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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] [14] Such words which use certain kanji to name a certain Japanese word solely for the purpose of representing the word's meaning regardless of the given kanji's on'yomi or kun'yomi, a.k.a. jukujikun, is not uncommon in Japanese. Other original names in Chinese texts include Yamatai country (邪馬台国), where a Queen Himiko lived.

  3. Eastern Old Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Old Japanese (abbreviated as EOJ; Japanese: 上代東国方言, 上代東国語) is a group of heterogenous varieties of Old Japanese, historically spoken in the east of Japan, in the area traditionally called Togoku or Azuma.

  4. Historiography of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The historiography of Japan (日本史学史 Nihon shigakushi) is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan.. The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku, who is said to have written the Tennōki and the Kokki in 620 CE.

  5. List of One-Punch Man characters - Wikipedia

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    Ch. 37 Blast is the only individual who Tatsumaki sees in high regard and she awaits his return. Ch. 106 She owed Blast for saving her life and renewed her motivation to protect her only family, Blizzard. Ch. 137. Tatsumaki is voiced by Aoi Yūki in the original Japanese version. [1]

  6. Tagawa Matsu - Wikipedia

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    Tagawa Matsu (田川マツ; 1601–1647) or Weng-shi (翁氏), was the mother of Koxinga, [3] daughter of Tagawa Shichizaemon (田川七左衛門), a vassal of Hirado Domain. She was a Japanese who lived most of her life in the coastal town of Hirado, then later migrated to China.

  7. Tamamo-no-Mae - Wikipedia

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    Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前, 玉藻の前, also 玉藻御前) is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology. One of the stories explaining the legend comes from Muromachi period (1336 to 1573) genre fiction called otogizōshi. In the otogizōshi Tamamo-no-Mae was a courtesan under the Japanese Emperor Konoe (who reigned from 1142 through 1155).

  8. Toyotomi clan - Wikipedia

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    As the virtual ruler of most of Japan, Hideyoshi received the new clan name "Toyotomi" in 1585 from the emperor, and achieved the unification of Japan in 1590. [1] When Hideyoshi died in 1598, his son Toyotomi Hideyori was only five years old. Five regents were appointed to rule until his maturity, and conflicts among them began quickly.

  9. Sasaki clan - Wikipedia

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    Minamoto no Nariyori, great-grandson of Masazane, is the first who took the name of Sasaki from his domain in Ōmi province (now Shiga). Hideyoshi (1112–1184), descendant of Minamoto no Nariyori, lost his parents young and became an orphan. He was adopted by Minamoto no Tameyoshi (then head of the Seiwa Genji).