Adachi Clan
The Adachi clan (安達氏) is a family of samurai who are said to have been descended from Fujiwara no Yamakage. Their historical significance derives from their successes during the Genpei War and their subsequent affiliation with the Hōjō clan. Important figures of the clan are: * Adachi Kagemori * Adachi Morinaga Adachi Morinaga (安達 盛長) (1135–1200) was a Japanese warrior from the Adachi clan who fought for Minamoto no Yoritomo against the Taira. Morinaga had already supported Yoritomo while he lived in exile in Izu province. After the wars, h ... Genealogy Bold names denote the head of family. Solid lines denote direct relations. The superscript numbers show the line of succession. The organization is in birth order. External links * {{openhistory ...
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Dewa Province
was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History Early period Prior to the Asuka period, Dewa was inhabited by Ainu or Emishi tribes, and was effectively outside of the control of the Yamato dynasty. Abe no Hirafu conquered the native Emishi tribes at what are now the cities of Akita and Noshiro in 658 and established a fort on the Mogami River. In 708 AD was created within Echigō Province. The area of Dewa District was roughly that of the modern Shōnai area of Yamagata Prefecture, and was gradually extended to the north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshū. Dewa District was promoted to the status of a province () in 712 AD, and gained Okitama and Mogami Districts, formerly part of Mutsu Province. A number of military expeditions were sent to the area, with ar ...
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Matsushita Zenni
Matsushita (written: lit. "below the pine tree") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Daisuke Matsushita (born 1981), a former Japanese football player *Hiro Matsushita (born 1961), former Japanese Champ Car racing driver, businessman and grandson of Konosuke Matsushita. Chairman of Swift Engineering & Swift Xi *, Japanese handball player *Ko Matsushita, a Japanese conductor and composer * Kohei Matsushita (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Ehime F.C. * Konosuke Matsushita (1894–1989), a Japanese industrialist and founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., now known as Panasonic Corporation *Masaharu Matsushita (1912–2012), a Japanese businessman, the second president of Matsushita Electric, and son-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita *Miyuki Matsushita (born 1969), a Japanese voice actress *Moeko Matsushita (born 1982), a Japanese singer and actress *Nao Matsushita (born 1985), a Japanese actress and pian ...
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Adachi Morimune
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Adachi Munekage
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Mutō Kageyasu
Mutō (武藤 "warrior wisteria") is a Japanese surname. It is also romanized as Muto, Mutoh or Mutou. *Mutou Valley - valley in the Flaming Mountains. People *Adam Muto, American animator. *Akira Mutō, chief of staff of the 14th Area Army. *Ayami Mutō, singer. *Azumi Muto, actress. *, Japanese businesswoman. *Kaneyoshi Muto, Japanese fighter ace in World War II. *Hideki Mutoh, race car driver currently racing in the Super GT series. * Joe Muto, television producer. *Keiji Muto, pro-wrestler. * Masatoshi Muto, Japanese diplomat. *Nobuyoshi Mutō, general. * Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan. *Yoshinori Muto, association football player. *, Japanese baseball player. *, Japanese footballer. *, Japanese footballer. Fictional characters *Akio Mutou, science teacher in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo. *Ashirogi Muto of ''Bakuman''. *Kaname Muto of '' Yahiko no Sakabato''. * Kazuki Muto of ''Buso Renkin''. *Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's ''Tales of the Otori' ...
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Kakusan-ni
Kakusan-ni (Japanese: , August 10, 1252 – November 15, 1306), also known as Kakusan Shidō (覚山志道), was a Japanese Buddhist nun and widow of Hōjō Tokimune (1251–1284), the eighth regent of the Kamakura shogunate. She was the founding abbess of Tōkei-ji temple in Kamakura, noted for its long history as a refuge for women seeking divorce from their husbands. Her many other names included and the posthumous name of Chōon’in. Early life and family Lady Horiuchi was born in 1252 to the powerful Adachi clan. Her father was Yoshikage, the commander of Akita Castle; her mother was the daughter of Hōjō Tokifusa. She was the last of Yoshikage’s eleven children, according to ''Lineages of the Higher and Lesser Aristocracy''. After her father died in 1253, she was raised by her older brother Adachi Yasumori, who succeeded Yoshikage as head of the clan and as her guardian. Lady Horiuchi and Tokimune, her cousin and future husband, were likely well acquainted from a ver ...
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Adachi Nagakage
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Adachi Akimori
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Adachi Tokimori
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Adachi Yasumori
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...

Adachi Kagemura
Adachi may refer to: People * Adachi (surname) * Adachi clan, a family of samurai * Adachi Ginkō, 19th-century Japanese artist * Tohru Adachi, a fictional character and one of the antagonists of ''Persona 4'' Places * Adachi, Tokyo, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan * Adachi District, Fukushima, Japan * Adachi, Fukushima, a town in Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture See also * "Adachi-ga Hara", the title of the first issue in the 1970s ''Lion Books'' manga series as well as the fifth episode of the anime adaptation * The noh play Kurozuka Kurozuka (, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well a ...