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Mizuta Tenmangū
is a Shinto shrine in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Overview According to the shrine's legend, it was founded in 1226 by Sugawara Tamenaga, a descendant of Sugawara Michizane and the head of the Sugawara clan, with the authorization of Emperor Go-Horikawa. The surrounding was a ''shōen'' landed estate belonging to Dazaifu Tenman-gū. In the Edo period, Chikugo Province was divided between Kurume Domain and Yanagawa Domain, and the shrine received support from both the Tachibana clan of Yanagawa, the Arima clan of Kurume. In the DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... of Kurume. In the Bakumatsu period">DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... of Kurume. In the Bakumatsu period, the ''sonnō-jōi'' supporter Maki Yasuomi">Bakumatsu period, the ''sonnō-jōi">Bakumatsu period">DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... of Kurume. In the Bakumatsu period, the ''sonnō-jōi'' supporter Maki Yasuomi sought refuge from Tokugawa shogunate authorities by sheltering in the house of his brother, who was a kannu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiden (Shinto)
In Shinto shrine architecture, the is the hall of worship or oratory. It is generally placed in front of the shrine's main sanctuary ('' honden'') and often built on a larger scale than the latter. The ''haiden'' is often connected to the ''honden'' by a '' heiden'', or hall of offerings. While the ''honden'' is the place for the enshrined ''kami'' and off-limits to the general public, the ''haiden'' provides a space for ceremonies and for worshiping the ''kami''. In some cases, for example at Nara's Ōmiwa Shrine , also known as , is a Shinto shrine located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is noted because it contains no sacred images or objects because it is believed to serve Mount Miwa, the mountain on which it stands. For the same re ..., the ''honden'' can be missing and be replaced by a patch of sacred ground. In that case, the ''haiden'' is the most important building of the complex. References Shinto architecture {{Shinto-stub ja:拝殿< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dazaifu Tenman-gū
Dazaifu may refer to: * Dazaifu, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, part of the greater Fukuoka metropolitan area.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Dazaifu" in . Nearby cities include Ōnojō and Chikushino. Although mostly mountainous, it does have arable land ..., a city in northern Kyūshū * Dazaifu (government), the regional government in northern Kyūshū {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannushi
A , also called , is a person responsible for the maintenance of a as well as for leading worship of a given .* ''Kannushi'' (in Japanese), Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version The characters for are sometimes also read as with the same meaning. History Originally, the were intermediaries between and people and could transmit their will to common humans. A was a man capable of miracles or a holy man who, because of his practice of purificatory rites, was able to work as a medium for a . Later the term evolved to being synonymous with - a man who works at a shrine and holds religious ceremonies there. In ancient times, because of the overlap of political and religious power within a clan, it was the head of the clan who led the clansmen during religious functions, or else it could be another official. Later, the role evolved into a separate and more specialized form. The term appears in both the (680 AD) and (720 AD), where the Empress Jing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 978.Nussbaum"''Edo-jidai''"at p. 167. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars of the Sengoku period following the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate. Ieyasu became the ''shōgun,'' and the Tokugawa clan governed Japan from Edo Castle in the eastern city of Edo (Tokyo) along with the ''daimyō'' lords of the ''samurai'' class.Nussbaum"Tokugawa"at p. 976. The Tokugawa shogunate organized Japanese society under the strict Tokugawa class system and banned most foreigners under the isolationist policies of ''Sakoku'' to promote political stability. The Tokugawa shoguns governed Japan in a feudal system, with each ''daimyō'' administering a ''han'' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Yasuomi
was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served as a retainer of the Arima clan of Kurume Domain, Kurume in northern Kyūshū. He was also a Shinto priest of the Kurume Suitengū, Suitengū shrine in Kurume. Maki, also known by his court title of or simply , was a student of the Mito school's ''sonnō-jōi'' ideology, and in particular, Aizawa Seishisai's philosophy. Maki took part in the Kinmon Incident of 1864 and committed suicide near Osaka with his men, after being chased and surrounded by Aizu Domain, Aizu and Shinsengumi troops. Early life Maki was born in Kurume Domain, Kurume in 1813, to Maki Toshiomi, the family head of the hereditary line of Shinto priests who cared for the Suitengū shrine. It was during Maki's childhood that his father was made a full-fledged samurai by Arima Yorinori, the lord of Kurume.Calman, p. 81. When Maki was eleven, his father died, leaving him in charge of the family as well as the shrine. Intellectual and political career Combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakumatsu Period
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government. The major ideological-political divide during this period was between the pro-imperial nationalists called and the shogunate forces, which included the elite swordsmen. Although these two groups were the most visible powers, many other factions attempted to use the chaos of to seize personal power.Hillsborough, ''page # needed'' Furthermore, there were two other main driving forces for dissent: first, growing resentment on the part of the (or outside lords), and second, growing anti-Western sentiment following the arrival of Matthew C. Perry. The first related to those lords whose predecessors had fought against Tokugawa forces at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, after which they had been permanently excluded from all powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arima Clan
The is a Japanese samurai family. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 6-7 of 80">"Arima," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 2-3 [PDF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF 6-7 of 80">"Arima," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 2-3 [PDF 6-7 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-5. From 1695 until 1871 they ruled the Maruoka Domain as daimyo. They were appointed Kazoku, Viscount after the Meiji Restoration. History The clan is called Hizen-Arima clan after its province of origin to distinguish it from other unrelated clans of the same name. The clan claimed descent from Fujiwara Sumitomo (d. 941 AD), who settled in Iyo Province after the Tengyō no Ran war.Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80">"Arima," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 [PDF 7 of 80/nowiki>">DF 7 of 80">"Arima," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 [PDF 7 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-5. During the late Muromachi period, Arima Haruzumi was a powerful Kashindan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachibana Clan (立花氏), a clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) prominent in the Muromachi, Sengoku and Edo periods
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Tachibana clan may refer to: *Tachibana clan (kuge) (橘氏), a clan of ''kuge'' (court nobles) prominent in the Nara and Heian periods *Tachibana clan (samurai) The Tachibana clan (立花氏) was a Japanese clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) during Japan's Sengoku and Edo periods. Originally based in Tachibana castle in Kyūshū, the family's holdings were moved to the Yanagawa Domain in the far north- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanagawa Domain
was a Japanese Han (Japan), domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Chikugo Province in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. In the han system, Yanagawa was a politics, political and Economics, economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of ''kokudaka'', not land area.Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987)''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18 This was different from the feudalism of the West. List of ''daimyōs'' The hereditary ''daimyōs'' were head of the clan and head of the domain. *Tanaka clan, 1600–1620 (''Tozama daimyō, tozama''; 325,000 ''koku'') #Tanaka Yoshimasa, Yoshimasa #Tadamasa Tachibana clan (samurai), Tachibana clan, 1620–1871 (''tozama''; 109,000 ''koku'') #Tachibana Muneshige, Muneshige #Tadashige #Akitora #Akitaka #Sadayoshi #Sadanori #Akinao #Akihisa #Akikata #Akihiro #Akinobu #Akit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurume Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Chikugo Province in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. In the han system, Kurume was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of '' kokudaka'', not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West. List of ''daimyōs'' The hereditary ''daimyōs'' were head of the clan and head of the domain. At Kurume, the Tokugawa ''shōguns'' granted 210,000 '' koku'' to the Arima clan_from_1620_to_1868.Edmond_Papinot.html" ;"title="DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... from 1620 to 1868.Edmond Papinot">Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Arima" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 2–3 retrieved 2013-4-4. Arima clan The is a Japanese samurai family. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikugo Province
is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyūshū. It was sometimes called or , with Chikuzen Province. Chikugo was bordered by Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces. History The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka. During the Edo period the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held the southern fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held the northern fief at Kurume. During_the_Meiji_era.html" ;"title="DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... in Sengoku period. --> During the Meiji era">DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF ... in Sengoku period. --> During the Meiji era, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Chikugo Province were reformed in the 1870s. Timeline * 1359 (''Enbun 4''): Battle of Chikugo River (''Chikugogawa''), Ashikaga gain a military victory. * 1361 (''Enbun 6'') : Imperial forces led by Kikuch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
