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元服, げんぶく, げんぷくceremony of attaining manhood Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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島原の乱, しまばらのらんShimabara Rebellion (1637-1638) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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一国一城, いっこくいちじょう(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle, being independent (acting without compromise or assistance), establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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西の丸, にしのまるwestern citadel, west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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中奥, なかおくarea of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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御局, おつぼねdignified lady-in-waiting who had her own private chamber or office at court or in the shogun's castle Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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蛤御門の変, はまぐりごもんのへんHamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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公儀, こうぎimperial court, shogunate government, authorities, public affairs, official, government Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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戊辰戦争, ぼしんせんそうBoshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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寺社奉行, じしゃぶぎょうgovernmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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御庭番衆, おにわばんしゅうOniwaban, the Shogunate's "guard of the inner garden" Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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御朱印船, ご朱印船, ごしゅいんせんshogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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幕藩体制, ばくはんたいせいthe feudal system characteristic of the shogunate Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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御台, みだいwife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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幕末, ばくまつclosing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of Edo era Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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五公五民, ごこうごみんland-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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七公三民, しちこうさんみんland-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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水茶屋, みずぢゃや, みずちゃや(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services), tea stall Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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中臈, ちゅうろうcourt ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period), female servant for a samurai family, lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period) Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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若衆, わかしゅ, わかしゅうyoung man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony), young male prostitute, young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute), younger partner in a homosexual relationship Added: Aug 9th 2017 06:13 AM
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