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Mouri Motonari
毛利元就
alternative words: Motonari Mouri, Mori Motonari, Motonari Mori
keywords:
famous person
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war lord
related topics:
Sengoku period
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Oda Nobunaga
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Choshu domain
related web sites:
http://www.shinkin.co.jp/hiroshin/hiroshima/mo_top.htm
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http://www.cisnet.or.jp/~fujicre/mouri.html
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http://www.potato.ne.jp/~zhuben/
explanation: Born in 1497 in Hiroshima prefecture as the 2d son of Hiromoto. Clever tactician, he had survived under a protection of Ouchi family against Amako. After the assassination of Ouchi Yoshitaka, he punished traitors and annexed the feud of Ouchi then Amako. Once he controlled all Chugoku region, he entered a conflict against Oda Nobunaga but was saved thanks to his assassination. He gave a lesson to 3 sons by showing that each arrow can be broken but 3 together unbreakable. He died in 1571.
Muramasa
村正
右衛門尉村正
妖刀村正
alternative words: Uemonnojo Muramasa, Uemon no jo Muramasa, Cursed sword Muramasa
keywords:
art
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craft
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famous person
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weapon
related topics:
Muromachi period
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Sengoku period
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Japanese sword
related web sites:
http://nabesan.stbbs.net/history/japanese/muramasa.html
explanation: Sword smith of the late Muromachi period in Mie prefecture. By studying the swords, it was shown that there should have existed 3 generations of sword smiths who carried the name of Muramasa. They were characterized by a similitude of motifs on the both side and very popular during Sengoku period because of their sharpness. They became cursed swords of Tokugawa family because both the grand farther and farther of Tokugawa Ieyasu would have been killed by Muramasa swords.
Musashimaru Koyo
武蔵丸光洋
武蔵丸
alternative words: Musashimaru
keywords:
famous person
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foreigner
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sumo
related topics:
Sumo
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Yokozuna
related web sites:
http://www03.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/rd5/musasi/
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http://cen4.ec.hokudai.ac.jp/~s960084/report/yokoduna/y67.html
explanation: Born on May 2, 1971 in Samoa island and educated in Hawaii, he is the second foreign born sumo wrestler who has reached the rank of a great champion, Yokozuna. He won 7 times championship in the national tournaments and belongs to the stable of Musashigawa, contrary to other Hawaii born sumo wrestlers.
Mutsu Munemitsu
陸奥宗光
alternative words: Munemitsu Mutsu
keywords:
famous person
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meiji revolution
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statesman
related topics:
Sino-Japanese war
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Shimonoseki treaty
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Meiji revolution
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Han
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Sakamoto Ryoma
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Seinan war
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Ito Hirobumi
related web sites:
http://www06.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/fa2/redfield/0401.htm
explanation: Born in 1844 in a samurai family of Ki domain. He left his han very young and enrolled into Kaientai of Sakamoto Ryoma to overthrow Edo shogunate. After Meiji revolution, he carried out a tax reform as high ranking official but was jailed for a participation to Seinan war. After an amnesty, he entered foreign ministry and became foreign minister of Ito Hirobumi in 1892. He succeeded to modify an unequal custom treaty with Great Britain in 1894 and led the diplomacy of Sino-Japanese war. He died in 1897.
Myoan Yosai
明庵栄西
栄西
alternative words: Myoan Eisai, Yosai Myoan, Eisai Myoan, Yosai, Eisai
keywords:
buddhism
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china
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famous person
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priest
related topics:
Rinzai sect
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Tendai sect
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Zen
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Kamakura shogunate
explanation: Born in 1141 in a samurai family of Okayama prefecture. He learned first Esoteric Buddhism from Tendai sect of Mt Hiei. He went 2 times to China (1168 and 1186) to learn Zen, then opened the first Japanese Zen temple, Seifukuji, in Fukuoka. When he went to Kyoto to propagate Zen, he was persecuted by Tendai sect and had to flee to Kamakura. There he built Jufukuji temple under a patronage of Kamakura shogunate, then Kenninji temple at Kyoto. He died in 1215.
Nakahama Manjiro
中浜万次郎
ジョン万次郎
alternative words: Manjiro Nakahama, Manjiro, Manjirou, John Manjiro, John Manjirou
keywords:
explorer
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famous person
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meiji revolution
related topics:
Tosa domain
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Edo shogunate
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Meiji revolution
related web sites:
http://www.city.tosashimizu.kochi.jp/john/
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http://www2.netwave.or.jp/~okadas/dan/jonman.htm
explanation: Born in 1827 in a fisher family of Tosa domain. In 1841, his ships was wrecked and drifted but saved a half year later by an American whaler. He went then to USA and learnt English , navigation and mining techniques. After having worked in a gold mine and whaling, he returned back to Japan in 1851. Edo shogunate engaged him as a translator of foreign books. He taught also navigation and whaling techniques. After Meiji revolution, he became an English teacher. He died in 1898.
Nakatomi no Kamatari
中臣鎌足
藤原鎌足
alternative words: Nakatomino Kamatari, Fujiwara no Kamatari, Fujiwarano Kamatari, Kamatari
keywords:
famous person
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statesman
related topics:
Asuka period
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Taika reform
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Emperor Tenchi
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Soga no Iruka
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Fujiwara no Fuhito
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Fujiwara family
explanation: Born in 614 in a shinto priest family. Furious with the arrogance of Soga clan, he approached Prince Nakano ooe (later Emperor Tenchi) and plotted a coup d'�tat against them. After the elimination of Soga clan in 645, he became the prime minister (Nai Daijin) and strove for the success of Taika reform with Prince Nakano ooe. Juste before his death in 669, Emperor Tench offered him the name of "Fujiwara" who would become later the most influential nobility in Japan.
Nichiren
日蓮
日蓮上人
alternative words: Holly Nichiren, Nichiren shonin, Nichiren dai shonin, Nichiren shounin
keywords:
buddhism
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famous person
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priest
related topics:
Buddhism
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Kamakura shogunate
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Nichiren sect
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Invasion of Mongols
related web sites:
http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/~lotusueda/nichiren.htm
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http://www.nichiren.or.jp
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http://www.nichiren-etudes.net
explanation: Born in 1222 in Chiba prefecture. Sent at the age of 12 to Kinki region to learn different Buddhism, he convinced himself of the superiority of Hokekyo (Lotus Sutra) and condemned Jodo (Pure Land) belief. He entered the conflict with the latter and left the region for Kamakura. There, he wrote "Rissho ankokuron" who predicted a foreign invasion. For that reason, he was condemned to an exile to Sado island. After the Mongols' invasion, he was pardoned. He died in 1282 during a trip.
Ninomiya Kinjiro
二宮金次郎
二宮尊徳
alternative words: Ninomiya Sontoku, Kinjiro Ninomiya, Sontoku Ninomiya
keywords:
famous person
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scholar
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statesman
related topics:
Daimyo
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Edo period
related web sites:
http://www.okasan.shogakukan.co.jp/back_number/rensai/takeuchi/99b_p102.html
explanation: Born in 1787 in a poor peasant family of the western Kanagawa and lost both parents in childhood. But young Kinjiro succeeded to become a great land owner by hardworking abandoned fields. Due to the development of a money based economy, many daimyo of Kanto region had been over indebted so they asked an aid of Kinjiro to restore desolated villages. As a symbol of hardworking, many Japanese schools had a statue of young Kinjiro, reading a book while transporting firewood.
Noguchi Hideyo
野口英世
alternative words: Hideyo Noguchi
keywords:
famous person
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scholar
related topics:
Meiji period
related web sites:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~TETSU/9904aa.htm
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http://www.pref.fukushima.jp/list/ym961_l.html
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http://www.palnetwork.com/chie/1999/05/
explanation: Japanese bacteriologist, born in 1876 in Fukushima prefecture. He worked his way through school to become a doctor. In 1900, he immigrated to America to become a research assistant at Pennsylvania university then Rockefeller institute. He won a reputation of great scientist by discovering the agent of syphilis disease in 1911. In 1928, he died in Africa during his research on yellow fever by contracting himself this disease.
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