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Abarenbō Shōgun
(direct translation: Rogue General) is a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network.
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Andō Nobumasa
was a late-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th daimyō of Iwakitaira Domain in the Tōhoku region of Japan, and the 10th hereditary chieftain of the Andō clan.
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Asano Naganori
was the daimyō of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701).
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Ōoku
The refers to the harem of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning shōgun resided.
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Ōta Dōkan
, also known as Ōta Sukenaga (太田 資長) or Ōta Dōkan Sukenaga, was a Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk.
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Bailey (castle)
A bailey or ward in a fortification is a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall.
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Chiyoda, Tokyo
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan.
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Daimyō
The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.
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Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
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Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.
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Dejima
, in old Western documents Latinised as Deshima, Decima, Desjima, Dezima, Disma, or Disima, was a Dutch trading post notable for being the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world during the Edo period. It was a small fan-shaped artificial island formed by digging a canal through a small peninsula in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634 by local merchants. Dejima was built to constrain foreign traders. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, it was used by the Dutch as a trading post from 1641 until 1853. Covering an area of or, it was later integrated into the city through the process of land reclamation. In 1922, the "Dejima Dutch Trading Post" was designated a Japanese national historic site.
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Edo
, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
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Edo clan
The Edo clan were a minor offshoot of the Taira clan, and first fortified the settlement known as Edo, which would later become Tokyo.
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Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.
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Forty-seven rōnin
The revenge of the, also known as the or Akō vendetta, is an 18th-century historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master.
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Foul papers
Foul papers are an author's working drafts.
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François Caron
François Caron (1600–1673) was a French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands who served the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) for 30 years, rising from cabin boy to Director-General at Batavia (Jakarta), only one grade below Governor-General.
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Fukuoka Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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Fushimi Castle
, also known as or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a castle in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward.
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Great fire of Meireki
The, also known as the Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of the Japanese capital city of Edo (now Tokyo) on March 2, 1657, the third year of the Meireki Imperial era.
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Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
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Hibiya
is a colloquial name for a neighborhood of Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo.
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Hie Shrine
The is a Shinto shrine in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
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Himeji Castle
is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in the city of Himeji which is located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.
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History of Japan
The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times.
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Ichigaya
is an area in the eastern portion of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Imperial Household Agency
The is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and also keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan.
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Izumi Domain
Honda Tadatoshi of Izumi Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province in what is now part of the modern-day city of Iwaki, Fukushima.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japanese calendar
Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.
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Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan.
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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.
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Kamiyashiki of Matsudaira Tadamasa
The Kamiyashiki of Matsudaira Tadamasa was a large residential complex that was located outside Edo Castle in the 17th century.
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Kantō region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.
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Keep
A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.
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Kira Yoshinaka
was a kōke (master of ceremonies).
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Kitanomaru Park
is a public park in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan located North of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
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Kobori Masakazu
, better known as, was a notable Japanese artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Kurume Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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Later Hōjō clan
The Later was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region.
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List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments
To protect Japan's cultural heritage, the country's government selects through the Agency for Cultural Affairs important items and designates them as Cultural Properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
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Marunouchi
Marunouchi (丸の内) is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace.
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Matsu no Ōrōka
The was part of Edo Castle.
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Meiji Restoration
The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
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Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.
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Mon (architecture)
is a generic Japanese term for gate often used, either alone or as a suffix, in referring to the many gates used by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and traditional-style buildings and castles.
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Mount Fuji
, located on Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.
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Musashi Province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Musket
A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun that appeared in early 16th century Europe, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating heavy armor.
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National Archives of Japan
The preserve Japanese government documents and historical records and make them available to the public.
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Nijō Castle
is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan.
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Nippon Budokan
, often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
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Okayama Domain
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco
Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco was a Spanish colonial officer from New Spain.
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Sankin-kōtai
was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history.
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Satsuma Domain
, also known as Kagoshima Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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Sendai Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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Shōgun
The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).
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Siege of Edo
In the 1524 Siege of Edo, also known as the, the Hōjō, led by Hōjō Ujitsuna, besieged Edo castle, which was held by Uesugi Tomooki.
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Siege of Odawara (1590)
The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power.
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Siege of Osaka
The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty (960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.
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Sugawara no Michizane
, also known as or, was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan.
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Tatami
A is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms.
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The Emperor's Birthday
is a national holiday in the Japanese calendar celebrated on the birthday of the reigning Emperor, which is currently 23 December, as Emperor Akihito was born on that day in 1933.
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Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623.
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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
was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
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Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.
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Tokyo
, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.
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Tokyo Imperial Palace
The is the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan.
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Tokyo Station
is a railway station in the Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan.
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Tottori Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.
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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
was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".
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Uesugi clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (roughly 14th through 17th centuries).
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Wakizashi
The is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) worn by the samurai in feudal Japan.
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World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.
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Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous in Edo, present-day Tōkyō, Japan.
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Yotsuya
is a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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1703 Genroku earthquake
The occurred at 02:00 local time on December 31 (17:00 December 30 UTC).
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1855 Edo earthquake
The, also known as the Great Ansei earthquake, was one of the major disasters of the late-Edo period.
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1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The struck the Kantō Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_Castle
