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- until 1873. was the thirty-third emperor of Japan, according to the traditional ... with good governance and the promotion of a value based social system ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji Tennō, literally “emperor of ... *Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- scholar, administrator, and waka poet of the Nara period. Little is ... History shows that China, Korea and Japan had frequent cultural and ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ... Jianzhen promulgated the Lü-tsung (Vinaya) school of Buddhism, which ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- was not transferred to the Emperor of Japan with the forced end ... *Keene, Donald. 2002. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His world, 1852 ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- :For other uses of the word Taira see Taira (disambiguation) ... clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period on certain ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:27, 21 January 2024
- Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous ... two leaders, who both supported the Emperor of Japan, were brought together ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- or “ama shogun” (尼将軍) because of her role in the founding of ... Born in 1156 as the eldest daughter of the leader of the influential ...16 KB (2,515 words) - 16:09, 25 January 2023
- regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process ... significant improvement and standardization of papermaking by adding essential ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- , is the Japanese festival honoring the autumn moon, a variant of ... Traditionally in Japan, moon viewing was a way of honoring the moon ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- and Toshisuke in his youth, was one of the Meiji Era’s most famous ... As a youth, Itō joined the Sonno joi (“to revere the Emperor and ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa Tennō) (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- Army and the third and ninth Prime Minister of Japan. A general and a member ... Japanese army and instituting a system of conscription, and in organizing ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- Gojong, the Gwangmu Emperor (July 25, 1852 – January 21, 1919), ... an heir. The Dowager Queen Sinjeong, mother of King Heonjong, the king before ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari, 平家物語) is an epic ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- regarded as the holiest temple complex in Japan. Located in the city of Ise ... Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of over one hundred individual ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 03:00, 8 March 2024
- political theorist, statesman, and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in ... During his youth, Kato was a liberal advocate of constitutional government ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... and Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu for the Emperor of Japan and Li Hongzhang and ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- (1159 – June 15, 1189) was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan ... The exploits of Yoshitsune and his faithful follower, the monk Benkei ...13 KB (2,039 words) - 18:09, 9 November 2022
- The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Chrysanthemum is the common name and genus name for a group of erect ... quot; or "crest") of the emperor of Japan today, and therefore ...17 KB (2,581 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- The Battle of Cheongsanri (Chingshanri in Chinese) was fought in October ... Although no dramatic change in the status of relations between the ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- Korean empress Queen Min was assassinated in the early hours of October ... * Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His world, 1852-1912 ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- along the Silk Road to China, Korea and Japan. The technique was also highly ... confused with Canton enamel, a similar type of enamel work that is painted ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- as a Japanese hero and a founding father of the modern age. He was a visionary ... known as "Tosa," on the island of Shikoku, Japan. He was the ...18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
- associated with the establishment of Confucianism as the official ... literature, Tung Chungshu influenced the Emperor Han Wu-ti and held official ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 18:44, 2 May 2023
- Donald Keene. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912. (New ... *Keane, Donald. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912. ...14 KB (2,063 words) - 02:43, 16 December 2022
- essayist, Biblical scholar, and founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai ... ("worshiping") before the portrait of Emperor Meiji and the Imperial ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, "period of enlightened ... After World War II, Japan was occupied by a foreign power for the ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (374-413, r. 391-413) was the nineteenth ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- A hierarchical Sinocentric model of international relations, dominated ... place at the center with varying degrees of success. The Sinocentric tribute ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Meiji-jidai) denotes the 45 year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in ... revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and ...24 KB (3,557 words) - 04:15, 9 November 2022
- Genpei gassen, 1180–1185) was a series of conflicts between the Taira ... as Gempei) comes from alternate readings of the kanji for 'Minamoto ...23 KB (3,568 words) - 19:36, 23 October 2022
- , also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism, derived ... as expressed in the nembutsu (repetition of the name of Amida). Through ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- Min, married to King Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902 ... Queen Min, an unlikely person to take the reins of Korea during the ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- , born Yáng Yùhuán (楊玉環), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient ... been a court favorite, began the Rebellion of Anshi, taking the capital of ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- - 1662), was a military leader at the end of the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Born ... Zheng Chenggong was a prominent leader of the Ming loyalist movement ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- – 708 or 710 C.E.), was a Japanese poet of the Nara period who featured ... As an official poet to the court of three successive rulers, Hitomaro ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 October 2022
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ... (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- executive officer (from 1971), and chairman of the board (from 1976–1994 ... Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan. Morita died on October ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- The Records of Three Kingdoms (三國志, 三国志, Sānguó Zhì ... Records of Three Kingdoms became the basis for a later historical ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- There are not specific matsuri days for all of Japan; dates vary from area ... and still others around contests where many of the participants sport loin ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- " Her myths are the most important of the indigenous Japanese faith ... became the ancestor of Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological birds ... Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand ... Sima Qian’s style of writing was easy to read, full of humor and ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism ... Buddhism, reasserting the importance of repentance and internal enlightenment ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- Shinbutsu shūgō (Japanese for the "fusion of kami and Buddhas ... to harmonize the rituals and practices of two different world religions ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- The Battle of Pasir Panjang initiated upon the advancement of elite ... the Malay archipelago for its key importance of protecting trade to China. ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
