Samurai, the Glossary
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.[1]
Table of Contents
474 relations: A Fistful of Dollars, Adachi Ginkō, Affinity (medieval), Afro Samurai, Age of Empires II, Aichi Prefecture, Akechi Mitsuhide, Akira Kurosawa, Amakusa Shirō, Anime, Apostasy, Arima Harunobu, Arquebus, Asakura Norikage, Asakura Yoshikage, Asano Naganori, Ashigaru, Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Ayutthaya Kingdom, Azuchi Castle, Azuchi, Shiga, Azuchi–Momoyama period, Ō-yoroi, Ōdachi, Ōmishima Island, Ōmura Sumitada, Ōnin War, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ōyamazumi Shrine, Bakumatsu, Bamboo, Bandō, Ibaraki, Battle of Dan-no-ura, Battle of Nagashino, Battle of Sacheon (1598), Battle of Sekigahara, Battle of Shizugatake, Battle of Yashima, Bōjutsu, Boshin War, Buddhism, Bushido, Bushido: The Soul of Japan, Carl Steenstrup, Chashitsu, Chōnin, China, Chokutō, ... Expand index (424 more) »
- 12th-century establishments in Japan
- 1879 disestablishments in Japan
- Japanese caste system
- Japanese warriors
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto and Joseph Egger.
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Adachi Ginkō
Adachi Ginkō (安達 吟光, born 1853; active – 1908) was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school.
Affinity (medieval)
In post-classical history, an affinity was a collective name for the group (retinue) of (usually) men whom a lord gathered around himself in his service; it has been described by one modern historian as "the servants, retainers, and other followers of a lord", and as "part of the normal fabric of society".
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Afro Samurai
is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki.
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft.
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Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.
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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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Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades.
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Amakusa Shirō
, also known as, was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate.
Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.
Apostasy
Apostasy (defection, revolt) is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person.
Arima Harunobu
was a Japanese samurai lord who was the daimyo of Shimabara Domain and the head of the Hizen-Arima clan from Hizen Province.
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Arquebus
An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.
Asakura Norikage
, also known as Asakura Sōteki (朝倉 宗滴), was a Japanese samurai warrior of the latter Sengoku Period.
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Asakura Yoshikage
was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture.
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Asano Naganori
was the daimyō of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701).
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Ashigaru
were infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Samurai and Ashigaru are Japanese historical terms and Japanese warriors.
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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Ashikaga Takauji
also known as Minamoto no Takauji was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. Samurai and Ashikaga Takauji are Japanese nobility.
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Ashikaga Yoshimasa
"Ashikaga Yoshimasa" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Ayutthaya Kingdom
The Ayutthaya Kingdom (อยุธยา,, IAST: or) or the Empire of Ayutthaya was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand.
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Azuchi Castle
was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
Azuchi, Shiga
was a town located in Gamō District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Azuchi–Momoyama period
The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600.
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Ō-yoroi
The is a prominent example of early Japanese armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Ōdachi
The (large/great sword) or is a type of traditionally made used by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Ōmishima Island
is the largest island in the Geiyo Islands chain, and the westernmost which accommodates the Nishiseto Expressway between Honshu and Shikoku.
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Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period.
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Ōnin War
The, also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan.
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.
Ōyamazumi Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Ōmishima in the Seto Inland Sea.
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Bakumatsu
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.
Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
Bandō, Ibaraki
Sakasai Castle is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
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Battle of Dan-no-ura
The was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshū.
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Battle of Nagashino
The was a famous battle in Japanese history, fought in 1575 at Nagashino in Mikawa Province (present-day Nagashino, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture).
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Battle of Sacheon (1598)
The Battle of Sacheon (泗川) was a siege by Korean and Chinese forces against the Japanese fortification of Sacheon from 6 to 11 November 1598.
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Battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was a historical battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.
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Battle of Shizugatake
The took place during the Sengoku period of Japan between Toyotomi Hideyoshi (then Hashiba Hideyoshi) and Shibata Katsuie in Shizugatake, Ōmi Province over a period of two days beginning on the 20th day of the fourth month of Tenshō 11 (equivalent to 10-11 June 1583 on the Gregorian calendar).
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Battle of Yashima
Battle of Yashima (屋島の戦い) was one of the battles of the Genpei War on March 22, 1185, in the Heian period.
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Bōjutsu
() is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff.
Boshin War
The, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bushido
is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle, formalized in the Edo period (1603–1868).
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a book written by Inazō Nitobe exploring the way of the samurai.
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Carl Steenstrup
Carl Steenstrup (1934 – 11 November 2014) was a Danish Japanologist.
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Chashitsu
Chashitsu (茶室, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (chanoyu) gatherings.
Chōnin
was a social class that emerged in Japan during the early years of the Tokugawa period. Samurai and Chōnin are Japanese historical terms.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chokutō
The is a straight, single-edged Japanese sword that was mainly produced prior to the 9th century.
Chrysanthemum Throne
The is the throne of the Emperor of Japan.
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Cloistered Emperor
A is the term for a Japanese emperor who had abdicated and entered the Buddhist monastic community by receiving the Pravrajya rite.
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Cloistered rule
was a form of government in Japan during the Heian period.
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Coming of Age Day
is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System.
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Composite bow
A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow.
Concubinage
Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage.
Confucianism
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.
Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.
Council of Five Elders
In the history of Japan, the was a group of five powerful formed in 1598 by the Toyotomi Hideyoshi, shortly before his death the same year.
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Cristóvão Ferreira
Cristóvão Ferreira (c. 1580–1650) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Jesuit missionary who committed apostasy after being captured and tortured during the anti-Christian purges in 17th-century Japan.
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Daijō-daijin
The was the head of the during and after the Nara period and briefly under the Meiji Constitution.
Daijirin
is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by, and first published by in 1988.
Daijisen
The is a general-purpose Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan in 1995 and 1998.
Daikan
Daikan (代官) was an official in ancient Japan that acted on behalf of a ruling monarch or a lord at the post they had been appointed to.
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. Samurai and Daimyo are Japanese historical terms and Japanese nobility.
Daishō
The —"large and small"—is a Japanese term for a matched pair of traditionally made Japanese swords (''nihonto'') worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan.
Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu
, originally called, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sōkaku.
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Date Masamune
was a Japanese daimyō during Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
David "Race" Bannon
David Dilley Bannon (born David Wayne Dilley; April 22, 1963) is an American author and translator, best known for the books Elements of Subtitles and Wounded in Spirit.
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Dō (armour)
is one of the major components of Japanese armour worn by the samurai and ashigaru or foot soldiers of feudal Japan.
Dō-maru
, or "body wrap", is a type of chest armour (dou or dō) that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
De facto
De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.
De jure
In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.
Differential heat treatment
Differential heat treatment (also called selective heat treatment or local heat treatment) is a technique used during heat treating of steel to harden or soften certain areas of an object, creating a difference in hardness between these areas.
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Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.
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Doujinshi
, also romanized as, is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels.
Dowry
A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
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Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Eiji Yoshikawa
was a Japanese historical novelist.
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Emishi
The (also called Ebisu and Ezo), were a people who lived in parts of Honshū region of Japan, especially in the Tōhoku region.
Emperor Antoku
was the 81st emperor of Japan, 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-Sanjō
was the 71st emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession. Samurai and emperor Go-Sanjō are Japanese nobility.
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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 Kanmu
, or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.
Emperor Kōgon
was the first of the Emperors of Northern Court during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan.
Emperor Kōtoku
was the 36th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Monmu
was the 42nd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.
Emperor Shirakawa
was the 72nd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Sutoku
was the 75th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Takakura
was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Toba
was the 74th Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
Empress of Japan
The empress of Japan is the title given to the wife of the Emperor of Japan or a female ruler in her own right.
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Enka
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically.
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Enomoto Takeaki
Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War.
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Felice Beato
Felice Beato (c. 1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer.
First Japanese Embassy to Europe (1862)
The First Japanese Embassy to Europe (Japanese:第１回遣欧使節, also 開市開港延期交渉使節団) was sent to Europe by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1862.
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Four occupations
The four occupations, or "four categories of the people",Hansson, pp.
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Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: Franciscus Xaverius; Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa; French: François Xavier; Spanish: Francisco Javier; Portuguese: Francisco Xavier; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was born in Navarre, Spain Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative of the Portuguese Empire, led the first Christian mission to Japan.
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.
French military mission to Japan (1867–1868)
The French military mission of 1867 to 1868 was one of the first foreign military training missions to Japan, and the first sent by France.
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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.
Fujiwara no Korechika
, the second son of Michitaka, was a kugyo (Japanese noble) of the Heian period.
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Fujiwara no Michinaga
was a Japanese statesman.
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Fujiwara no Tadahira
was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.
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Fujiwara no Yorimichi
(992–1071) was a Japanese court noble.
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Fukushima Masanori
was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain.
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper, and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
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Fushimi Castle
, also known as or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
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Gekokujō
is a Japanese word which refers to someone of a lower position overthrowing someone of a higher position using military or political might, seizing power.
Gendai budō
, or are both terms referring to modern Japanese martial arts, which were established after the Meiji Restoration (1866–1869).
Genkō Bōrui
The was a defensive stone wall, long, constructed along Hakata Bay in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Genpei War
The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan.
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist.
Gifu Castle
is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Giuseppe Chiara
Giuseppe di Chiara (1602 – 24 August 1685) was an Italian Jesuit missionary active in 17th century Japan.
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Go-Bugyō
The or Five Commissioners, was an administrative organ of feudal Japan which later evolved into the Go-Tairō (Council of Five Elders).
Goa
Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.
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Gokenin
A was initially a vassal of the shogunate of the Kamakura and the Muromachi periods.
Gonzo (company)
(formerly GDH K.K.) is a Japanese anime studio owned by ADK that was established on February 22, 2000.
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Gosannen War
The Gosannen War (後三年合戦, gosannen kassen), also known as the Later Three-Year War, was fought in the late 1080s in Japan's Mutsu Province on the island of Honshū.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Gunki monogatari
, or "war tales", is a category of Japanese literature written primarily in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods that focus on wars and conflicts, especially the civil wars that took place between 1156 and 1568.
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
Hagakure
Hagakure (Kyūjitai:; Shinjitai:; meaning Hidden by the Leaves or Hidden Leaves), or, is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige (July 10, 1632 – July 2, 1700), the third ruler of what is now Saga Prefecture in Japan.
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Aerial view of central Hagi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Hakata Bay
is a bay in the northwestern part of Fukuoka city, on the Japanese island of Kyūshū.
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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Han system
Han (藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).
Hangaku Gozen
was a onna-musha warrior, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature. Samurai and Hangaku Gozen are Japanese warriors.
Haramaki (armour)
is a type of chest armour (dō) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan and their retainers.
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Harlequin Enterprises
Harlequin Enterprises ULC (known simply as Harlequin) is a romance and women's fiction publisher founded in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1949.
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Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.
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Hasekura Tsunenaga
was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai.
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Hatamoto
A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. Samurai and Hatamoto are Japanese nobility.
Hattori Hanzō
or Second Hanzō, nicknamed, was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.
Hōgen rebellion
The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese Imperial succession.
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Hōjō Sōun
, also known as, was a Japanese daimyo and the first head of the Later Hōjō clan, one of the major powers in Japan's Sengoku period.
Hōjō Shigetoki (born 1198)
(July 11, 1198 – November 26, 1261) was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period.
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Hōjō Tokimune
of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent of the shōgun, but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism.
Hōjō Ujimasa
was the fourth head of the later Hōjō clan, and daimyō of Odawara.
Hōjutsu
/ Teppojutsu (鉄砲術), the art of gunnery, is the martial art of Japan dedicated to Japanese black powder firearm usage.
Headhunting
Headhunting is the practice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim, although sometimes more portable body parts (such as ear, nose, or scalp) are taken instead as trophies.
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
Heiji rebellion
The Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975).
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Hino Tomiko
was a prominent figure during the Muromachi period and the beginning of the Sengoku period.
Historical reenactment
Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.
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History of Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago.
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Hitachi Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Hizen-Arima clan
The is a Japanese samurai family.
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Homosexuality in Japan
Records of men who have sex with men in Japan date back to ancient times.
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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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Honnō-ji Incident
The was the assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582 (2nd day of the sixth month, Tenshō 10).
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Honshu
, historically called, is the largest and most populous island of Japan.
Hosokawa Gracia
Akechi Tama, usually referred to as, (1563 – 25 August 1600) was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period.
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Hwarang
Hwarang were an elite warrior group of male youth in Silla, an ancient kingdom of the Korean Peninsula that originated from the mid 6th century and lasted until the early 10th century.
Iaido
, abbreviated, is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to sudden attacks.
Iaijutsu
is a combative quick-draw sword technique.
Iga ikki
The Iga ikki, full name Iga Sokoku Ikki, also known as the Iga Republic, Iga Confederacy, or Iga Commune, was a republic-style military confederation of ninjas (then known as shinobi) based in Iga Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.
Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola (Ignazio Loiolakoa; Ignacio de Loyola; Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish-French Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and became its first Superior General, in Paris in 1541.
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Ikebana
is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Imagawa Sadayo
, also known as, was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served as tandai ("constable") of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395.
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Imperial Court in Kyoto
The Imperial Court in Kyoto was the nominal ruling government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji period (1868–1912), after which the court was moved from Kyoto (formerly Heian-kyō) to Tokyo (formerly Edo) and integrated into the Meiji government.
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Imperial Household Agency
The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan.
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Important Cultural Property (Japan)
An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people.
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Ink brush
Ink brushes are paintbrushes used in Chinese calligraphy as well as in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese which all have roots in Chinese calligraphy.
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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J-pop
(often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as, is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn (or Lodensteijn; 1556–1623), known in Japanese as, was a Dutch navigator and trader.
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan.
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Japan Swimming Federation
The, is the national federation for Aquatics in Japan.
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Japanese armour
Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves.
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Japanese clans
This is a list of Japanese clans.
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Japanese Embassy to the United States
The was dispatched in 1860 by the Tokugawa shogunate (bakufu).
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Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru
was one of Japan's first modern warships, a frigate powered by both sails and steam.
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Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
The Japanese invasions of Korea, commonly known as the Imjin War, involved two separate yet linked invasions: an initial invasion in 1592, a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597.
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Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
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Japanese popular culture
Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain older artistic and literary traditions; many of their themes and styles of presentation can be traced to traditional art forms.
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Japanese sword
A is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan.
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Japanese Sword Museum
The Japanese Sword Museum or situated in Tokyo, is a small museum dedicated to the art of Japanese swordmaking.
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Japanese swordsmithing
Japanese swordsmithing is the labour-intensive bladesmithing process developed in Japan beginning in the sixth century for forging traditionally made bladed weapons (''nihonto'') including katana, wakizashi, tantō, yari, naginata, nagamaki, tachi, nodachi, ōdachi, kodachi, and ''ya'' (arrow).
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Japanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of, powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called.
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Jōdō
, meaning "the way of the jō", or is a Japanese martial art using a short staff called jō.
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Jōetsu, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
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Jesuits
The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan.
Jitō
were medieval territory stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.
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Jitte
A is a blunt melee weapon that was used by police in Edo-period Japan (1603–1868).
Jizamurai
The (samurai of the land) were minor landholders that emerged in 15th-century Japan Muromachi period. Samurai and Jizamurai are Japanese historical terms.
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and producer.
Josei Tennō
is a Japanese title referring to an empress regnant. Samurai and Josei Tennō are noble titles.
Joseon
Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years.
Jujutsu
Jujutsu (柔術), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents.
Jurchen people
Jurchen (Manchu: Jušen,; 女真, Nǚzhēn) is a term used to collectively describe a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people.
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Justo Takayama
, born and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552/1553 - 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Catholic Kirishitan daimyō and samurai who lived during the Sengoku period that witnessed anti-Catholic sentiment.
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Kabuki
is a classical form of Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with traditional dance.
Kabukimono
or were gangs of samurai in feudal Japan.
Kabuto
Kabuto (兜, 冑) is a type of helmet first used by ancient Japanese warriors that, in later periods, became an important part of the traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.
Kagoshima
, officially, is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kaiken (dagger)
A is a long, single or (very rarely) double-edged Japanese knife usually without ornamental fittings housed in a plain but lacquered mount.
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Kakure Kirishitan
Kakure Kirishitan is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at the start of the Edo period in the early 17th century (lifted in 1873) due to Christianity's repression by the Tokugawa shogunate (April 1638).
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Kamakura
officially is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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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.
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Kanabō
The (literally "metal stick" or "metal club") is a spiked or studded two-handed war club used in feudal Japan by samurai.
Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan.
Kani Saizō
, also known as Kani Yoshinaga (可児吉長), was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku era through early Edo era, who served various lords before coming into the service of the Tokugawa clan.
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.
Kantō region
The is a geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.
Karate
(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Kasuga-taisha
is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.
Katō Kiyomasa
was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods.
Kōdai-in
(died October 17, 1624), formerly known as,,, was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan.
Kōfu
is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
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Kōka ikki
The Kōka ikki or Kōka Confederacy, historically known as the Kōka-gun Chūsō, was a military confederation and network of ninja (then known as shinobi) in Kōka District (often spelled Kōga) in Southern Ōmi Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.
Kemari
is an athletic game that was popular in Japan during the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura period (1185–1333).
Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu).
Kenjutsu
is an umbrella term for all (ko-budō) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration.
Kenpō
is the name of several arts.
Kheshig
Kheshig (Mongolian: Хишигтэн; also Khishig, Keshik, Khishigten; "favored", "blessed") were the imperial guard for Mongol royalty in the Mongol Empire, particularly for rulers like Genghis Khan and his wife Börte.
Kiai
In Japanese martial arts a is a short shout uttered when performing an assault.
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King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
Kiri-sute gomen
Kiri-sute gomen (斬捨御免 or 切捨御免) is a Japanese expression regarding the feudal era tradition of right to strike: the right of samurai to strike and even kill with their sword anyone of a lower class who compromised their honour.
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Kirishitan
The Japanese term, from Portuguese cristão (cf. Kristang), meaning "Christian", referred to Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used in Japanese texts as a historiographic term for Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries. Samurai and Kirishitan are Japanese historical terms.
Ko-ryū
is a Japanese term for any kind of Japanese school of traditional arts.
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo.
Kokin Wakashū
The, commonly abbreviated as, is an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period.
Koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. Samurai and Koku are Japanese historical terms.
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Kokugakuin University
Kokugakuin University, abbreviated as Kokugakudai (國學大) or Kokudai (國大), is a Shinto-affiliated private research university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kokushi (official)
were provincial officials in Classical Japan.
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Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga (小西 行長, baptized under the Portuguese personal name Agostinho; 1558 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese daimyō who served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.
Kuge
The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. Samurai and Kuge are Japanese historical terms and Japanese nobility.
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Kusari-fundo
Kusari-fundo (鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (kusari) with a weight (fundo) attached to each end of the chain.
Kusarigama
A is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle or billhook) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end.
Kusunoki Masashige
was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai.
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Kyūdō
Kyūdō (弓道) is the Japanese martial art of archery.
Kyūjutsu
("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow (yumi) as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
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.
Lady Kasuga
was a Japanese noble lady and politician from a prominent Japanese samurai family of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods.
Lady Tsukiyama
Lady Tsukiyama or was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat from the Sengoku period.
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Lamellar armour
Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather (rawhide), bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows.
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Laminated steel blade
A laminated steel blade or piled steel is a knife, sword, or other tool blade made out of layers of differing types of steel, rather than a single homogeneous alloy.
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Leather
Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.
List of Japanese battles
The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.
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List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles
The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ikai (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state.
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List of samurai
The following is a list of Samurai and their wives.
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London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public research university in London, England, and amember institution of the University of London.
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Lone Wolf and Cub
is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima.
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Macbeth
Macbeth (full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.
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.
Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law.
Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.
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Malacca
Malacca (Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.
Manchuria
Manchuria is a term that refers to a region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China, and historically parts of the modern-day Russian Far East, often referred to as Outer Manchuria.
Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.
Marriage of state
A marriage of state is a diplomatic marriage or union between two members of different nation-states or internally, between two power blocs, usually in authoritarian societies and is a practice which dates back to ancient times, as far back as early Grecian cultures in western society, and of similar antiquity in other civilizations.
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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.
Masamune
was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith.
Matchlock
A matchlock or firelock is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of flammable cord or twine that is in contact with the gunpowder through a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with their finger.
Matsudaira Nobuyasu
was the eldest son of Matsudaira Ieyasu.
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Matsue
is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.
Matsumoto Castle
, originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto.
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Matthew C. Perry
Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was an United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War.
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Meiji era
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
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Men-yoroi
, also called or, are various types of facial armour that were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.
Mencius
Mencius was a Chinese Confucian philosopher, often described as the Second Sage (亞聖) to reflect his traditional esteem relative to Confucius himself.
Mercenary
A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.
Mimizuka
The, which was renamed from, is a monument in Kyoto, Japan.
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.
Minamoto no Noriyori
was a Japanese samurai lord of the late Heian period, who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. Samurai and Minamoto no Noriyori are Japanese nobility.
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Minamoto no Tametomo
, also known as, was a samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156. Samurai and Minamoto no Tametomo are Japanese nobility.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo
was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate and of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan.
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Minamoto no Yoshiie
Minamoto no Yoshiie (源 義家; 1039 – 4 August 1106), also known as Hachimantarō Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家) and his title Most Valorous Warrior in the Land (天下第一武勇之士), was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). Samurai and Minamoto no Yoshiie are Japanese nobility.
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Minamoto no Yoshinaka
, also known as, was a Japanese samurai lord in the late Heian period. Samurai and Minamoto no Yoshinaka are Japanese nobility.
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Minamoto no Yoshitomo
(1123 – 11 February 1160) was the head of the Minamoto clan and a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. Samurai and Minamoto no Yoshitomo are Japanese nobility.
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. Samurai and Minamoto no Yoshitsune are Japanese nobility.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
Miyamoto Musashi
, born,, also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai).
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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.
Mongols
The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (majority in Inner Mongolia), as well as Buryatia and Kalmykia of Russia.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
is a 2009 action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware and published for the Wii by Marvelous Entertainment (Japan), Ignition Entertainment (North America), and Rising Star Games (Europe).
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Muromachi period
The, also known as the, is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.
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Musō Soseki
was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer.
Musha shugyō
is a samurai warrior's quest or pilgrimage.
Musket
A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.
Nabeshima Naoshige
was a warlord of the Sengoku and early Edo periods and progenitor of the Nabeshima lords of the Saga Domain.
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Nagamaki
The is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (nihontō) with an extra long handle, used by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Nagasaki
, officially known as Nagasaki City (label), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Nagasaki Naval Training Center
The was a naval training institute, between 1855 when it was established by the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, until 1859, when it was transferred to Tsukiji in Edo.
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Nagato Province
, often called, was a province of Japan.
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Naginata
The naginata is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihontō).
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city proper with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million.
Nakano Takeko
was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War.
Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom
The Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom (อาณาจักรนครศรีธรรมราช), Nagara Sri Dharmarashtra or the Kingdom of Ligor, was one of the major constituent city states (mueang) of the Siamese kingdoms of Sukhothai and later Ayutthaya and controlled a sizeable part of the Malay Peninsula.
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Nanboku-chō period
The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, Nanboku-chō jidai, "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate of Japanese history.
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Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.
National Archives of Japan
The preserve Japanese government documents and historical records and make them available to the public.
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National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world.
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National Treasure (Japan)
Some of the National Treasures of Japan A is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (a special body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
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NHK
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.
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Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
The, often abbreviated as the and sometimes known in English as Shogakukan's Japanese Dictionary, is the largest Japanese language dictionary published.
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Ninja
A ninja or shinobi was an infiltration agent, mercenary, or guerrilla warfare and later bodyguard expert in feudal Japan. Samurai and ninja are combat occupations, Japanese warriors and Obsolete occupations.
Noh
is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century.
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Ochanomizu University
is a women's national university in the Ōtsuka neighborhood of Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods.
Ohaguro
is the name given in Japan to the custom of blackening one's teeth with a solution of iron filings and vinegar.
Onryō
In Japanese traditional beliefs and literature, are a type of ghost believed to be capable of causing harm in the world of the living, injuring or killing enemies, or even causing natural disasters to exact vengeance to "redress" the wrongs it received while alive, then taking their spirits from their dying bodies.
Owari Province
was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya.
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Ox
An ox (oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Papier-mâché
Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti Papier-mâché, frequently written as paper mache, is a composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, and bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste.
Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.
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Pechin
, or, historically 大やこもい Opoyakomoi, was a rank among the Yukatchu class of the former Ryukyu Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa, Japan), above the rank of Satunushi and below the rank of Ueekata.
Pederasty
Pederasty or paederasty is a sexual relationship between an adult man and a boy.
Pederasty in ancient Greece
Pederasty in ancient Greece was a socially acknowledged romantic relationship between an older male (the erastes) and a younger male (the eromenos) usually in his teens.
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Philip II of Spain
Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.
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Philip III of Spain
Philip III (Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain.
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Photochrom
Photochrom, Fotochrom, Photochrome or the Aäc process is a process for producing colorized images from a single black-and-white photographic negative via the direct photographic transfer of the negative onto lithographic printing plates.
Plate armour
Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer.
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (Gregorius XIII; Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585.
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Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V (Paulus V; Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621.
Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V (Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590.
Portuguese Mozambique
Portuguese Mozambique (Moçambique Portuguesa) or Portuguese East Africa (África Oriental Portuguesa) were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the period in which it was a Portuguese colony.
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Power Rangers Samurai
Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the children's television series Power Rangers, which is based on the Japanese Super Sentai Series. The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers, after Saban Brands (replacing BVS Entertainment as the main producer) acquired the franchise.
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Primogeniture
Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative.
Prince Mochihito
(died June 1180), also known as the Takakura Prince, and as Minamoto no Mochimitsu (源 以光), was a son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan. Samurai and Prince Mochihito are Japanese nobility.
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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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Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.
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Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (translit;; Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land.
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Ran (film)
is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, edited and co-written by Akira Kurosawa.
Rattan
Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay: rotan), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae.
Rōnin
In feudal Japan (1185–1868), a rōnin (浪人,, 'drifter' or 'wandering man') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. Samurai and rōnin are Japanese warriors.
Red seal ships
were Japanese armed merchant sailing ships bound for Southeast Asian ports with red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate in the first half of the 17th century.
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Reincarnation
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.
Requiem from the Darkness
is an anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment based on the series of short stories written and collected under the title by Natsuhiko Kyogoku.
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Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
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Ryūzōji clan
was a Japanese kin group which traces its origin to Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu.
Saigō Takamori
was a Japanese samurai and nobleman.
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Saitō Hajime
(born; February 18, 1844 – September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi.
Sakamoto Ryōma
was a Japanese samurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.
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Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
was a court noble, general and shōgun of the early Heian period of Japan.
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Sakoku
is the most common name for the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and almost all foreign nationals were banned from entering Japan, while common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country. Samurai and Sakoku are Japanese historical terms.
Samurai 7
Samurai 7 (stylized as SAMURAI 7) is a 2004 anime television series produced by Gonzo and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai.
Samurai Champloo
is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series.
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Sanada Yukimura
, also known as, was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period.
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Sasaki Kojirō
was a Japanese swordsman who may have lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods and is known primarily for the story of his duel with Miyamoto Musashi in 1612, where Sasaki was killed.
Satsuma Province
was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.
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Satsuma Rebellion
The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the, was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government of Japan, nine years into the Meiji era.
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Sōjutsu
, meaning "art of the spear", is the Japanese martial art of fighting with a.
Second Japanese Embassy to Europe (1864)
The Second Japanese Embassy to Europe (第２回遣欧使節, also 横浜鎖港談判使節団), also called the Ikeda Mission, was sent on February 6, 1864 by the Tokugawa shogunate.
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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.
Sengoku period
The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Separation Edict
The was a law composed of three articles which was promulgated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi on 8 October 1591, the 19th year of the Tensho era during the Azuchi–Momoyama period.
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Seppuku
, also called, is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.
Sesshō and Kampaku
In Japan, was a regent who was named to act on behalf of either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress regnant. Samurai and Sesshō and Kampaku are Japanese historical terms and Japanese nobility.
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Seven Samurai
is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film co-written, directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa.
Seven Spears of Shizugatake
The were a sobriquet of 7 vassals of Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the battle of Shizugatake in 1583.
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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.
Shōwa era
The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989.
Shibata Katsuie
or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.
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Shigurui
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi.
Shikken
The was a titular post held by a member of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, and so he was head of the bakufu (shogun's government). Samurai and Shikken are Japanese historical terms.
Shimabara Rebellion
The, also known as the or, was an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan from 17 December 1637 to 15 April 1638.
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Shimazu Takahisa
, a son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a daimyō during Japan's Sengoku period.
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Shimazu Yoshihiro
was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa.
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Shin Meikai kokugo jiten
The, commonly called the Shinmeikai or affectionately the, is a popular Japanese dictionary published by Sanseidō.
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Shingen-ko Festival
The is a Japanese festival (matsuri) which is held annually to celebrate the legacy of daimyō Takeda Shingen in Kōfu, the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Shinto
Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.
Shizoku
The was a social class in Japan composed of former samurai after the Meiji Restoration from 1869 to 1947. Samurai and Shizoku are Japanese warriors.
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogun
Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
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.
Siege of Osaka
The was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.
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Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. is an American independent book publishing company founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, with a satellite office in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Star Wars (film)
Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.
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Suijutsu
Suijutsu (水術) or suieijutsu (水泳術) is the Japanese martial art of combative swimming.The Literal translation of the term from Japanese is "water skills".
Sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
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Suntory Museum of Art
The is an arts museum located in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi, Tokyo.
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Tachi
A is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (''nihonto'') worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
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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Taihō Code
The was an administrative reorganisation enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period.
Taika Reform
The were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 Kōtoku tennō) in the year 645.
Taiko
are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments.
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.
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 Sadamori
Taira no Sadamori (平 貞盛)(10th century) was a samurai of the Taira clan who was involved in suppressing the revolt of Taira no Masakado in the 930s-940.
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Taira no Tadanori
(1144–1184) was a poet and military leader of the late Heian period of Japan.
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Taira no Tokuko
, later known as, was the daughter of Taira no Kiyomori and Taira no Tokiko.
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Takashi Okazaki
(born March 18, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, visual designer and graphic designer, most notable for writing and illustrating the manga series Afro Samurai.
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Takasugi Shinsaku
was a samurai from the Chōshū Domain of Japan who contributed significantly to the Meiji Restoration.
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Takeda Nobushige
was a samurai of Japan's Sengoku period, and younger brother of Takeda Shingen.
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Takeda Shingen
was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.
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Takizawa Bakin
(italic), a.k.a. (italic, 4 July 1767 – 1 December 1848), was a Japanese novelist of the Edo period.
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Tanegashima
is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Tanegashima (gun)
, most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English, was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
Tantō
A is a traditionally made Japanese knife that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Tantojutsu
Tantōjutsu (短刀術) is a Japanese term for a variety of traditional Japanese knife fighting systems that used the tantō (短刀), as a knife or dagger.
Tatami (Japanese armour)
Tatami (畳具足), or tatami gusoku (from 畳む tatamu, "to fold", and gusoku, "full suit of armour"), was a type of lightweight portable folding Japanese armour worn during the feudal era of Japan by the samurai class and their foot soldiers (ashigaru).
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Tenshō embassy
The Tenshō embassy (Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the pope and the kings of Europe in 1582.
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Ternate
Ternate, also known as the City of Ternate, is a city in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands.
Tessenjutsu
Tessenjutsu (translation) is the martial art of the Japanese war fan (tessen).
The Asahi Shimbun
is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.
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is a 1958 Japanese jidaigeki adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
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The Journal of Asian Studies
The Journal of Asian Studies is the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, publishing peer-reviewed academic scholarship in the field of Asian studies.
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The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges.
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The Tale of the Heike
is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185).
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Throne of Blood
is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606) from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama.
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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 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 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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Tokuhime (Oda)
, also known as and was a Japanese noble lady from the Sengoku period. Samurai and Tokuhime (Oda) are Japanese nobility.
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
was established by Daisaku Ikeda and opened near the Sōka University campus in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, in 1983.
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Tokyo Imperial Palace
The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.
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Tokyo National Museum
The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo Station
Tōkyō Station (東京駅) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Torii Mototada
was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Toyotomi clan
The was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese before the Edo period.
Toyotomi Hidenaga
, formerly known as or.
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Toyotomi Hidetsugu
was a during the Sengoku period of Japan.
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Toyotomi Hideyori
was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan.
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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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Tsu Castle
was a Japanese castle located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年; 30 April 1839 – 9 June 1892) was a Japanese printmaker.
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Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Tsutaya Jūzaburō (蔦屋 重三郎; 13 February 1750 – 31 May 1797) was the founder and head of the Tsutaya publishing house in Edo, Japan, and produced illustrated books and ukiyo-e woodblock prints of many of the period's most famous artists.
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Uesugi Kenshin
, later known as, was a Japanese daimyō.
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University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature.
Wakita Naokata
, Korean name Gim Yeocheol, was a samurai who served the Maeda clan in the early Edo period.
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Wakizashi
The is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) worn by the samurai in feudal Japan.
Wako University
is a private university in Japan.
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Western film
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, the genre also includes many examples of stories set in locations outside the frontier – including Northern Mexico, the Northwestern United States, Alaska, and Western Canada – as well as stories that take place before 1849 and after 1890.
William Adams (samurai)
, better known in Japan as, was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
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William Scott Wilson
William Scott Wilson (born 1944, Nashville, Tennessee) is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the martial tradition of that country.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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Xbox
Xbox is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming service Xbox Cloud Gaming, and online services such as the Xbox network and Xbox Game Pass.
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Yabusame
is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery.
Yaesu
is a district in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, located north of Ginza, west of Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi, and adjacent to the east side of Tokyo Station.
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
was one of the most famous and romanticized of the samurai in Japan's feudal era.
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Yagyū Munenori
was a Japanese daimyo, swordsman, and martial arts writer, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Muneyoshi.
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Yamada Nagamasa
was a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in the Ayutthaya Kingdom at the beginning of the 17th century and became the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, which is on the Malay Peninsula in present-day Southern Thailand.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
, Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō (June 11, 1659 – November 30, 1719), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige.
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Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.
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Yamaoka Tesshū
, also known as Ono Tetsutarō or Yamaoka Tetsutarō, was a famous samurai of the Bakumatsu period, who played an important role in the Meiji Restoration.
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Yamauchi Chiyo
Yamauchi Chiyo (山内千代) or Kenshōin (見性院, 1557 – 1617) was a Japanese noble lady from the Sengoku period to the early of the Edo period.
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Yari
is the term for a traditionally-made Japanese blade (日本刀; nihontō) in the form of a spear, or more specifically, the straight-headed spear.
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Yasuke
Yasuke (弥助 / 弥介) was a man of African origin who served as a samurai to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga for a period of 15 months between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.
Yōrō Code
The was one iteration of several codes or governing rules compiled in early Nara period in Classical Japan.
Yi Sun-sin
Yi Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon period.
Yodo-dono
or (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period.
Yojimbo
is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers.
Yoke
A yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals.
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Yokosuka
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Yoriki
were members of the samurai class of feudal Japan.
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan (Mongolian:, Yeke Yuwan Ulus, literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its ''de facto'' division.
Yuki no Kata
Yuki no Kata (ゆきの方), Lady Kita or Oyuki (おゆき), was a Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) in the Sengoku period.
Yumi
is the Japanese term for a bow.
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Zen
Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng), and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.
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10,000 yen note
The ¥10,000 note (1万円紙幣 ichiman-en shihei) is the largest banknote denomination of the Japanese yen, as well as the largest denomination of the Japanese yen overall.
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16th century
The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).
See also
12th-century establishments in Japan
- Chion-in
- Dainenbutsu-ji
- Enshō-ji (Antei)
- Enshō-ji (Kenchō)
- Geto Onsen
- Jōdo-shū
- Jōmyō-ji
- Jōshō-ji
- Kabasaki-ji
- Kanagasaki Castle
- Kotabe Foundry
- Negoro-ji
- Rokushō-ji
- Saishō-ji
- Samurai
- Shōzui Castle
- Sonshō-ji
- Yato Castle
1879 disestablishments in Japan
- Kikoe-ōgimi
- Ryukyu Domain
- Samurai
Japanese caste system
Japanese warriors
- Ashigaru
- Ashikaga Masatomo
- Byakkotai
- Gonin Gumi
- Hangaku Gozen
- Heki Danjō Masatsugu
- Ikkō-ikki
- Kamachi Akimori
- Kondei
- Kudō Suketaka
- Kyoto Mimawarigumi
- Nihonmatsu Shonentai
- Ninja
- Onna-musha
- Rōnin
- Rōshigumi
- Saika Ikki
- Samurai
- Sashimono
- Shinsengumi
- Shizoku
- Sōhei
- Tokomaro
- Totoribe no Yorozu
- Ueda Sōko
- Yamabushi
- Ōban (Great Watch)
- Ōtomo no Kanamura
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
Also known as Buke (Japan), Bunbu-ryōdō, Bushi (Japanese warrior), Bushi (warrior), Japanese Samurai, Kenkaku, O-yori, Saburai, Samaurai, Samorai, Samuari, Samurai people, Samurai swords, Samurai warrior, Samurais, Samuri, Samuri sword.
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