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Hiraga Yoshinobu
Hiraga (written: 平賀) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese pharmacologist, writer, painter and inventor *, Japanese samurai *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, engineer and naval architect Fictional characters *, protagonist and the light novel series ''The Familiar of Zero'' {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Hiraga Gennai
was a Japanese polymath and ''rōnin'' of the Edo period. Gennai was a Pharmacology, pharmacologist, student of ''Rangaku'', physician, author, painter and inventor well known for his ''Elekiter, Erekiteru'' (electrostatic generator), ''Kandankei'' (thermometer), and ''Kakanpu'' (asbestos cloth). Gennai also composed several works on (Homosexuality in Japan, homosexual) life and desire in Japan, such as the ''Nenashigusa'' (1763), the ''Kiku no en'' (1764), the ''San no asa'' (1768), and the ''Nenashigusa kohen'' (1768). He also wrote a few satirical essays, including "''On Farting''" Rootless Grass, and A Lousy Journey of Love. His birth name was Shiraishi Kunitomo, but he later used numerous pen names, including , (his principal literary pen name), and . He is best known by the name of Hiraga Gennai. Biography Family History Hiraga Gennai was born in 1729 in the village of Shidoura, Sanuki Province (part of the modern city of Sanuki, Kagawa. He was the third son of Sh ...
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Hiraga Genshin
was a retainer to the Takeda family towards the beginning of Japan's Sengoku period (1467–1615). He was attacked by Takeda Nobutora at Un no Kuchi in 1536, and forced Nobutora to retreat. But Nobutora's son, Takeda Shingen , of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen was a warlord of great ..., then 15 years old, and called 'Takeda Harunobu', rallied the Takeda forces and led them to victory, killing Hiraga in the process. References *Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. 1536 deaths Samurai Year of birth unknown {{samurai-stub ...
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Yuzuru Hiraga
Vice Admiral Baron was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Doctor of Engineering and head of the engineering school of Tokyo Imperial University and a leading Japanese naval architect in the 1910s and 1920s, responsible for designing a number of famous warships, many of which would later see action during World War II. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology from 1941. Biography Hiraga was born in Tokyo and grew up in Yokosuka, Kanagawa although his family was from Hiroshima, where his official family registration was located. He graduated from what is now Hibiya High School, and entered the engineering department of Tokyo Imperial University in 1898, specializing in marine engineering. He was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1899, but allowed to continue his studies, and graduated in 1901 as a sub-lieutenant. He immediately went to work for the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal as a design engineer for new warships. Promoted to lieutenan ...
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Saito Hiraga
This is a list of characters from the light novel, anime, and manga series ''The Familiar of Zero''. Main characters Louise : : is introduced as a second-year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic. She is the third daughter of the Vallière family, an aristocratic family well known in Tristain. Louise is a very stubborn girl, but, as Henrietta mentions, her heart is pure. However, Louise is nicknamed "Louise the Zero" for her seemingly poor magic abilities that usually result in explosions, and she masks her insecurity and hurt feelings by a show of arrogance. Louise constantly defends her honor as a benevolent person; she states that it is her responsibility as a noble to ensure Princess Henrietta's safety and to see to her familiar's well-being. During the ceremony when all second-year students summon their familiars, Louise summons an ordinary human, Saito Hiraga. At first, Louise treats Saito as a slave or pet, having him wash her clothes and having him lay on a bed of s ...
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