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Arita ware
有田焼
伊万里焼
alternative words: Arita, Aritayaki, Arita yaki, Arita ceramic, Imari ware, Imari, Imari yaki, Imariyaki, Imari ceramic
keywords:
art
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craft
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korea
,
thing
related topics:
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Invasion of Korea
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Satsuma ware
related web sites:
http://www.imari.ne.jp
explanation: Ceramic made at Arita city in Saga prefecture. It is also called Imari ware after the name of its export harbor. The ceramic was invented in 1616 by a naturalized Korean potter, Ri Sanpei who Toyotomi Hideyoshi had brought to Japan during the Korean campaign. Initially it had only blue color but thanks to an invention of Sakaida Kakiemon, a red color has been added around 1640 and got a fame even in Europe. The name of Kakiemon comes from the color of this pottery, kaki (persimmon).
Battle of Hakusukinoe
白村江の戦い
白村江の戦い
alternative words: Hakusukinoe no tatakai, Hakusonko no tatakai, Hakusukinoe, Hakusonko
keywords:
korea
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war
related topics:
Emperor Tenchi
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Paekche
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Silla
explanation: In 660, one of 3 Korean kingdoms, Paekche, was conquered by Tang and Silla's troops and its king, captured. Some retainers, fled to Japan, requested its help to restore Paekche's throne. Japan responded positively and sent dozens of thousands soldiers to Korean peninsula. During a great naval battle which took place in 663 near Hakusukinoe river, Japanese fleet was severely beaten. As consequence of this battle, Japan had been definitively excluded from the peninsula.
Emperor Tenchi
天智天皇
天智天皇
中大兄皇子
天智
alternative words: Emperor Tenji, Tenchi tenno, Tenchi tennou, Tenji tenno, Tenji tennou, Nakano oe, Prince Nakano oe, Tenchi
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
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korea
related topics:
Asuka period
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Taika reform
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Ritsuryo system
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Nakatomi no Kamatari
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Soga no Iruka
,
Battle of Hakusukinoe
related web sites:
http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/~yoshiro/html/history/honbun/jinshin.html
explanation: Born in 626 as the eldest son of Emperor Jomei. He carried out a coup d'�tat with Nakatomi no Kamatari to eliminate Soga family in 645 then introduced Taika reform to create a centralized Japan (Ritsuryo regime). He had remained as the crown prince of Emperor Kotoku then Empress Saimei, his mother, but after a disaster of the battle of Hakusukinoe in Korea, he moved the capital to Otsu on the shore of Lake Biwa and became the 38th emperor in 668. He died in 671.
Empress Jingu
神功皇后
息長足姫命
息長帯比売命
alternative words: Empress Jingukogo, Jingukogo, Jingu-kogo, Jingu kogo, Okinagatarashihime, Okinagatarashi-hime, Princess Okinagatarashi, Jingu
keywords:
emperor
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famous person
,
korea
,
mythology
related topics:
Nihonshoki
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Himiko
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Emperor Ojin
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Paekche
,
Silla
,
Koguryo
related web sites:
http://www.joyful.gr.jp/box1/japanese/jinrin.html
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http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/4815/sumiyoshi.html
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http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kam/navi/kinokuni/historyjinguu.htm
explanation: Wife of the 14th Emperor, Chuai. According Nihonshoki, after the death of her husband, she would have crossed over the sea to conquer 3 Korean Kingdoms, Koguryo, Paekche and Silla while an expected son and the future Emperor, Ojin in her body. After his birth, she would have returned back to Yamato with Ojin to punish those who didn't want them. Nihonshoki also says that Himiko should be another name of Jingu but many historians don't agree with this thesis.
Great Kanto earthquake
関東大震災
alternative words: Great earthquake of Kanto, Tokyo earthquake of 1923, Kantodaishinsai, Kanto daishinsai
keywords:
event
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korea
related topics:
Taisho period
related web sites:
http://www.japan-guide.com/a/earthquake/
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http://www.ynet.co.jp/touyoko/taisyo2.htm
explanation: The most devastating earthquake in modern Japan. It occurred on September 1st, 1923 in southern Kanto region with Sagami bay as epicenter and 100,000 people, many of them by a post quake fire, were killed. Its magnitude was about 7.9 in Japanese meteorology scale and 2 thirds of Tokyo's houses were demolished. All the transport and communication being cut off, the government ordered a martial law to halt the social unrest but many Koreans and anarchists were killed by rumors.
Gyoki
行基
alternative words: St Gyoki, Saint Gyoki, Gyouki, Gyogi
keywords:
buddhism
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famous person
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korea
,
priest
related topics:
Nara period
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Emperor Shomu
related web sites:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/gyouki.html
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http://www.spi.ne.jp/~jgg4450/garyu-ii/index-i.htm
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http://www.city.koga.ibaraki.jp/rekihaku/2001haru/p1.htm
explanation: Buddhist priest of Nara period. Born in 668 in a Paekche descent family of southern Osaka. After having studied Buddhism from Dosho and Gien at Yakushiji temple, he traveled through different provinces to preach Buddhism and helped peasants to build bridges and dikes. Initially persecuted for troubling peasants, he succeeded soon to indoctrinate Emperor Shomu and participated in building Todaiji temple. He would have drawn the oldest Japanese map (Gyoki zu). He died in 749.
Invasion of Korea
朝鮮出兵
文禄の役
慶長の役
文禄・慶長の役
alternative words: Bunroku no eki, Keicho no eki, Bunroku Keicho no eki, Bunroku Keicho attack, Korean campaign
keywords:
china
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korea
,
war
related topics:
Sengoku period
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Kato Kiyomasa
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Arita ware
,
Satsuma ware
related web sites:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/forty-sixer/hideyoshi.htm
explanation: Aware of a smallness of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi decided, after its unification, to invade China. He began first to send troops to Korea in May 1592. Ill prepared, Koreans were quickly defeated and Japanese reached Manchuria frontier in few months. It provoked in turn a massive response of Chinese troops and the both countries signed an armistice. Unhappy with it, Hideyoshi sent again troops in 1597 but this time the campaign was more difficult and ended with the death of Hideyoshi.
Ito Hirobumi
伊藤博文
alternative words: Hirobumi Ito, Itou Hirobumi, Hirobumi Itou, Itoh Hirobumi
keywords:
famous person
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korea
,
meiji revolution
,
statesman
related topics:
Meiji Revolution
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Meiji period
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Choshu domain
,
Yoshida Shoin
,
Genro
,
Meiji constitution
related web sites:
http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/momorx/
explanation: Born in 1841 in a poor family of Choshu domain. After studies in Yoshida Shoin's school, he was sent to England to learn western technology but returned back when a war against 4 colonial powers broke out. After the restoration of Meiji, he became the most influential man and worked on the elaboration of Meiji constitution to become himself the first Japanese prime minister. Favorable to the annexation of Korea, he was assassinated by a nationalist in 1909 in Manchuria.
Japanese paper
和紙
日本紙
alternative words: Washi, Wa-shi, Wa shi, Nihonshi, Nihon-shi, Nihon shi
keywords:
china
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craft
,
korea
related topics:
Heian period
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Kamakura period
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Edo period
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Shoji
related web sites:
http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture/washi/index.htm
explanation: Invented in China, its fabrication technique was brought to Japan in 610 by a Korean priest, Doncho. During Heian period, fancy papers that the nobility used to write down their poems were created from the official factories. In the following Kamakura period, the samurai clan needed utility paper while the factories were decentralized and Japanese paper reached its apogee during Edo period with more that 100 varieties but declined with an arrival of western papers.
Japanese top
独楽
コマ
alternative words: Top, Tops
keywords:
china
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game
,
korea
related topics:
Nara period
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Edo period
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New year
related web sites:
http://members.aol.com/nagegoma/micyan1/indexb.html
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http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~eohashi/
explanation: In Japanese, "top" is called "koma" because it arrived to Japan through Korea (koma is its old name) from China during Nara period. First, it had become popular among aristocrats with "unarigoma" (humming top) then spread among all the classes with quite different materials (wood, bamboo, metal etc.) during middle ages. During Edo period a top acrobat was popular. Combat of metallic tops ("begoma") is also well known. Top was greatly played during a new year festival until recently.
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