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Ashikaga Yoshimasa足利義政alternative words: Yoshimasa Ashikaga keywords: famous person , shogun related topics: Muromachi shogunate , Muromachi period , Onin war , Shogun related web sites: http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/kyoto.htm explanation: Born in 1463 as a son of Ashikaga Yoshinori, the 6th Muromachi shogun. After a premature death of his brother, Yoshikatsu, he became the 8th shogun. Unable to get a child, he had chosen his young brother, Yoshimi, as his hair. One year later, his wife gave a son, Yoshihisa, and this provoked the most bloodiest power struggle in Muromachi period, "Onin War". Uninterested in politics, he gave up his title to Yoshihisa and retired in Ginkakuji Temple, built for his taste. He died in 1490. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu足利義満 義満alternative words: Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, Yoshimitsu keywords: famous person , shogun related topics: Muromachi shogunate , Muromachi period , Shogun , Nanbokucho period related web sites: http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/kinkaku.htm explanation: 3rd shogun of Muromachi shogunate. Born in 1358 as the eldest son of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, the 2nd shogun. Yoshimitsu unified successfully 2 imperial families (Nancho and Hokucho) which had divided the country, began the official trade with China, and built "Hanano gosho" as the office of Muromachi shogunate and Kinkakuji temple as his villa. During his reign, Muromachi shogunate reached its apogee. He died in 1358. Chikamatsu Monzaemon近松門左衛門alternative words: Monzaemon Chikamatsu keywords: famous person , kabuki , theater , writer related topics: Edo period , Kabuki , Bunraku , Ronin related web sites: http://www.sonoda-u.ac.jp/chikamatsu/ , http://www.kosaiji.org/chikamatsu/ , http://www.kosaiji.org , http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~soyama/menu.htm explanation: Born in 1653 in a samurai family of Fukui prefecture. As his father became a ronin, he worked as servant in a Kyoto's aristocrat and learnt to write. Becoming a popular scenario writer at the age 30, he worked most of time for Takemoto Gidayu's bunraku theater and Sakata Tojuro's kabuki theater. His favorite theme is men and women who suffer from a rigid social structure such as "Sonezaki shinju", "Meido no hikyaku", "Shinju ten no amijima". He died in 1724. Commodore Perryペリー提督alternative words: Matthew Calbraith Perry, Perry, Matthew Perry keywords: famous person , foreigner , military man related topics: Edo shogunate , Kanagawa treaty , Sakoku , Black ship related web sites: http://www.lint.ne.jp/~meirokun/perry.htm , http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~iwat/zenshi-2/zenshi-2.html explanation: American marine officer, born in 1794. With the mission to establish a diplomatic relationship with Japan, he arrived on July 8, 1853 at Uraga near Tokyo with 4 battle ships. He asked Edo shogunate to open harbors by giving a credential letter of the American president. He promised to return back next year to get the official answer. So he came back in February 1854. Before his coercive attitude, Japan had to sign Kanakawa treaty by breaking 2 century old seclusion policy. He died in 1858. Daikokuya Kodayu大黒屋光太夫 光太夫alternative words: Kodayu Daikokuya, Daikokuya Koudayuu, Kodayu keywords: famous person , northern territory , russia related topics: Laxman , Ezochi , Sakoku related web sites: http://www.iijnet.or.jp/daikokuya/kyoudo/main.html , http://www.suzuka-ct.ac.jp/genl/fl/tsuzuki/koudayu/kou-sirizu/ko-siri-6-tsuzuki.htm , http://www.pcs.ne.jp/~sakura/kodayu.html explanation: Born in 1751 in Mie prefecture. During a course to bring rice to Tokyo as captain, his ship encountered a storm and wrecked to Aleut islands in 1782. After 4 year stay on an island, he reached finally Russian mainland and met Empress Catherine II. She decided to return him back to Japan, accompanied by Laxman. They arrived in 1792 at Nemuro. Due to Sakoku, he was asked not to tell his travel and spent the remaining life in an official district of Tokyo. He married there and died in 1828. Date Masamune伊達正宗 正宗 独眼龍 独眼竜alternative words: Masamune Date, Masamune keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Hasekura Tsunenaga related web sites: http://hb2.seikyou.ne.jp/home/fm/ explanation: Born in 1567 in Yonezawa as son of a war lord, Date Terumune. He extended his fief by beating Ashina and Satake clans, but by surrendering to Toyotomi Hideyoshi who came to Odawara's siege, his fief shrunk again to the initial Yonezawa region. By allying with Tokugawa Ieyasu during the battle of Sekigahara, he got the fief of Sendai region. In 1613, he sent a delegation led by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Pope. Having lost one eye, he was nicknamed Dokuganryu (one eyed dragon). He died in 1636. Eihe Dogen永平道元 道元alternative words: Eihei Dougen, Dogen Eihe, Dougen Eihei, Dogen, Dougen keywords: buddhism , famous person , priest related topics: Tendai sect , Soto sect , Zen related web sites: http://www.ic-net.or.jp/home/yaguchi/houwa/dougen.htm explanation: Born in 1200 in a noble family of Kyoto. Lost very young both of parents, he entered Enryakuji monastery to study from Tendai sect. He then went to China in 1223 to study from Soto sect. Returned back in 1227, he wrote Fukan Zazengi which explains the practice of Zazen. Disgusted with established Buddhist sects, he moved to Fukui prefecture to build Eiheji temple. Because of hard discipline, his sect had become popular among samurai clans. He died in 1253. Emperor Godaigo後醍醐天皇alternative words: Godaigo tenno, Emperor Go-daigo, Go-daigo tenno, Godaigo tennou, Godaigo keywords: emperor , famous person related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Ashikaga Takauji , Kusunoki Masashige related web sites: http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~takuhi/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~wx7s-yngd/e01/e01.html , http://www9.big.or.jp/~hiroshi1/taiheiki.htm explanation: 96th emperor of Japan. Born in 1288, after 2 aborted putsches to overthrow Kamakura shougunate, he had been sent to Oki island as political prisoner. After the disappearance of shogunate, he returned back to Kyoto and restored the imperial regime (Kemmu restoration). But many samurais who helped him remained unhappy because of an unequal recompense. By taking advantage of the unrest, Ashikaga Takauji overthrew this regime. Godaigo died at a hidden court of Yoshino in 1339. Emperor Gotoba後鳥羽天皇 後鳥羽上皇alternative words: Gotoba tenno, Retired emperor Gotoba, Gotobajoko, Gotoba joko, Gotoba keywords: emperor , famous person related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Shin Kokinshu , Genji , Hojoshi , Insei , Jokou related web sites: http://www.miracle.ne.jp/rainbow/siseki2.html explanation: Born in 1180, 82th emperor of Japan. After the assassination of Minamoto no Sanetomo, he organized Jokyu rebellion in 1221 to reestablish the lost power of Kyoto's nobility, hoping to catch enough partisans who were unhappy with the dictatorship of Hojo clan. But he lost the battle and forced exile to Oki island and died hopelessly there in 1239. He was very talented in any domain such as poem, music, go, horse riding, swimming. He supervised the edition of Shin Kokinshu. Emperor Jimmu神武天皇 神武alternative words: Jimmu Tenno, Jimmu-tenno, Jimmutenno, Emperor Jinmu, Jinmu Tenno, Jinmu-tenno, Jinmu tennou, Jinmu, Jimmu keywords: emperor , famous person , mythology related topics: Nihonshoki , Kojiki , Yamato dynasty explanation: According to old Japanese history books like Kojiki or Nihonshoki, he left the southern Kyushu 2700 years ago to conquer Kinki region to become the first Emperor of Japan. There exists a great controversy on his existence: some negate it, others say he should have existed but the date of the event should be brought around the 3th century A. D. Anyway, this event should tell a migration of some folk from Kyushu to Kinki to make it a political center of Japan. Page number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 151 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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