Japanese history - early modern

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

topknot (hair style)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

variation of "arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; red-haired barbarian

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Edo-period term for a time of day, roughly 6 pm

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

fifty-three stages on the Tokaido (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

cheap literature; writing for amusement

light literature popular in the late Edo period

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

vocation; lifework; calling

sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)

prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

high-ranking Noh actor

head of a school of noh performance

high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)

joruri narrator; manzai narrator

female role actor in kabuki

low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

family registry (of the district) (Edo period); population registry; records of an Edo period census

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

family which supports a temple; parishioner