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Shigemasa Sunada
Shigemasa (written: 重政 or 重昌) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Shigemasa Higaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Higaki plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won once. Professional wins (1) Japan Golf Tour wins (1) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3) Team appearances * Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1997 ... (born 1971), Japanese golfer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ukiyo-e artist *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese samurai See also * 6567 Shigemasa, main-belt asteroid {{DEFAULTSORT:Shigemasa Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigemasa Higaki
is a Japanese professional golfer. Higaki plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won once. Professional wins (1) Japan Golf Tour wins (1) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3) Team appearances *Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ... External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture 1971 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itakura Shigemasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. The lord of Fukōzu han in Mikawa Province, he was a personal aide to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Son of the Kyoto Shoshidai Itakura Katsushige, and younger brother of Itakura Shigemune (successor to Katsushige as ''Shoshidai''). Born in Mikawa, he was styled ''Naizen no Kami'' (内膳正), and together with Matsudaira Masatsuna and Akimoto Yasutomo, he served as Tokugawa Ieyasu's personal aide (''kinju shuttōnin'' 近習出頭人). In the Osaka Winter Campaign, he acted as negotiator with the Toyotomi. In the 11th month of Kan'ei 14 (1637), he was appointed chief commander of the expeditionary force that was sent to put down the Shimabara Rebellion. Shigemasa failed to take Hara Castle, the rebels' headquarters, despite his use of ninja, tunnelling methods, and catapults. As a result, the shōgun Iemitsu grew impatient with him, and sent Matsudaira Nobutsuna was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kawagoe D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitao Shigemasa
was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Edo. He was one of the leading printmakers of his day, but his works have been slightly obscure. He is noted for images of beautiful women (''bijinga''). He was taught by Shigenaga and has been referred to as "a chameleon" who adopted to changing styles. He was less active after the rise of Torii Kiyonaga and produced relatively few works considering the length of his career. He is also noted for his haikai (poetry) and shodō (Japanese calligraphy). In his later years he used the studio name Kosuisai. Life and career Shigemasa was born the eldest son of bookseller Suharaya Mohei in 1739 in Nihonbashi area Edo (modern Tokyo). His family name was Kitabatake and his childhood name was Tarōkichi. Throughout his life he also used the personal names Kyūgorō and Sasuke. His work also appeared under the art names Hokuhō, Kōsuisai, Kōsuiken, Suihō Itsujin, and others, and he used the poetry name Karan. Shigemasa taught himself art before becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsudaira Shigemasa
was the 11th ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. in Echizen Province.Burks, Ardath W. (1985) ''The Modernizers: overseas students, foreign employees, and Meiji Japan'', p. 47 Shigemasa was born in Edo Castle as the eldest son of Tokugawa Munetada, founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the ''Gosankyō'', the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa clan. His mother was a daughter of the ''kampaku'' Ichijō Kaneka. His childhood name was Ogimaru (於義丸) given by his grandfather, ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshimune. In 1747, on the order of his uncle, ''Shōgun'' Tokugawa Ieshige, he became the adopted son and heir of Matsudaira Munenori of Fukui Domain. He became ''daimyō'' two years later on Muninori's death. At the time, he was called by his youth name of Matsudaira Kogorō; however, in 1751 he underwent the ''genpuku'' ceremony and received a character from Tokugawa Ieshige's name to become Matsudaira Shigemasa. In 1755, his court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsukura Shigemasa
was a Japanese feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. He held the title of ''Bingo no Kami'' and the Imperial court rank of junior 5th, lower grade (''ju-go i no ge''). Though he began as a retainer of Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Yamato Province, he became a lord in his own right, acquiring the 60,000 koku Shimabara Domain in Kyushu, in 1600. He is most famous for being the lord whose domain was the center of the Shimabara Rebellion of 1638. Early life Matsukura Shigemasa was born in 1574 in Yamato Province, the son of Matsukura ''Ukon'' Shigenobu, a retainer of the Tsutsui clan. However, following the death of Tsutsui Junkei, the Tsutsui clan was moved to Iga Province, and the Matsukura remained in Yamato, coming under the supervision of the Toyotomi clan. In 1600 he fought in the Battle of Sekigahara, and for his merits was awarded lordship of Gojo-Futami Castle by Tokugawa Ieyasu. For his meritorious actions in the Tokugawa army at the Domyoji front of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakagawa Shigemasa
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Nakagawa (中川 lit. "central river") may refer to: Places * Nakagawa (Teshio) District in Kamikawa, Hokkaidō * Nakagawa (Tokachi) District in Tokachi, Hokkaidō * Nakagawa, Fukuoka * Nakagawa, Hokkaidō * Nakagawa, Nagano * Nakagawa, Tochigi * Nakagawa, Tokushima * Nakagawa, Nanyo in Yamagata Prefecture Other uses *Nakagawa (surname) See also * Naka River (other) Naka River may refer to: 中川 *Naka River (Saitama Tokyo) which flows through Saitama prefecture and Tokyo prefecture *Naka River (Chiba) which flows through Chiba prefecture 那珂川 *Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki) which flows through Tochigi pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
