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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
足利義満
義満
alternative words: Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, Yoshimitsu
keywords:
famous person
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shogun
related topics:
Muromachi shogunate
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Muromachi period
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Shogun
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Nanbokucho period
related web sites:
http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/kinkaku.htm
explanation: 3rd shogun of Muromachi shogunate. Born in 1358 as the eldest son of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, the 2nd shogun. Yoshimitsu unified successfully 2 imperial families (Nancho and Hokucho) which had divided the country, began the official trade with China, and built "Hanano gosho" as the office of Muromachi shogunate and Kinkakuji temple as his villa. During his reign, Muromachi shogunate reached its apogee. He died in 1358.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
近松門左衛門
alternative words: Monzaemon Chikamatsu
keywords:
famous person
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kabuki
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theater
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writer
related topics:
Edo period
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Kabuki
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Bunraku
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Ronin
related web sites:
http://www.sonoda-u.ac.jp/chikamatsu/
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http://www.kosaiji.org/chikamatsu/
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http://www.kosaiji.org
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http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~soyama/menu.htm
explanation: Born in 1653 in a samurai family of Fukui prefecture. As his father became a ronin, he worked as servant in a Kyoto's aristocrat and learnt to write. Becoming a popular scenario writer at the age 30, he worked most of time for Takemoto Gidayu's bunraku theater and Sakata Tojuro's kabuki theater. His favorite theme is men and women who suffer from a rigid social structure such as "Sonezaki shinju", "Meido no hikyaku", "Shinju ten no amijima". He died in 1724.
Commodore Perry
ペリー提督
alternative words: Matthew Calbraith Perry, Perry, Matthew Perry
keywords:
famous person
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foreigner
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military man
related topics:
Edo shogunate
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Kanagawa treaty
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Sakoku
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Black ship
related web sites:
http://www.lint.ne.jp/~meirokun/perry.htm
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http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~iwat/zenshi-2/zenshi-2.html
explanation: American marine officer, born in 1794. With the mission to establish a diplomatic relationship with Japan, he arrived on July 8, 1853 at Uraga near Tokyo with 4 battle ships. He asked Edo shogunate to open harbors by giving a credential letter of the American president. He promised to return back next year to get the official answer. So he came back in February 1854. Before his coercive attitude, Japan had to sign Kanakawa treaty by breaking 2 century old seclusion policy. He died in 1858.
Daikokuya Kodayu
大黒屋光太夫
光太夫
alternative words: Kodayu Daikokuya, Daikokuya Koudayuu, Kodayu
keywords:
famous person
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northern territory
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russia
related topics:
Laxman
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Ezochi
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Sakoku
related web sites:
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/daikokuya/kyoudo/main.html
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http://www.suzuka-ct.ac.jp/genl/fl/tsuzuki/koudayu/kou-sirizu/ko-siri-6-tsuzuki.htm
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http://www.pcs.ne.jp/~sakura/kodayu.html
explanation: Born in 1751 in Mie prefecture. During a course to bring rice to Tokyo as captain, his ship encountered a storm and wrecked to Aleut islands in 1782. After 4 year stay on an island, he reached finally Russian mainland and met Empress Catherine II. She decided to return him back to Japan, accompanied by Laxman. They arrived in 1792 at Nemuro. Due to Sakoku, he was asked not to tell his travel and spent the remaining life in an official district of Tokyo. He married there and died in 1828.
Date Masamune
伊達正宗
正宗
独眼龍
独眼竜
alternative words: Masamune Date, Masamune
keywords:
famous person
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war lord
related topics:
Sengoku period
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Hasekura Tsunenaga
related web sites:
http://hb2.seikyou.ne.jp/home/fm/
explanation: Born in 1567 in Yonezawa as son of a war lord, Date Terumune. He extended his fief by beating Ashina and Satake clans, but by surrendering to Toyotomi Hideyoshi who came to Odawara's siege, his fief shrunk again to the initial Yonezawa region. By allying with Tokugawa Ieyasu during the battle of Sekigahara, he got the fief of Sendai region. In 1613, he sent a delegation led by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Pope. Having lost one eye, he was nicknamed Dokuganryu (one eyed dragon). He died in 1636.
Eihe Dogen
永平道元
道元
alternative words: Eihei Dougen, Dogen Eihe, Dougen Eihei, Dogen, Dougen
keywords:
buddhism
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famous person
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priest
related topics:
Tendai sect
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Soto sect
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Zen
related web sites:
http://www.ic-net.or.jp/home/yaguchi/houwa/dougen.htm
explanation: Born in 1200 in a noble family of Kyoto. Lost very young both of parents, he entered Enryakuji monastery to study from Tendai sect. He then went to China in 1223 to study from Soto sect. Returned back in 1227, he wrote Fukan Zazengi which explains the practice of Zazen. Disgusted with established Buddhist sects, he moved to Fukui prefecture to build Eiheji temple. Because of hard discipline, his sect had become popular among samurai clans. He died in 1253.
Emperor Godaigo
後醍醐天皇
alternative words: Godaigo tenno, Emperor Go-daigo, Go-daigo tenno, Godaigo tennou, Godaigo
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
related topics:
Kamakura shogunate
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Ashikaga Takauji
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Kusunoki Masashige
related web sites:
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~takuhi/
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~wx7s-yngd/e01/e01.html
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http://www9.big.or.jp/~hiroshi1/taiheiki.htm
explanation: 96th emperor of Japan. Born in 1288, after 2 aborted putsches to overthrow Kamakura shougunate, he had been sent to Oki island as political prisoner. After the disappearance of shogunate, he returned back to Kyoto and restored the imperial regime (Kemmu restoration). But many samurais who helped him remained unhappy because of an unequal recompense. By taking advantage of the unrest, Ashikaga Takauji overthrew this regime. Godaigo died at a hidden court of Yoshino in 1339.
Emperor Gotoba
後鳥羽天皇
後鳥羽上皇
alternative words: Gotoba tenno, Retired emperor Gotoba, Gotobajoko, Gotoba joko, Gotoba
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
related topics:
Kamakura shogunate
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Shin Kokinshu
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Genji
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Hojoshi
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Insei
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Jokou
related web sites:
http://www.miracle.ne.jp/rainbow/siseki2.html
explanation: Born in 1180, 82th emperor of Japan. After the assassination of Minamoto no Sanetomo, he organized Jokyu rebellion in 1221 to reestablish the lost power of Kyoto's nobility, hoping to catch enough partisans who were unhappy with the dictatorship of Hojo clan. But he lost the battle and forced exile to Oki island and died hopelessly there in 1239. He was very talented in any domain such as poem, music, go, horse riding, swimming. He supervised the edition of Shin Kokinshu.
Emperor Jimmu
神武天皇
神武
alternative words: Jimmu Tenno, Jimmu-tenno, Jimmutenno, Emperor Jinmu, Jinmu Tenno, Jinmu-tenno, Jinmu tennou, Jinmu, Jimmu
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
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mythology
related topics:
Nihonshoki
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Kojiki
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Yamato dynasty
explanation: According to old Japanese history books like Kojiki or Nihonshoki, he left the southern Kyushu 2700 years ago to conquer Kinki region to become the first Emperor of Japan. There exists a great controversy on his existence: some negate it, others say he should have existed but the date of the event should be brought around the 3th century A. D. Anyway, this event should tell a migration of some folk from Kyushu to Kinki to make it a political center of Japan.
Emperor Kanmu
桓武天皇
alternative words: Kanmu tenno, Emperor Kammu, Kammu tenno, Kanmu tennou, Kanmu, Kammu
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
related topics:
Nagaokakyo
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Heiankyo
related web sites:
http://ww1.tiki.ne.jp/~i-mitu/heiannkyou.htm
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SG2H-YMST/kanmu.html
explanation: Born in 737. After the death of Empress Shotoku, Tenmu branch had been extinguished and a prince of Tench branch, Konin became an emperor. Shortly after, Kanmu succeeded his father and became the 50th emperor. In order to emphasize the arrival of a new era, he moved the capital to Nagaokakyo then to Heiankyo and strived to reestablish "Ritsuryo" i.e. centralized regime. His mother being Korean origin, he engaged more foreigners in the government. He died in 806.
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