Japanese history - early modern

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    • 江戸城(えどじょう)
    • えどじょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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    • 藩(はん)
    • はん
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix

    fiefdom; domain (precursor to current prefectures)

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    • 関(せきがはら)ヶ原()の戦(たたか)い
    • 関(せきがはら)ケ原()の戦(たたか)い
    • 関(せきがはら)ヶ原()の戦(せん)
    • せきがはらのたたかい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

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    • 参勤(さんきん)交替(こうたい)
    • 参覲交代(さんきんこうたい)
    • さんきんこうたい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)

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    • 参勤交代(さんきんこうたい)
    • さんきんこうたい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    daimyo's alternating Edo residence

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    • 新選組(しんせんぐみ)
    • 新撰組(しんせんぐみ)
    • しんせんぐみ
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Shinsengumi; shogunate police and military force located in Kyoto and dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities (Edo period)

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    • 譜代(ふだい)大名(だいみょう)
    • ふだいだいみょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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    • 外様(とざま)大名(だいみょう)
    • とざまだいみょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    non-Tokugawa daimyo

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    • 士農工商(しのうこうしょう)
    • しのうこうしょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

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    • 侍(さむらい)
    • さむらい
    • さぶらい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

    man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

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    • 大名(だいみょう)
    • だいみょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    daimyo (Japanese feudal lord); daimio

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    • 大奥(おおおく)
    • おおおく
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

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    • 中山道(なかせんどう)
    • 中仙道(なかせんどう)
    • なかせんどう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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    • 東海道(とうかいどう)
    • とうかいどう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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    • 尊皇王(そんのうおう)攘夷(じょうい)
    • 尊皇(そんのう)攘夷(じょうい)
    • 尊王(そんのう)攘夷(じょうい)
    • そんのうじょうい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    19th century slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners

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