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	Choshu
		Choshu (長州) is the commonly used abbreviation for the Nagato province of ancient Japan.
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Nagato and Suo were combined to eventually establish Yamaguchi prefecture.
		Historically, the oligarchy that came into power after the "Meiji Restoration" of 1868 had a strong representation from the Choshu province, as Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Koin[?] were from there.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Choshu.html (117 words)

	Ancient Japan - 9
		But many of Choshu's samurai refused to accept this decision, and a military coup in 1864 brought to power, as the daimyo's counselors, a group of men who had originally led the radical antiforeign movement.
		Choshu became the centre for discontented samurai from other domains who were impatient with their leaders' caution.
		In 1869 the lords of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Saga were persuaded to return their lands to the throne.
	www.crystalinks.com /japan9.html (3792 words)

	Ito Hirobumi
		Choshu, in common with many of his fellow Daimyos, was bitterly opposed to the rule of the shogun, and when this rule resulted in the conclusion of the treaty with Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854, the smouldering discontent broke out into open hostility against both parties to the compact.
		As a result he persuaded Choshu to remodel his army, and to exchange the bows and arrows of his men for guns and rifles.
		Choshu refused to give way, and suffered the consequences of his obstinacy in the destruction of his batteries and in the infliction of a heavy fine.
	www.nndb.com /people/516/000097225 (798 words)

	Short History
		The Choshu clan was banished from the city in 1864 when some of the more radical members of that clan attempted to march an army on the city wanting to force their way into the Imperial Palace and take the emperor to Hagi and declare Imperial rule restored.
		This incident caused relations between Choshu and Satsuma clans to be broken off because Satsuma had been forced to stand with the Bakufu forces from Aizu against Choshu in order to protect the emperor who they saw as their hope for future government reforms.
		Choshu had been attacked by the Bakufu twice: once in the autumn of 1864 and again in the summer of 1866 and they were readying themselves for war against the Bakufu.
	www.sakabatouzanbatou.com /jhistory.html (1259 words)

	History of New Japan's G1 Climax
		Choshu had just begun to enter the twilight years of his career and realized it was time to let some of the younger stars challenge him for his top spot in the roster.
		Choshu went 4 and 0 in the round robin portion of the tournament, defeating Shinya Hashimoto (at the time New Japan's biggest star) on opening night in a classic match that is still remembered to this day in Japan for its tremendous storytelling and psychology.
		Choshu's unquestioned booking brilliance was on display here as the storyline of the teacher vs. the protege helped make the contest into one of the most emotional matches in the G1's history.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamWrestlingInternational/g1climax.html (4304 words)

	MEIJI
		The policy, announced by the Choshu daimyo, in May 1865, stipulated that the han hereditary and volunteer forces should be converted into a Western-style army with modern military equipment.
		If Choshu would send a vessel directly to Shanghai to buy rifles, "Glover will do everything in his power to buy and load as many guns as we want; he seems to be deeply committed to us on this matter." If Choshu needed a ship, Glover would use his influence to buy one in Shanghai.
		Sakamoto observed to a Choshu friend that "Nagasaki, with all these people here, is as interesting as something from the period of the warring states." Godai believed that Nagasaki, where radicals lived among foreigners, moderated the innate xenophobia among these loyalists.
	www.uwosh.edu /home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/meiji.html (3293 words)

	Strong Style Spirit ~ Half a decade of New Japan support
		Into the 1990s, Choshu slowed down gradually, but continued to be successful, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Title three times, and in his final major singles championship win, he took the 1996 G1 Climax in unprecedented fashion, losing not a single match.
		Choshu destroyed Onita with ease, showing the strength of New Japan and proving that even after 2 1/2 years of retirement, Power Hall was still a force.
		Choshu downscaled and formed Riki Pro, at which point he began working with independent groups and wrestlers he had in the past criticized and became a more open-minded promoter than before.
	www.puroresufan.com /roster/choshu.php (940 words)

	Riki Choshu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Like Flair in America, Choshu was having the best matches in the country and was a top star as a result.
		Choshu returned to New Japan where his popularity was just as strong, if not stronger, and was a major force.
		Choshu remained a strong star for much of the 90s, largely because he was a booker and things work like that.
	www.geocities.com /wrestlingscout/Legends/Choshu.html (293 words)

	Quebrada # 35 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Choshu, being the wise booker and promoter that he is, could have brought in a legend to face him in his final match, but there was no point to it.
		Choshu’s first opponent in his retirement match was Kazayuki Fujita, a 27-year-old rookie who is one of the few natives they use in the worked shoots due to his legit fighting background.
		As important as Choshu’s in ring career has been, changing the face of puroresu with the Sekigun vs. Ishingun fued, holding the titles, selling out the domes, and so on, when all is said and done, his out of ring career is likely to be the thing he’s most remembered for by the hardcore fans.
	www.quebrada.net /columns/old/35.html (19312 words)

	The Last Shogun
		The initial response to the diplomatic letter included the protest that nothing could be done until the matter was presented to the Imperial Court along with the usual promises that it would eventually receive the attention it deserved.
		Choshu and other supporting clans were also gearing up for a fight.
		Satsuma and Choshu received an imperial decree from the emperor in early November that pardoned Choshu and gave the two rebellious provinces the right to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C20/E2006.htm (5836 words)

	Akira Maeda Classic Battles
		Choshu gets a vertical suplex for a one and follows with a hammerlock hold.
		Choshu eventually tries for a cross armbreaker, but Maeda fights it and hip tosses Choshu.
		Choshu reverses a waistlock and destroys Maeda with his BACKDROP SUPLEX.
	www.angelfire.com /wrestling2/lkwrestling/maedareview.html (1251 words)

	Satsuma and Choshu
		As the frigate shelled the Choshu batteries from the channel, the Tancrède provided close covering fire for a 250-man force that landed near the eastern end of the Japanese defenses.
		Yoshinobu took responsibility for failing to expel the foreigners from Japan and submitted his resignation from the shogunate, but it was refused.
		In the midst of the developing storm in Kyoto, Lord Shimazu Hisamitsu of Satsuma was appointed to the Imperial Council.
	koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C20/E2005.htm (4619 words)

	Kakuei Tanaka - a political biography of modern Japan:
		Not to the forces of the Choshu or Satsuma clans, but rather as a compromise restoration of imperial authority.
		The idea was promoted by the Choshu clan, but held in contempt by Satsuma clan leaders who favored an army of former Samurai.
		Leadership of the Choshu clan was inherited by Hirobumi Ito, Aritomo Yamagata and Kaoru Inoue.
	www.rcrinc.com /tanaka/ch1-3.html (7589 words)

	Why Me - A Vincent/Yuffie Fanfic
		The Choshu clan had always been closely tied to the Kisaragi one, being one of the several High Families, and in truth, the only High Family that had ever given the Kisaragi Clan a run for it's money, at least where the throne was concerned.
		There was nothing preventing the Choshu family from seeking foreign aid in their attempts to destroy the Katsuras, but Godo had received no reports of mercenary armies large enough to destroy a whole family, especially one that maintained its power through a large force of highly trained ninjas.
		If the Choshu's had grown in power to THIS level, there might very well be no way to stop them, and with the throne hanging balanced on the life of a talented but oh so very mortal young girl, he could pretty much consider his daughter as good as dead.
	amethyst-angel.com /whyme_04.html (5465 words)

	Tokugawa Yoshinobu
		However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.
		Realizing that the men of Choshu are prepared to die for their cause, Yoshinobu enlists the help of Saigo Takamori of Satsuma.
		Satsuma and Choshu forge an alliance that further endangers the continuity of the shogunate.
	www.kikutv.com /shows/Japanese_Programs/Inactive/tokugawa_yoshinobu (3112 words)

	The Racewar
		The Choshu had a particular relationship with the High King due to their proximity, and, the fact that they controlled the Dolfanc Pass with some military support from the High King.
		As King Horen was being murdered, a large force of Klo, also disguised as surface Choshu, storm the palace of Caer Derugar and slaughter all but a few inside.
		With the seeds now lain, the Choshu are attacked by the Nordren to their west while they are focusing on a surge of Dolfanc through the pass.
	exit3.i-55.com /~fcaluda/racewar.html (1087 words)

	Downfall of Tokugawa Shogunate
		Choshu: union between imperial court and Shogunate 1861
		Choshu: advise emperor to set a deadline for Tokugawa Shogunate to expel the barbarians 1862
		Choshu: started a counter-coup against the dominance of Satsuma in Kyoto 1864
	www.geocities.com /tokugawa_japan/3.html (547 words)

	Hoan Tsuba
		Of the eleven Choshu tusba making schools, the three earliest are the Kawaji, Nakai and Okamoto.
		The early Choshu tsuba show significant Shoami influence and are relatively large.
		The design is of stylized waves, which is an unusual subject for Choshu guards.
	home.earthlink.net /~jggilbert/hoan.htm (799 words)

	Shimonoseki Bombardment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Bakufu reneged on its agreement to expel foreigners by June of 1863, the Choshu domain, in response to a general order to repulse foreigners that was forced upon the Edo government by the conservative court in Kyoto, attacked Western ships.
		Satsuma allied with Choshu to this end in 1866 The Choshu domain was a large samurai domain in western Honshu.
		The Choshu samurai displayed an immensely practical ability to rethink their course of action: they reversed their isolationist sentiments and, as did the Kyushu province of Satsuma, began studying Western military technology.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/shimonoseki.htm (118 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Yoshida Shoin
		By age eight he was studying the Confucian philosophy of Meng-tzu, and began attending the official college of the Choshu domain.
		In 1851, his twenty-first year, Shoin accompanied the Lord of Choshu to the Shogun's capital at Edo, where he studied under Sakuma Shozan, the most celebrated Western military scientist in Japan.
		Shoin's plan was never realized, for it was determined by the Choshu authorities that his radicalism threatened the well-being of their daimyo.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /horsemusket/japan/yoshidashoin.aspx (1719 words)

	FightingArts.com - Sakamoto Ryoma — The Indispensable 'Nobody'
		Unlike his comrades-in-arms from Choshu, Satsuma (located on the county’s southern most island of Kyushu) and other samurai clans, he was not bound to the service of feudal lord and clan.
		On the night after the alliance was sealed in Kyoto, Ryoma was ambushed by a Tokugawa police squad, as he and a samurai of Choshu, who had been assigned as Ryoma’s bodyguard, celebrated their great success in a second-story room at Ryoma’s favorite inn, the Teradaya, on the outskirts of the Imperial capital.
		While Ryoma’s anti-Tokugawa comrades from Satsuma and Choshu prepared to crush the Shogunate by military might, the “nobody” from Tosa devised a plan to avoid bloody civil war and foreign intervention.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=309 (2199 words)

	Choshu to start a new promotion? (2002/08/16) - Puroresu Forum
		If Chono lets Choshu use these guys on a part time basis (I'm guessing that this will be a part-time pomotion like Muga), they'll sureley only be pushed by Choshu and regain lost ground, helping New Japan with drawinng.
		Choshu wants Hiroyoshi Tenzan to come and train at DOJO RIKI, the new school Choshu is starting up (perhpas with the help of his old JPro friend Animal Hamaguchi?) to perfect the moonsault, which Tenzan recently messed up leading to a concussion.
		Choshu also asked Shinya Makabe to come and train with him, citing his role in re-training guy like Masakazu Fukuda as a reaso why Makabe should learn from him.
	www.puroresu.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1272 (833 words)

	Ito Hirobumi Summary
		He was a Choshu samurai's adopted son and gained samurai status for himself in 1863, but a visit to England in the same year convinced him of the necessity of modernising Japan by adopting Western ways.
		He was one of the Choshu Five who studied at University College London.
		In 1864 he returned to Japan with fellow student Inoue Kaoru to attempt to warn the Choshu clan against going to war with the foreigners over the right of passage through the Straits of Shimonoseki.
	www.bookrags.com /Ito_Hirobumi (1801 words)

	Travel to Hiroshima - Japan - Asia - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		In 1864, the subjugation of Choshu was undertaken by the combined forces of the the Hiroshima-han Tokugawa government and the anti-Tokugawa clans.
		However, some of the lower warriors in Choshu who were dissatisfied with this settlement organized an attack force of farmers and townsmen with arms imported from England.
		With this, the powerlessness of the Tokugawa government was revealed to the whole country, and the political situation took a sudden turn from restoring power to the Tokugawa government to the establishment of imperial rule.
	www.asiatravelling.net /japan/hiroshima/hiroshima_history.htm (6047 words)

	New Japan News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Choshu is still rejecting the idea of the match being an explosive death match, much less the biggest ever in an enclosed arena.
		Considering it's Choshu vs. Onita, it would be hard for Sakaiya to reduce the quality of the match any if he were to get involved momentarily, but it sounds like it's unlikely that he'll accept Onita's invitation.
		Riki Choshu claims his body feels as good as it did at his peak and he weighs 5kg less than he did at his peak.
	www.quebrada.net /news/NewsNJ5.html (4188 words)

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