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  Ancient Japan - 2
Japan, which had traditionally been friendly with Paekche, sent a large army; it was crushed, however, in 663, by a T'ang-Silla army at the mouth of the Kum River.
Konin's son, the emperor Kammu, who was of a similar mind, shifted the capital first to Nagaoka and in 794 to Heian (or Heian-kyo; present Kyoto) to sever connections with the temples of Nara and reestablished government in accordance with the ritsuryo system.
Poets represented in the anthology range over all classes of society, from the emperor and members of the imperial family through the aristocracy and the priesthood to farmers, soldiers, and prostitutes; and the scenery celebrated in the verse represents districts throughout the country.
www.crystalinks.com /japan2.html   (3882 words)

  
 Emperor Yūryaku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuryaku is just a name posthumously assigned to him by a much later era.
He was the fifth and youngest son of Emperor Ingyō.
After his elder brother Emperor Ankō was murdered, he won the struggle against his other brothers and became the new emperor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Yuryaku_of_Japan   (346 words)

  
 Ancient Japan :: Paganality.com :: (yes, it's magik :)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
While these new cultural elements represent a migration to Japan from the Korean peninsula or China, the migration was not of a magnitude to change the character of the people who had inhabited the islands from Jomon times.
The questions of how the unification of Japan was first achieved and of how the Yamato court, with the tenno ("emperor of heaven") at its centre, came into being in central Honshu have inspired many hypotheses, none of which has so far proved entirely convincing.
The original role of the sessho was to attend to affairs of state during the minority of the emperor, while the kampaku's role was to attend to state matters for the emperor even after he had come of age.
www.paganality.com /pagan-article-historical-places-ancient-japan   (9933 words)

  
 Akanezumiya - Publications - Musha Ningyo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Medieval Japan, the invasions of Korea, the conflicts between the Minamoto and the Taira clans are the stuff of foreign romance and legend, a TV mini-series.
In Japan this practice was repeated in the Heian period (794-1185) ritual of inji-uchi or "stone-slinging." Performed on the banks of the Kamo river in Kyoto during May, this mock battle pitted men with wooden swords against those armed with slings.
Ten'noism, the Shinto belief in the divinity of the Emperor and his direct descent from the sun goddess, was revived and once again Japan turned upon the imperial axis politically, spiritually and culturally.
www.akanezumiya.com /pub_musha/musha_art.html   (6136 words)

  
 Japanese Caesaro-Papism - China History Forum, chinese history forum
An important issue in Japanese history, from the perspective of politics and religion is the actual role of the Emperor, and whether or not he (and occasionally, she) represented a united figure, a representative of so-called ‘caesaro-papism’, as opposed to hierocracy, by which state and church were separate organs.
In Tokugawa Japan, Neo-Confucianism was an ethic not an ethos.
In Japan, charisma lead to the creation of hereditary rulership, which was superceded in the Middle Ages by feudal rulership; patrimonial government with the addition of administrative posts and functions, along with vassals and the accompanying elements of personal fealty.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2852   (3910 words)

  
 JAPANESE
It was from the mouth of this Japanese emmissary that Sui Emperor Yangdi confirmed the existence of Ryukyu, an island to the southwest of Japan.
Emperor Yangdi at first refused to hear about the Wa State (Japan) because the Japanese king wrote the sentence "The Son of Heaven from the sunrise wish good health for the Son of Heaven at the sunset...." However, Emperor Yangdi sent an emissary, Pei Shiqing, to the Wa State the second year, i.e., AD 608.
Japan was ruled by the shogunate at that time, and the national policy was to close off the seashore.
www.republicanchina.org /Japanese.html   (10912 words)

  
 Cultures Combined in the Mists of Time: Origins of the China-Japan relationship
Japan's early development was slowed by the same factor that drives its trade policies today: resource poverty.
The emperor "leaped for joy," reports the "Nihon Shoki." Still, he hesitated to embrace the "wonderful doctrine." Court factions supported it against other factions that staunchly defended the native gods against it.
Japan, it might be said, attended the Chinese school of civilization in Chang'an.
japanfocus.org /products/topdf/1911   (3526 words)

  
 Tumulus Period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The largest kofun is associated with the emperor Nintoku and is on the Osaka Plain and covers over 80 acres.
The book said that Japan was divided in many petty states, that it's ruler was a cloistered sorceress, Himiko, and that the men were law-abiding and their wives uncomplaining.
For example, for Emperor Nintoku, the 313-399 date can be seen, but also a date of 395-427 will sometimes be given.
www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/tumulus.html   (347 words)

  
 Learnkendo.com :: View topic - JAPAN's early contact(s) with CHINA and KOREA...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was the Paekche who went to Japan to pick up one of their princes and put him on the throne for sake of continuing the war efforts with Silla/Tang.
It was from the mouth of this Japanese Emmissary that Emperor Yangdi confirmed the existence of Ryukyu, an island to the southwest of Japan.
The validity of the claim is usually a dispute, because Japan did not possess the metallergy for producing the kind of bronze or iron sword that Emperor Jimmu had used.
www.cheness.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=295   (9440 words)

  
 Mushimegane - Japanese Ancient Romances
This is a story in the time of the Emperor Yûryaku: 5th century of Japan.
The Emperor was in a flurry, embarrassed, and in a sometime he got a little bit angry to Sugaru.
The Emperor gave orders to his servants for the reconstruction of the tomb of Sugaru.
www.big.or.jp /~loupe/links/etale1.shtml   (709 words)

  
 Chronology of the New Peoples
The emperor Augustulus (Romulus Augustus) is deposed by the Herulian (Saxon) leader Odovacar (Odoacer); because he is a mere boy, Augustulus is sent off to Naples with an annual pension of 6,000 pieces of gold.
The leader of the Soga clan urges their acceptance, the emperor grants permission to build a temple to house and worship the Buddhist image, but as soon as it is enshrined an epidemic sweeps the countryside.
Sushun is succeeded by the widow of the late emperor Bintas; now 38, she will reign for 35 years beginning next year as the empress Suiko.
www.b17.com /family/lwp/chronology/new_people.html   (9828 words)

  
 Yamato Takeru Summary
According to the Nihonshoki and Kojiki, Yamato Takeru was the son of Keiko Tenno, the twelfth emperor.
One of his sons later became Chūai, traditionally counted as the 14th Emperor of Japan.
The father plotted to have his son die in battle and sent him to the Izumo province, today the eastern part of the Shimane prefecture and then the land of Kumaso, today Kumamoto prefecture.
www.bookrags.com /Yamato_Takeru   (1300 words)

  
 A timeline of Japan
100 BC : rice and iron are imported into Japan by the migration of the Yayoi (related to the Mongols), who also brought a new language and a new religion
: Japan invades China and captures Nanking (350,000 Chinese are killed and 100,000 women are raped during the "rape of Nanking")
: Japan ratifies a new democratic constitution and the emperor remains a mere figurehead
www.scaruffi.com /politics/japanese.html   (2121 words)

  
 A Chronology of Japanese History
However historians question the authenticity of all emperors before him and wonder if he is the first.
Soga Umako arranges the assassination of the emperor (his nephew) and replaces him with his neice, Suiko (the sister of ex-emperor Yômei, the widowed ex-empress of Bidatsu, and the thirty-third soverign.) She becomes the first female to take the Japanese imperial throne.
Jomei (Bidatsu's grandson) is appointed by Yemishi (Soga Umako's son) as Emperor.
www.shikokuhenrotrail.com /japanhistory/yamatohistory.html   (1434 words)

  
 Nihonshoki - Wikipedia Mirror
It is considered to have recorded accurately the latter reigns of Emperor Tenji, Emperor Temmu, and Empress Jitō.
According to recent studies, most of the chapters after #14 (Emperor Yuryaku chronicle) are estimated to be contributed by native Chinese, except for chapters 22 and 23(Suiko and Jomei chronicle).
Most scholars agree that the founding date of Japan as 660 BCE and the first thirteen emperors of Japan are mythical and not based on historical fact.
www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Nihonshoki   (1013 words)

  
 Kofun
The largest Kofun in Japan is Daisen Kofun in Sakai city, Osaka-Fu, Kinki district.
It is said to be the emperor Nintoku's.
Now we believe 'Okimi' must be the 'Emperor Yuryaku,' who sent the envoy to 'So 'in 478.
miyuki.myjapan.com /kuma/page5.html   (439 words)

  
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The arrangement broke down in 1331 when the 96th Emperor Go-Daigo, a grandson of Emperor Kameyama (Daikakuji), tried to make his eldest son, Prince Takanago, crown prince.
The first five emperors of the northern court -- KÅ?gon, KÅ?myÅ?, SukÅ?, Go-KÅ?gon and Go-Enyu -- are regarded as illegitimate since they did not possess the shinki.
However, Nobuhito Shinn?, third son of Emperor Taisho, received the title Takamatsu no miya and became regarded as the inheritor of the traditions of the House of Arisugawa no miya.
www.polbox.com /f/felixpp/Japan1.doc   (615 words)

  
 Traditional Japan--Readings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During the golden age of medieval Japan, the Heian period (eighth-13th centuries A.D.), there were few hard-and-fast guidelines about who could become empress.
That's because the medieval Japanese emperors all had secondary wives or consorts—no fewer than 28 of them in the case of Emperor Saga (who ruled 809-823).
Emperor Yuryaku, for instance, used to amuse himself by shooting courtiers out of trees (what the courtiers were doing in trees to begin with is unclear).
www.pitt.edu /~annj/courses/notes/sept29.html   (684 words)

  
 Osa's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Akita Ainu were 17th century nobility from the northern island of Honshu in Japan.
the emperor Yuryaku (457-479) ordered a peasants house to be burned and changed his mind after a gift of a dog, supposedly an ancestor of the akita, was given to the tyrant.
Used exclusively by nobility the akita was revered for its ability to chase down deer, bear and boar in the winter snows.
www.devnull.net /~jwilkes/osa/index.html   (406 words)

  
 OWI Pacific - Six Decades Ago
The Emperor, father of the Japanese people, must be deeply concerned to see his subjects die and the national fiber weakened.
In the Meiji era (1868-1912), when the emperor was made the head of state and promoted as the rallying symbol to transform feudal territories into one unified nation, a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum was officially adopted as the imperial crest.
The leaflet is all text and mentions the brave efforts of Japan’s fighting forces, the "cruel" atomic bomb, and the need for millions of Japanese citizens to survive the war.
www.psywarrior.com /OWI60YrsLater2.html   (9167 words)

  
 Music of Japan and the Ryukyus - The Manyoshu
Presented to the Emperor Jomei by a messenger, Hashibito Oyu, on the occasion
These were probably written after the years, CE 456-79, the time of the Emperor Yuryaku,and CE 712, the beginning fo the Nara Period.
They poems are very lyrical a fact that suggests that they well may have been sung.
aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/courses/japan/manyoshu.html   (289 words)

  
 history and traditions in Japan: 17 article constitution - 7 fortune gods
explanation: After Himiko and her successor Toyo sent mission to China in 3th century, Japan entered a civil war period so the diplomatic relation stopped.
After an establishment of Yamato dynasty in 5th, 5 Japanese emperors, so called "5 Japanese kings", sent mission to China in order to get a recognition of their dynasty.
The difference of genealogy between existing Chinese and Japanese documents has provoked a controversy: only Emperor Yuryaku (Bu in Chinese) is unanimously recognized.
www.webdico.com /dico/histxtg.html   (499 words)

  
 Japan in Chinese and Japanese Historic Accounts
Wei emperor recognized Pimiko as Queen of Wa (238)
Sui emperor asked that such addresses not be repeated
B. Chronicles of Japan (Nihon shoki or Nihongi, 720)
core.ecu.edu /hist/tuckerjo/thirdlec.htm   (323 words)

  
 Jay Stailey's Story #6
Young Urashima lived in Tango province, in the village of Tsutsugawa.
One day in the fall of 477 (it was the reign of Emperor Yuryaku) he rowed out alone in the sea to fish.
After catching nothing for three days and nights, he was surprised to find that he had taken a five-colored turtle.
www.fisdk12.net /ba/japan/Story6.html   (926 words)

  
 The Bounty of Nature - The Season of Rice Blossoms Daizen Shrine, Tochigi Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Across the river in Moka City, near the Gogyo River, stands the Osaki Shrine.
According to the Shrine Records, it was built 1500 years ago to enshrine the guardian deity of increased productivity and agricultural development of the Emperor Yuryaku.
The deities known as Ebisu (otherwise Kotoshironushi) and Daikoku (Okuninushi) are revered here.
www.photo-japan.jp /pict/2003/014/index_en.html   (128 words)

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