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This section serves as a Glossary of definitions which are used heavily throughout the book and website, or to go further in-depth on topics, individuals, nations, or concepts that would be too lengthy to include within the paragraph itself.
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (德川 慶喜) (1837–1913) was the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. His tenure as shogun was marked by the...
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Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光) (1604–1651) was the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, succeeding his father, Tokugawa Hidetada. His reign...
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Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠) (1579–1632) was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, succeeding his father, Tokugawa Ieyasu. His...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川 家康) (1543–1616) was a prominent Japanese daimyo (feudal lord) and the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which...
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉) (1537–1598) was a prominent Japanese daimyo (feudal lord), warrior, and statesman who played a crucial role in...
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Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) (1534–1582) was a prominent Japanese daimyo (feudal lord) and military leader during the Sengoku period, a time of...
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Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信) (1530–1578) was a notable Japanese daimyo (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period, renowned for his military...
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Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄) (1521–1573) was a prominent Japanese daimyo (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period, a time of intense military...
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Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company, known as the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) in Dutch, was a powerful and influential trading...
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Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom (琉球國) was an independent kingdom that existed from the 15th century until it was annexed by Japan in the late 19th...
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Republic of Ezo
The Republic of Ezo (蝦夷共和國), also known as the Ezo Republic, was a short-lived independent state in northern Japan during the late Edo...
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Kyoto
Kyoto (京都) is a city located in the Kansai region of Japan, historically significant as the imperial capital for over a thousand years....
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Edo
Edo (江戸) is the former name of Tokyo and served as the de facto capital of Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate from 1603 to 1868. The...
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Sengoku Period
The Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai), often referred to as the "Warring States period," was a time of social upheaval, political...
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Bakumatsu Period
The Bakumatsu period (幕末時代, Bakumatsu jidai) refers to the final years of the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, from 1853 to 1868. This...
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Azuchi-Momoyama Period
The Azuchi-Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi-Momoyama jidai) is a significant era in Japanese history, spanning from approximately 1573 to...
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Koku
A Koku (石) is a traditional Japanese unit of volume that was historically used to measure quantities of rice and, by extension, to denote...
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Daimyo
A daimyo (大名) was a powerful Japanese feudal lord who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were...
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Shogun
A ‘Shogun’ (将軍), is the short form of the official title Sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍) meaning “great general who subdues the eastern...
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