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Shōchū (era)
was a after '' Genkō'' and before ''Karyaku.'' This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326. The reigning Emperor was . Change of era * 1324 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Genkō'' 4. Events of the ''Shōchū'' era * 1324 (''Shōchū 1, 1st month''): The ''nadaijin'' Saionji Kinsighe died at age 41.Titsingh, p. 283. * 1324 (''Shōchū 1, 3rd month''): The emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine. * 1324 (''Shōchū 1, 3rd month''): The emperor visited the Kamo Shrines. * 1324 (''Shōchū 1, 5th month''): Konoe Iehira died. He had been '' kampaku'' during the reign of Emperor Hanazono.Titsingh, p. 284. * 1324 (''Shōchū 1, 6th month''): The former-Emperor Go-Uda died at age 58. * 1325'' (''Shōchū 2, 6th month''): The former-shōgun, Prince Koreyasu, died at age 62. * 1325 (''Shōchū 2, 12th month''): The former-''kampaku'', Ichijō Uchitsune, died at age 36. * 1326 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the United States Library of Congress. The National Diet Library (NDL) consists of two main facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto, and several other branch libraries throughout Japan. History The National Diet Library is the successor of three separate libraries: the library of the House of Peers, the library of the House of Representatives, both of which were established at the creation of Japan's Imperial Diet in 1890; and the Imperial Library, which had been established in 1872 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. The Diet's power in prewar Japan was limited, and its need for information was "correspondingly small". The original Diet libraries "never developed either the collections or the services which might have made t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology, religion, film, and international studies. History Founded in May 1893, In 1933 the first four volumes of the ''History of the State of New York'' were published. In early 1940s revenues rises, partially thanks to the ''Encyclopedia'' and the government's purchase of 12,500 copies for use by the military. Columbia University Press is notable for publishing reference works, such as ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'' (1935–present), ''The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry'' (online as ''The Columbia World of Poetry Online'') and ''The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'' (also online) and for publishing music. First among American university presses to publish in electronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Titsingh
Isaac Titsingh FRS ( January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Isaak Titsingh" in . During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company ( nl, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC)). He represented the European trading company in exclusive official contact with Tokugawa Japan, traveling to Edo twice for audiences with the shogun and other high bakufu officials. He was the Dutch and VOC governor general in Chinsura, Bengal.Stephen R. Platt, ''Imperial Twilight: the Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age'' (NY: Knopf, 2018), 166-73. Titsingh worked with his counterpart, Charles Cornwallis, who was governor general of the British East India Company. In 1795, Titsingh represented Dutch and VOC interests in China, where his reception at the court of the Qing Qianlong Emperor stood in contrast to the rebuff suffered by British diplomat ... [...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] |
Ichijō Uchitsune
, son of Uchisane, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle b ... (1185–1333). He held a regent position kampaku from 1318 to 1323. Tsunemichi was his son. Family * Father: Ichijo Uchisane * Mother: daughter of Ichijo Sanetsune * Wife: daughter of Saionji Kin’aki * Son: Ichijo Tsunemichi by daughter of Saionji Kin’aki References * 1291 births 1325 deaths Fujiwara clan Ichijō family People of Kamakura-period Japan {{japan-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Koreyasu
, also known as , was the seventh ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Koreyasu shinnō" in . He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents. Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka who was the sixth ''shōgun''. * 26 August 1266 (''Bun'ei 3, 24th day of the 7th month''): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th ''shōgun'' at the age of two when his father was deposed. * 17 July 1287 (''Kōan 10, 6th day of the 6th month''): The ''shōgun'' was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court. * 29 September 1289 ('' Shōō 2, 14th day of the 9th month''): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (''Sagami-no-Kami'') caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.Titsingh, At age 25, the deposed ''shōgun'' became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya. Family * Father: Prince Munetaka * Mother: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241) * Wife: unknown * Children: ** Prince Hitozumi ** a daughter married Prince H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Uda
was the 91st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1274 through 1287. This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Uda and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Uda," or in some older sources, may be identified as "Emperor Uda, the second" or as "Emperor Uda II." Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (''imina'') was Yohito (世仁). He was the second son of Emperor Kameyama. They were from the Daikaku-ji line. *Consort: Imperial Princess Reishi (姈子内親王; 1270–1307) later Yūgimon'in (遊義門院), Emperor Go-Fukakusa's daughter *Consort: Horikawa (Minamoto) Motoko (堀河（源）基子) later Nishika'mon-in (西華門院; 1269–1355), Horikawa Tomomori's daughter **First son: Imperial Prince Kuniharu (邦治親王) later Emperor Go-Nijō *Lady-in-waiting: Itsutsuji (Fujiwara) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Hanazono
was the 95th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1308 through 1318. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was Tomihito''-shinnō'' (富仁親王). He was the fourth son of the 92nd Emperor, Fushimi. He belonged to the ''Jimyōin-tō'' branch of the Imperial Family. *Consort: Ogimachi Michiko (正親町実子) later Senkomon’in (宣光門院, 1297–1360), Ogimachi Saneakira’s daughter ** First Daughter: Imperial Princess Hisako (1318–1358; 寿子内親王) later Kianmon-in (徽安門院), married Emperor Kogon ** Second Son: Imperial Prince Nobunaga (業永親王; 1327–1353) later Imperial Prince priest Genshi (源性入道親王) ** Third son: Imperial Prince Naohito (直仁親王; 1335–1398) ** Daughter: Imperial Princess Noriko (儀子内親王; d. 1348) ** Priest Shōgoin ** Daughter married to Kazan’in clan *Consort: Ichijo-no-Tsubone (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konoe Iehira
, son of Iemoto, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ... (1185–1333). He held a regent position kampaku from 1313 and 1315. With a commoner he had a son Tsunetada. References * 1282 births 1324 deaths Fujiwara clan Konoe family People of Kamakura-period Japan {{japan-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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