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Akizuki (surname)
Akizuki (秋月) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese noble family *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese samurai warrior *, Japanese samurai {{surname, Akizuki Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akizuki Clan
The Akizuki clan (秋月氏, ''Akizuki-shi'') is a Japanese noble family. In the Sengoku period, the Akizuki clan was led by a samurai lord (大名 ''daimyō'') in the Akizuki domain on the island of Kyūshū. From the Meiji period to the end of World War II, the Akizuki family was a contemporary noble (華族 "Kazoku"). After World War II, the land controlled by the Akizuki family became Akizuki prefecture. Later, Akizuki prefecture was re-organized as Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県 ''Fukuoka-ken''). At present, the former Akizuki area is still referred to as "Akizuki", and is now Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture. The Akizuki clan's main descendants live in Ōita Prefecture and Tokyo. Notable leader * Akizuki Kiyotane *Akizuki Tanezane (1548-1596) *Akizuki Tanenaga (1567-1614) *Akizuki Taneharu Cultural references Two ships have been named after the Akizuki clan: the of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The movie director Akira Kurosawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risu Akizuki
is the pen name of a Japanese four-panel manga artist. She made her professional manga debut with ''Okusama Shinkaron'' in 1988. Her most famous work is ''OL Shinkaron''. She won the 8th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ... in 2004. References Women manga artists Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists 1957 births Living people Kansai University alumni Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Short Story Award) 20th-century Japanese women writers 20th-century Japanese writers {{Manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akizuki Satsuo
was a diplomat and government official of the in the Imperial Household Ministry. He was born in Hyūga Province. He was the third of four sons. His father, was an elder of the Takanabe Domain. His younger brother, , was an official in the Ministry of Agricultural and Trade Affairs, and contributed to the growth of the Sumitomo Zaibatsu. was his brother-in-law. He graduated from the Han school called founded by . He attended Kagoshima Medical School, but dropped out. He graduated from the Japanese Ministry of Justice Law School. He worked in the Ministry of Justice for a time, but then became a diplomat. He worked as a diplomat to Sweden, the Japanese ambassador to Belgium, and the ambassador extraordinary to Austria-Hungary, before leaving office in 1914. He worked as a plenipotentiary advisor at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. During his time as ambassador to Belgium, in 1908, he observed a British Boy Scout event. He reported his findings to others, which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akizuki Tanezane
was a samurai warrior and daimyo from Akizuki clan, son of Akizuki Kiyotane, who was defeated by the Ōtomo clan. Later he joined the Shimazu clan. In 1585, Tanezane supported the Shimazu in an offensive against the Ōtomo at the Siege of Iwaya Castle. In 1587, he fought with Shimazu against Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ... in Kyūshū, an island of Japan. In 1596, Tanezane was succeeded by his son Tanenaga. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Tanenaga was transferred to Takanabe han (in Hyuga, 20,000 koku). Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Akizuki, Tanezane 1548 births 1596 deaths Daimyo Samurai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akizuki Teijirō
was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Matsudaira clan of Aizu. Born in Aizuwakamatsu, Akizuki was recognized early as a skilled scholar, and studied at the Tokugawa Shogunate's Shoheizaka school, in Edo. He served as an advisor to Matsudaira Katamori, and was present for most of the latter's tenure as Kyoto Shugoshoku from 1862 to 1867. Akizuki was a senior commander of Aizu forces during the Boshin War. After the war, he became an educator, and worked in high schools in Kyushu. Later in his life, he was a colleague of Lafcadio Hearn, who referred to him in his writings. References *Hoshi Ryōichi. ''Onnatachi no Aizusensō''. *----. ''Byakkotai to Aizu bushidō''. *Yamakawa Kenjirō was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also s ... (1933). ''Aizu Boshin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
