan
The Takanashi clan of Shinano Province were direct descendants of Minamoto no Yorisue, son of Yorinobu.
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Takano no Niigasa
was a concubine of Emperor Kōnin of Japan and the mother of Emperor Kanmu.
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Takaoka clan
are a historical Japanese clan.
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Takatsukasa family
is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.
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Takeda clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century.
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Takeda clan (Aki)
The Takeda clan of Aki Province was a cadet branch of the famed Takeda clan of the Kai Province of Imperial Japan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji).
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Takeda Shingen
was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.
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Takenaka clan
The is a Japanese family descended from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) line's Toki branch.
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Takenouchi no Sukune
or Takeshiuchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman of the 1st century, and a Shinto kami.
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Tamura clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Ichinoseki Domain in Mutsu Province during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
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Tanegashima clan
The is a Japanese aristocratic family of samurai origins that originated on the Tanegashima Island, just south of Kyūshū.
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Tarō Asō
is a Japanese politician serving as the Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021.
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Tōdō clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan of humble origins from the Inukami District of Ōmi Province.
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Tōdō Takatora
was a Japanese daimyō of the Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods.
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Toki clan
The is a Japanese kin group.
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Tokugawa clan
The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period.
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Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty.
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Tokugawa Iemochi
(July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866) was the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866.
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Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige; 徳川 家重 (January 28, 1712 – July 13, 1761) was the ninth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
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Tokugawa Mitsukuni
, also known as, was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period.
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Tokugawa Munetada
was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period who was the founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa family.
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Tokugawa Munetake
was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period, also known as Tayasu Munetake (田安 宗武).
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Tokugawa Shigeyoshi
was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period who was the founder of the Shimizu-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa family.
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Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
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Tokugawa Tsunashige
was the third son of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan.
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Tokugawa Yorifusa
, also known as Mito Yorifusa, was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
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Tokugawa Yorinobu
was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune
was the eighth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745.
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Tokugawa Yoshinao
was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prince was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu family
The was founded in 1902 when Emperor Meiji permitted Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shōgun of Japan, to found a house with the highest rank of nobility, kōshaku (Prince).
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Torii clan
was a Japanese daimyo family of the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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Toyotomi clan
The was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese before the Edo period.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.
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Tsugaru clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled the northwestern half of what is now Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
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Tsutsui clan
Tsutsui clan is a Japanese clan originating during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan.
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Tsutsui Junkei
son of Tsutsui Junshō, and a daimyō of the province of Yamato.
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Uda Genji
The were the successful and powerful line of the Japanese Minamoto clan that were descended from Emperor Uda (宇多天皇).
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Uesugi clan
The is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries).
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Uesugi Kenshin
, later known as, was a Japanese daimyō.
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Uija of Baekje
Uija of Baekje (599?–660, r. 641–660) was the 31st and final ruler of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
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Uji (clan)
were Japanese kin groups of the Kofun period.
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Ukita clan
The Ukita clan (宇喜多氏, Ukita-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of daimyos.
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Ukita Hideie
was the daimyō of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Vertical integration
In microeconomics, management and international political economy, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is integrated and owned by that company.
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Wani (scholar)
Wani (Wani, Wanikishi) is a semi-legendary scholar who is said to have been sent to Japan by Baekje of southwestern Korea during the reign of Emperor Ōjin.
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Watanabe
Watanabe (渡辺 and other variantsSee #Miscellaneous) is a Japanese surname derived from the noble and samurai Watanabe clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, descending from the Emperor Saga (786-842), the 52nd Emperor of Japan, and refers to a location called 'Watanabe no tsu' which was settled by the Watanabe clan, who took the name of the place.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yagyū clan
The were a family of daimyōs (feudal lords) with lands just outside Nara, who became the heads of one of Japan's greatest schools of swordsmanship, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū.
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Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
is one of the oldest Japanese schools of swordsmanship (kenjutsu).
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Yamana clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan which was one of the most powerful of the Muromachi period (1336-1467); at its peak, members of the family held the position of Constable (shugo) over eleven provinces.
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Yamato no Fuhito clan
The, also known as, was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the history of Japan laid out in the Nihon Shoki.
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Yamato people
The or the David Blake Willis and Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu:, p. 272: "Wajin," which is written with Chinese characters that can also be read "Yamato no hito" (Yamato person).
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Yamatonoaya clan
Yamatonoaya clan (東漢氏) was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period according to the Nihon Shoki (720), Kojiki (711) and Shoku Nihongi (797).
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Yamauchi clan
The Yamauchi clan (山内氏) were a family of rulers over what was then the Tosa Province which spanned the southern half of Shikoku island.
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Yamauchi Kazutoyo
, also spelled Yamanouchi (1545/1546? – November 1, 1605), was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Yanagisawa clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
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Yūki clan
is a Japanese samurai kin group.
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Yeongnyu of Goguryeo
Yeongnyu of Goguryeo (?–642) was the 27th monarch of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 618 to 642.
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Yonekura clan
The was a cadet branch of the Takeda clan of Kai Province, some members of whom rose to positions of importance within the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate in mid-Edo period Japan.
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Yoshida Shōin
, commonly named, was one of Japan's most distinguished intellectuals in the late years of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Yuzuki no Kimi
Yuzuki no Kimi (弓月君) was the founder of the Hata clan, an immigrant clan in ancient Japan who hailed from the kingdom of Baekje according to the Nihon Shoki.
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Zaibatsu
is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to World War II.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_clans
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