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	Flood Control in the Horeki Period
		In 1754 (the 4th year of the Horeki Period, which was in the middle of the Edo Period (1603-1866)), the Edo Shogunate ordered the Satsuma Clan to perform flood control work on the lower river basin where the "three Kiso rivers" converged.
		(This work was called the "Horeki Flood Control Work.") The work included the construction of the Aburajima Coffer dam.
		Construction was difficult, and while there were many casualties, the mission was completed in 1755, the following year.
	www.gix.or.jp /~naga02/nagara/english/main/001/101_1/112_2/23.htm (105 words)

	Hokusai - LoveToKnow 1911
		HOKUSAI (1760-1849), the greatest of all the Japanese painters of the Popular School (Ukiyo-ye), was born at Yedo (Tokyo) in the 9th month of the 10th year of the period Horeki, i.e.
		He came of an artisan family, his father having been a mirror-maker, Nakajima Issai.
		This page was last modified 15:26, 6 Oct 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hokusai (340 words)

	Mind Sports Zine - Go - Feature: Hattori Inshuku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the Kyoho and Horeki eras, shogi had Ito Sokan.
		Inshuku was born in Horeki 11 (1761) as the son of Nogyo Tasuke in Esaki village in Mino Province, now a suburb of Ogaki City in Gifu Prefecture.
		The first list to focus on the four official families and to give all their pupils was the one by the famous poet Ota Tan (pen names Nanpo and Shokusanjin; 1749-1823) that appeared in his 50-volume essay collection Ichiwa Ichigen, this part appearing in Bunka 2 (1805).
	www.msoworld.com /mindzine/news/orient/go/history/inshuku.html (1538 words)

	Hanako
		It is very interesting to think that during the long years that this carp has continued to live, a country by the name of the United States of America came into existence and has built up her present culture of high standard.
		To speak in Japanese fashion, it was born in the 1st year of Horeki, that is, in the middle of the Tokugawa Era.
		Hanako (scarlet) - 217 years old; born in 1st year of Horeki (A.D. 1751); in the preceding year there arose an internal feud in the Kaga Clan; and the birth was 25 years before the Declaration of Independence of America.
	www.vcnet.com /koi_net/hanako.html (2395 words)

	NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF JAPAN \| Digital Gallery
		The maps were purchased by Geography Bureau of Ministry of the Home Affairs in 11th year of Meiji (1878), later transferred to Cabinet Library, which was in charge of Cabinet Records Bureau in 1890.
		Illustration of streets in Nara drawn in 5th year of Horeki (1755).
		Illustration of center of currently Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture drawn in 5th year of Horeki (1755).
	jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp /kouseisai/category/ezu/nihonyochizu_e.html (372 words)

	ENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kanto Festival is held to drive away diseases and malice of the midsummer, an annual event to "wash away" sleepiness, the prototype of which can be found as long ago as in the Horeki Period (1751-1764).
		In Horeki Period (1751-1764), the candles became more popular, and high garden lanterns were placed in front of each and every gate during Obon festival; it is also considered that assembling these lanterns and other decorations might have further developed in the famous and original festival.
		Neburi-Nagashi Festival was the event to pray for the rich harvest and the success for arts and crafts, and together with the Tanabata festival, which was held on the next day, respectively, July 7, these festivals were welcome the following Obon festival, held on July 15 (the lunar calendar).
	www.kantou.gr.jp /kigen_eng.html (356 words)

	Kendo History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is the origin of fencing as a practice form, replacing the traditional practice of kata.
		During the Horeki Era (1751-1764), Nakanishi Chuzo-kotake of Itto-ryu started using headgear with an iron mask (men) and protective equipment (kendo-gu) made of bamboo.
		Near the end of the Edo Period (the early 1800’s), one of the famous teachers of Itto Ryu in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) named Chiba Shusaku attempted to codify the most important techniques of kenjutsu, which he named “the 68 techniques of kenjutsu”.
	tokumeikan.com /kendo_history.htm (386 words)

	No.42
		According to the "Heian Jinbutsu-shi or Record of Famous People in the Heian Period," it is known that Sekiho lived in Kyoto in the fifth year of Meiwa (1763) and had gained by that time a considerable reputation as a painter.
		Studying his existing paintings in the light of the above record, it is assumed that almost all of his important works were produced during the period of Horeki and Meiwa; and that he was in his fifties in the fifth years of Meiwa.
		Komanosuke Murayama (Pl. VII) in the fourth year of Horeki (1754), the latter being considered to be one of the largest in size of Sekiho's paintings.
	www.tobunken.go.jp /~bijutsu/english/publications/bijutukenkyu/abstract/42.html (1631 words)

	The Traditional Performing Arts of Kansai Present•History•Future
		Ningyo joruri then entered its golden age, a period lasting from the Enkyo era through the first year of the Horeki era (1744-1751) and during which the popularity of ningyo joruri eclipsed that of the kabuki theater.
		The bulk of the present-day repertoire consists of works that were first performed by the end of the An'ei era (1752-1780).
		The Takemotoza and Toyotakeza, which had been at the center of the performing arts world, began to lose their luster and declined substantially in the Kansei era (1789-1801).
	www.kansai.gr.jp /culture_e/geinou/rekishi/joruri/main.html (607 words)

	Digital Archives of Ishikawa Japan ::: KENROKUEN [ The great fire of the Horeki period ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The biggest fire of the feudal period broke out in 1759 (in the Horeki period), during the rule of the tenth lord Shigemichi.
		The fire originated in a temple on the left bank of the Saigawa River, crossed the river and spread all over the area around the castle.
		Please send us your questions and comments by e-mail to shofu@pref.ishikawa.jp.
	shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp /shofu/meienki/e/rekishi/period_b/d02.html (111 words)

	43: IRON SHIN NO MARU-GATA TSUBA By Horeki Hirotaka. - (eBay item 190139274643 end time Aug-21-07 07:30:41 PDT)
		43: IRON SHIN NO MARU-GATA TSUBA By Horeki Hirotaka.
		IRON SHIN NO MARU-GATA TSUBA By Horeki Hirotaka.
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	cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190139274643 (180 words)

	National Diet Library, Japan "The Japanese Calendar"-Calendar History 2
		In the 2nd year of Jokyo (1685), a method of making the calendar was devised by Shibukawa Harumi, marking the first attempt by a Japanese, with the amended version known as the Jokyo calendar.
		Later in the Edo Period, the calendar was revised several times, the results respectively called the Horeki (1755), Kansai (1798) and Tenpo (1844) calendars.
		Through these amendments, a more accurate lunisolar calendar was devised incorporating Occidental astronomy.
	www.ndl.go.jp /koyomi/e/history/02_index2.html (701 words)

	Satsuma Heroes
		In December of the 3rd year of the Horeki era (1753) Satsuma Hanshi received a notice from the shogunate that told them to go to Mino at once to do embankment works and to prepare 10 billion yen (about 100 million dollars) as construction costs.
		In Feburary of the 4th year of Horeki (a leap year), they arrived at Mino.
		It is said that Satsuma Hanshi had paid back their total debts about 200 billion yen (about 2 billion dollars) for 20 years or so by making sugar, awamori (a sort of sake) and earthenware, and exporting them to China and Korea.
	www.mirai.ne.jp /~tuyoshi/matome-e.html (968 words)

	Higashinari-ku/Spot
		In 1690, after his mother's death at the temple, Keichu moved to Enjuan in current Esashimachi in Tennoji-ku and died at the age of 62 in 1701.
		Myoho Temple temporarily declined around Horeki Era (1751), but after Hakuchu Hoten took the position of the resident priest, he advocated the faith of Daikokuten (the god of wealth) to improve the tide of the times.
		It was widely known, as demonstrated by the saying, "In the south, there is Ebisu God in Imamiya, and in the east, there is Daikoku God in Imazato" and many people visited there.
	www.city.osaka.jp /higashinari/english/spot/02.html (501 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Later the same year, he became emperor upon his father Emperor Sakuramachi's abdication.
		During his reign, in 1758, the Horeki Scandal occurred when a large number of the young court nobility were punished by the Bakufu for advocating the restoration of direct Imperial rule.
		In 1762, he died at the age of 21.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Emperor_Momozono_of_Japan (184 words)

	What is Kendo? A History
		During the Shotoku Era (1711-1715) Naganuma Shirozaemon-Kunisato of the Jiki Shinkage Ryu developed the first known Bogu (protective equipment) which could be used with a bamboo sword (Shinai) in relative safety.
		Then, during the Horeki Era (1751-1764), Nakanishi Chuzo-kotake of Itto Ryu started training his students using an iron Men (headgear) and Bogu made of bamboo, a method which quickly became commonplace among many schools.
		The end of the Edo Period (early 19th century) saw advances in both Shinai and Bogu and the rise of the “Three Great Dojos of Edo.” These were: Genbukan led by Chiba Shusaku; Renpeikan led by Saito Yakuro; and Shigakkan led by Momoi Shunzo.
	www.knmskendo.co.uk /history.html (341 words)

	History of Art:The Art of Asia
		The benizuri-e technique made it possible to produce prints in splendid colour, a major advance in the development of ukiyo-e.
		Simple as it was, it endured through the Horeki era (1751-1764) to the start of the Meiwa era (1764-1772).
		The bijin-ga produced using the benizuri-e technique by Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) were in a style of his own.
	www.all-art.org /history330-5.html (6959 words)

	Joto-ku:Yatsurugi Shrine
		It is said to have originated in 1396 and honors Hayasusanoo no Mikoto and Mizuhanomenokami.
		According to a shrine record written by the Shinto priest at Shimogamo Shrine (in Kyoto) during the Horeki Era (1751-1764), an old man appeared in the dreams of residents in Shigino Village and announced, "I am the god of Atsuda and I am willing to stay in this place.
		Come out and greet me at Yodo River tomorrow." On the next day, several dozens of village people went to the bank of the river and saw a small snake.
	www.city.osaka.jp /joto/english/supoto/place21.html (184 words)

	TOMB OF WHALES
		Past records show that at least 355 whales were captured in the span of 257 years between the early period of the Edo Era (1603 - 1868) to early Taisho Era (1910 - 1925).
		The largest of the catch was a 21-meter-long fin whale caught on March 8 in the 11th year of Horeki (1761).
		Also records tell us that 11 blue whales were caught at one time in 1681.
	luna.pos.to /whale/jwa_v14_taki.html (861 words)

	Saijo City Sightseeing Information Page－Autumn Festival
		During the festival more than 100 lanterns are lit from dusk till dawn to reporduce a scene from old Japanese picture scrolls.
		The origin of this event remains unclear, but it can be found on some documents dating back to Edo period, in the year of Horeki 11th (1761 according to the Christian calendar).
		Floats to be dedicated gather in the courtyard of Isono Shrine to receive Mikoshis, miniature shrines.
	www.city.saijo.ehime.jp /english/kankou/maturi2.htm (767 words)

	Satsuma Hanshi
		On Feburary 25th of the 3rd year of the Horeki era (1753).
		Ieshige TOKUGAWA, of the 9th shogun (a general) told Satsuma Hanshi to do embankment works of the Kiso river.
		On January21st of the 4th year of the Horeki (1754), the advance party left for Mino from Edo.
	www.mirai.ne.jp /~tuyoshi/souhonbu-e.html (551 words)

	Scholten Japanese Art \| Netsuke \| Inro \| Lacquer \| Screens \| Paintings \| Prints
		They were probably made for those of a high social status of mid-Edo period.
		From Horeki (1753-1765) era to Bunsei (1819-1829) era, Imari kilns had developed and were able to produce numerous porcelain pieces.
		Due to the quantities of the pieces surveyed, one can relatively easily find good quality Imari pieces at an affordable price range.
	www.scholten-japanese-art.com /blueandwhite.htm (942 words)

	Tru-Flyte Other Photos
		Masaki School’s vise chain and chain sickle technique.
		Mino-Ogaki Clan’s man, Masaki Tarodayu Toshimitsu was a master of Ko-tohda one sword school and Sen-I school long sword technique in Horeki period (1750’s).
		Masaki school vise chain and chain sickle technique is a martial arts founded by him.
	www.robertg.com /otherphotos.htm (9797 words)

	SUNTORY MUSEUM OF ART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ten paintings of Japanese ceder trees, a field of reeds, gigantic pine trees, willow trees by a stream, and a waterfall are refreshingly rendered with the strokes of a brush.
		Judging from the signature on the painting of the waterfall (in the last part of this album), these paintings were completed by Ike-no-Taiga when he was forty-one in 1743 (13th year of Horeki).
		In this small picture, blue-green and ultramarine are combined with gold paint.
	www.suntory.com /culture-sports/sma/collections/22.html (119 words)

	History of Kendo
		This is the direct origin of present day Kendo discipline.
		Thereafter, during the Horeki Era (1751-1764), NakanishiChuzo-kotake of Itto-ryu started a new training method using an iron Men (headgear) and Kendo-gu made of bamboo, which became prevalent among many schools in a short period of time.
		In the Kansei Era (1789-1801), inter-school competition became popular and Samurai traveled beyond their province in search of stronger opponents to improve their skills.
	www.desertwindmartialarts.com /html/historykendo.php (1711 words)

	Kwaidan: The Fortune Telling Doll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the spring of the year of Horeki (1751) many officers and craftsman were dispatched from Edo (present day Tokyo) to build a large bridge over the Yahagi River in Aichi.
		One day a head craftsman was standing at the edge of the river when he noticed what seemed to be a child's toy boat floating by with a doll in it.
		Produced by Mire Uno in collaboration with Chris Garcia.
	www.harapan.co.jp /english/kwaidan/mimibukuro_fortunetellingdoll.htm (606 words)

	Tiger
		The fact that Jakuchu resorted to using the Shoden-ji painting makes one think he enjoyed its form in this popular style.
		Jakuchu's inscription continues, "Made by Jakuchu koji To Jokin of Heian (Kyoto) at the beginning of summer in the fifth year of Horeki (1755)," and is followed by two seals, "Jokin" (square intaglio) and "To-shi Keiwa" (square relief).
		This painting is a work of Jakuchu's fortieth year when he began to devote himself entirely to painting, having transferred the family leadership to his younger brother, Sogan (Hakusai).
	www.shinenkan.com /Artists/JACKACHU/RI000003.HTM (786 words)

	kasuga The work
		If required at Kofukuji it could normally be taken only to Tobokuin (Daijoin jisha zojiki for Entoku 2.8.1 [ 1490]).
		Moreover, according to the diaries of Konoe Motohiro for Genroku 14.4.27 (1701, cited in Wada 1917) and of the Kasuga priest Mitsutomo for Horeki 10 (1760, cited in Ohigashi 1983b:4), no shrine priest or Kofukuji monk less than forty years old was allowed io see it.
		Mitsutomo, a high-ranking priest, did not even ask to see it until he was in his forty-first year.
	mahoroba.lib.nara-wu.ac.jp /y04/tyler/t06.html (805 words)

	v23c in wp04
		Along-strike profiles of topography and Bouguer gravity anomalies along parallel lines immediately west of and 100 km west of the volcanic front in the Izu-Bonin arc are shown.
		Back-arc seamount chains (Horeki, Genroku, Enpo, etc.) form seven distinct topographic features.
		Importantly, we can see the analogous seven topographic features, or seven Quaternary volcanoes, along the volcanic front.
	www.agu.org /cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=wp04&database=/data/epubs/wais/indexes/wp04/wp04&maxhits=200&="V23C" (2070 words)

	Autumn Events in Asakusa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As the festivals became popular, the festival at Otori Shrine came to be affectionately called otori-sama.
		In the Toto-Saijiki (The Chronicle of the East Capital) first published in 1838, it is stated that Shitaya Taho-Otori-Daimyojin (the present Otori Shrine) began to attract large crowds by the 1770's for the festival had become famous in the Horeki and Tempo periods of the mid-Edo era (1750-1760).
		Kikaku, a well-known haiku poet of the day, composed a haiku about the tori-no-ichi at Taho in Asakusa: "Anticipating spring, The beginning of all, Year-end fairs."
	www.bsu.edu /classes/magrath/205fall/tori-no.html (637 words)

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