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Kinoshita Iesada
was a samurai of the Sengoku through early Edo periods. He was the son of . Born Sugihara Magobei (杉原孫兵衛), he later took the new family name Kinoshita ("under the tree"), possibly to show his support for his brother-in-law, the general who would become known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi. At the time of the Battle of Sekigahara, Iesada was lord of Himeji han and held 25,000 ''koku'' of income. However, due to his distinction in guarding his sister O-ne (Hideyoshi's wife), Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded him, and he was enfeifed at Ashimori han in Bitchu Province following the battle. Iesada's children included Katsutoshi,Nussbaum, "Kinoshita Katsutoshi" at Toshifusa, Nobutoshi, Toshisada, and Hideaki. Toshifusa, his second son, succeeded him. Notes References * Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005) ''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge: Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Various samurai warlords and Japanese clans, clans fought for control over Japan in the power vacuum, while the emerged to fight against samurai rule. The Nanban trade, arrival of Europeans in 1543 introduced the arquebus into Japanese warfare, and Japan ended its status as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of China in 1549. Oda Nobunaga dissolved the Ashikaga shogunate in 1573 and launched a war of political unification by force, including the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, until his death in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582. Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed his campaign to unify Japan and consolidated his rule with numerous influential reforms. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea (159 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinoshita Toshifusa
Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim * Akira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographer * Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor * Ayumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actress * Hiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor * Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai * Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher * Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright * Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director *, Japanese shogi player * Kosuke Kinoshita (born 1994), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Kyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao * Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composer * Masaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballer * Masao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan * Mokutaro Kinoshita (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1608 Deaths
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1543 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 1543 ( MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in science, considered the start of the scientific revolution. Events January–June * February 11 – King Henry VIII of England allies with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France. * February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga: A joint Ethiopian-Portuguese force of 8,500, under Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defeats Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi's army of over 14,000, ending the Ethiopian–Adal war. * March ** King Gustav Vasa's troops crush the forces of Swedish peasant rebel Nils Dacke in battle, ending the uprising. Dacke escapes, but is captured and killed in the summer. ** Consolidating Act of Welsh Union: The Parliament of England establishes counties and regularises parliamentary representation in Wales. * April &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirement of William P. Sisler in 2017, the university appointed as Director George Andreou. The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts near Harvard Square, and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Yale University Press. TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018. Notable authors published by HUP include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, Carol Gilligan, Amartya Sen, David Blight, Martha Nussbaum, and Thomas Piketty. The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009. Related publishers, imprints, and series HUP owns the Belknap Press imprint, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobayakawa Hideaki
(1577 – December 1, 1602) was the fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was gained the rank of ''Saemon no Kami'' (左衛門督) or in China ''Shikkingo'' (執金吾) at genpuku and held the court title of ''Chūnagon'' (中納言), Hideaki was also called ''Kingo Chūnagon'' (金吾中納言). Biography He was adopted by Hideyoshi and called himself ''Hashiba Hidetoshi'' (羽柴 秀俊). He was then again adopted by Kobayakawa Takakage, becoming ''Kobayakawa Hidetoshi'' (小早川 秀俊). He then renamed himself ''Hideaki'' (秀秋) after Takakage's death. Shortly after the Battle of Sekigahara, he renamed one last time to ''Kobayakawa Hideaki'' (小早川 秀詮). During the Battle of Keicho he led reinforcements to rescue Ulsan Castle from the Ming army. Fighting on the front line with a spear, he managed to capture an enemy commander and broke the siege. However, Hideyoshi saw the danger of a reckless charge by the general commandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinoshita Toshisada
Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim * Akira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographer * Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor * Ayumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actress * Hiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor * Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai * Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher * Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright * Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director *, Japanese shogi player * Kosuke Kinoshita (born 1994), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Kyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao * Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composer * Masaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballer * Masao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan * Mokutaro Kinoshita (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinoshita Nobutoshi
Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim * Akira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographer * Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor * Ayumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actress * Hiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor * Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai * Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher * Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright * Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director *, Japanese shogi player * Kosuke Kinoshita (born 1994), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Kyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao * Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composer * Masaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballer * Masao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan * Mokutaro Kinoshita (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinoshita Katsutoshi
Kinoshita (written: 木下 or 木之下) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Airi Kinoshita (1998–2005), Japanese murder victim * Akira Kinoshita (born 1936), Japanese photographer * Alicia Kinoshita (born 1967), Japanese sailor * Ayumi Kinoshita (born 1982), Japanese actress * Hiroyuki Kinoshita (born 1958), Japanese voice actor and actor * Iesada Kinoshita (1543–1608), Japanese samurai * Jun'an Kinoshita (1621–1699), Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher * Junji Kinoshita (1914–2006), Japanese playwright * Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), Japanese film director *, Japanese shogi player * Kosuke Kinoshita (born 1994), Japanese footballer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Kyosuke Kinoshita (born 1941) chairman of Acom, son of Masao * Makiko Kinoshita (born 1956), Japanese composer * Masaki Kinoshita (born 1989), Japanese footballer * Masao Kinoshita (1910 – ?), founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan * Mokutaro Kinoshita (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, perpetual peace, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The period derives its name from Edo (now Tokyo), where on March 24, 1603, the shogunate was officially established by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War, which restored imperial rule to Japan. Consolidation of the shogunate The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's regional '' daimyo''. A revolution took place from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tennō's court, to the Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father. He later succeeded as daimyo after his father's death, serving as a vassal and general of the Oda clan, and building up his strength under Oda Nobunaga. After Oda Nobunaga's death, Ieyasu was briefly a rival of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before declaring his allegiance and fighting on his behalf. Under Toyotomi, Ieyasu was relocated to the Kanto plains in eastern Japan, away from the Toyotomi power base in Osaka. He built his castle in the fishing village of Edo (now Tokyo). He became the most powerful daimyo and the most senior officer under the Toyotomi regime. Ieyasu preserved his strength i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
