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  Glossary of Terms
Century; carried by the retainers of a daimyo in battle (and the daimyo himself) and displaying individual family crests, patterns, or written characters.
With no more battles to fight, the Edo samurai refined their ways of thinking and in many ways shaped the romantic way in which samurai history is now perceived.
One was established in Kyoto (1221, known as the Rokuhara Tandai) and a second on Kyushu (1293, known as the Chinzei Tandai).
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The UJI considers a statement to be "unpublished" if the recipient knew it to be untrue.
Because Plaintiff's evidence does not elucidate the context or the audience of the statement, we are unable to determine it to be opinion or factual in nature.
According to UJI 13-1008, the requirement is that the actual audience understood the communication to have a defamatory meaning.
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 Japan - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
However, the uji controlled their own territories, and chieftains in remote parts of the country often challenged Yamato authority.
The ensuing civil war, known as the Gempei War, ended five years later in 1185 when the Taira forces were finally defeated at the Battle of Dannoura near the modern city of Shimonoseki on the Inland Sea.
In 1221 the Hōjō succeeded in crushing a rebellion led by the retired emperor Go-Toba, who attempted to take back the reins of government.
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 Jōkyū War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main battle was at Uji, just outside Kyōto; this was the third battle to be fought there in less than half a century.
It took place in 1221, that is, the third year of the Jōkyū era.
The remnants of the Imperial army fought their final stand at the bridge over the river Uji, where the opening battle of the Genpei War was fought, 41 years earlier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jokyu_War   (502 words)

  
 Japan - Search View - MSN Encarta
Painters produced narrative picture scrolls depicting military and religious subjects such as battles, the lives of Buddhist priests, and histories of Buddhist temples and of shrines of Japan’s native religion, Shinto.
The main character might be a warrior still fighting ancient battles or a court lady from the Heian period still agonizing over a lost love.
This situation led to frequent battles between the branches, as lawmakers used their power over the budget to obtain leverage in other matters.
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 Digital Samurai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Reknowned for its toughness and cutting ability, the katana-or tachi-replaced the bow as the primary weapon of the samurai during the later Kamakura period, although it was often secondary to a short spear (YARI) in battle.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, for instance, wore a suit of nanban dô at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600).
No-bori - Long, vertical flag popular in Japan after the 15th Century; carried by the retainers of a daimyo in battle (and the daimyo himself) and displaying individual family crests, patterns, or written characters.
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 Heian Period Politics
Though the Nara period political system continued to exist as the outward, official form of economic control, in reality there was a return to the old Asuka style uji and be.
The powerful aristocratic families functioning like the old uji, the shoen like their domains, and the workers and managers of the estates functionally like the old be.
Thus the political situation on the eve of the Jokyu war of 1221 was intensely confusing.
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 Kamakura Period
June 13 Minamoto Yoshitsune is killed by Fujiwara troops at the Battle of Koromogawa in Mutsu at Yoritomo's instigation.
July 5 Go-Toba's forces are defeated at the 3rd Battle of the Uji Bridge by Hôjô Yasutoki; Go-Toba, Juntoku, and Tsuchimikado are all exiled.
Nichiren, the founder of the Lotus sect of Buddhism, is born.
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 Chronology of the Religious History of Japan - China History Forum, chinese history forum
-During this period, the uji (clans) were established, similar to those found on the Korean peninsula.
587 -Soga uji defeated the Mononobe uji, and Buddhism was formally accepted by the Yamato Court (acc.
1600 -The Battle of Sekigahara, which saw the Eastern Army of Tokugawa Ieyasu smash the forces under Ishida Mitsunari who claimed to have been serving the Toyotomi family.
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 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
Bakufu forces led by Imperial regent Hojo Yoshitoki Hōjō Yoshitoki sought to enter Kyoto and overthrow Emperor Go-Toba, using Uji and Seta as their gateways.
The Emperor's forces, alongside sohei sōhei from Mount Hiei, attempted to make his final stand at the bridge into Kyoto, defending it from the Shogun's armies.
There you will find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Battle of Uji (1221).
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 Yoshioka Ichimonji Tokubetsu Juyo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The ensuing battle took place just outside Kyoto and is called the first Battle of Uji.
Go-Toba reigned as cloistered Emperor from 1198 till 1221 during reigns of three emperors, but his power was more limited than former cloistered Emperors in the Heian era.
In 1221, the shōgun installed Go-Toba's three-year-old grandson, Emperor Chūkyō, as emperor, but Go-Toba chose to stage a rebellion in an attempt to reclaim the throne and overthrow the Kamakura shogunate.
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 Japanese History | History of Japan :: Japan Visitor
Divine incarnations of the forces of nature, or kami, were the focus of daily activity, and a conquering uji would incorporate another uji’s kami into its pantheon, the pantheons thus coming to represent the hierarchy of the uji.
The territorial conflicts and acquisitions between the uji gradually led to the founding of a state in the third century BC dominated over from present-day Osaka, or Yamato.
A crucial incident was the 1221 Jokyu Disturbance when the (only formally) retired and politically skilful Emperor Go-Toba, taking advantage of anti-Bakufu sentiment tried, but failed, to wrest back imperial power by force of arms.
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The Châlukya dynasty, residing at Badami, suffered a severe reverse when Pulakeshin II was killed in battle by Narasimha Varman I of Pallava, and Badami occupied.
Clive became the effective founder of the British Empire in India, and the Battle of Plassey one of the supreme moments of British Imperial history.
Paludan mentions the loss of over 100,000 Chinese in the very last, three week long battle of the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung, off Kwantung in 1279 [p.147], and the proposal by Bayan, chancellor of Toghan-Temür, to exterminate "all Chinese with the five most popular names, some 90 per cent of the population!" [p.157].
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 GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE GO TERMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Throughout the battle, even though it may never participate in the front lines, the enemy must keep considering its possible entry into the battle.
It is because of this lingering and (to one's opponent) annoying aspect that professional go players avoid like the plague moves which result in aji keshi.
The tesuji of warikomi is very common and it is useful for separating the enemy's stones or connecting one's own stones.
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Japanese forces sent to aid the Korean kingdom of PAEKCHE are defeated in the Battle of HAKUSUKIE off the southwestern coast of the Korean peninsula by a Tang Chinese fleet allied with the Korean kingdom of SILLA.
Battle of NAGASHIRO: the 3000 musketeers deployed by ODA NOBUNAGA in his victory over TAKEDA KATSUYORI mark Japan's shift to modern warfare.
Japanese forces occupy the Philippines, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and Burma.Japanese naval fleet defeated in the Battle of MIDWAY.Railway tunnel completed beneath the KAMMON STRAIT connecting southwestern Honshu and northern Kyushu.
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 Atelier Aterui: Image Index: Kamakura City, Kanagawa
Probably it was between the Jokyu War (1221) and the Mongolian Invations (1274 and 1281) when the Kamakura Shogunate flourished most in politics and in culture.
In 1180, Yoritomo, in cooperation with the Hojo clan, formed troops to subjugate the Hei-shi clan in obedience to Prince Mochihito-o (the third son of Emperor Goshirakawa, 1151-1180)'s command.
He lost in the first battle of Ishibashi-yama (southwest of Odawara) but greatly defeated the Hei-shi's army led by Koremori Taira (1157-1184?) at the battle of Fuji-gawa River (Shizuoka).
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 Maui Realtor Wailea Point Makena Surf Kihei Surfside Maui Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The decorated trees will be on display throughout December for all to enjoy.
It was here that Pele, goddess of the volcano, fought a titanic battle with her sister Namaka-o-ka-hai, the goddess of the sea.
In several versions of the story, there was a great rivalry between the two goddesses.
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 Global One Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
- From AD 1180-1185, the Gempei War was fought between the two clans and at the sea battle of Dan No Ura, Yoritomo’s brother, Yoshitsune, led the Minamoto forces to victory over the Taira
- This system was unsuccessfully challenged by a cloistered emperor in AD 1221, but only resulted in the Minamoto’s acquisition of 3,000 more Shoen and the subsequent administrative appointments
- In AD 1274, a combined Mongol and Korean expedition of 30,000 men landed near Hakata and engaged Japanese warriors (bushi) successfully in battle until a storm destroyed the Mongol fleet
www.rccsd.org /MKlemann/Japan_Notes_Kamakura.htm   (1241 words)

  
 Kobo Daishi
The apparent magic and practicality of Shingon teachings was readily obvious to the Court nobles and later to the Warriors who formed the "Bakufu" government in Kamakura.
On the twenty-first day of the fifth month, the governor of Musashi [Hojo Yasutoki (1183-1242)], started for the capital on the Tokaido road, while the leader of the Genji clan of Kai set out on the Tosando road, and Lord Shikibu advanced via the Hokuriku road.
On the fifth day of the sixth month the defending forces at Otsu were defeated by the Genji of Kai, and on the thirteenth and fourteenth days of the sixth month the two sides engaged in battle at the Uji Bridge.
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 1220 to 1229 World History - Din Timelines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Retired Emperor Go-Toba rebels against the Kamakura Bakufu.
Go-Toba's forces are defeated at the 3rd Battle of the Uji Bridge by Hôjô Yasutoki; Go-Toba, Juntoku, and Tsuchimikado are all exiled.
A peace treaty and Hermann von Salza and the master of the Temple held as hostages by the Muslims
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 The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1945
Only three men of the combined complement of 8 officers, 36 enlisted men, 27 Armed Guards and one passenger report any injuries.
U.S. freighter Henry Bacon, straggling from Scotland-bound convoy RA 64, is sunk by German planes after her Armed Guard puts up a stiff fight against a large number of attacking aircraft, 67°00'N, 07°00'E. Seven of the 26-man Armed Guard die in battle.
British destroyers HMS Opportune, HMS Zest and HMS Zambesi rescue the survivors.
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