Teruko Ōba
Teruko (written: , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Empress of Japan * Akai Teruko (赤井輝子, 1514 – 1594), female samurai warrior. *, Japanese princess and artist *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese lawyer and President of the Girl Scouts of Japan *, Japanese artist {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Princess Teruko
Princess Teruko (曦子内親王; 1224 – 5 October 1262) later known as Senkamon-in (仙華門院), was an Empress of Japan as the Honorary Mother of her nephew Emperor Go-Saga. She was the daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado was the 83rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 土御門天皇 (83)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 86–87. Tsuchimikado's reig ... and court lady Omiya-no-Tsubone (大宮局). Notes Japanese empresses consort 1224 births 1262 deaths Japanese princesses Saigū {{Japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akai Teruko
Akai Teruko (赤井輝子, November 6, 1514 – December 17, 1594) or Myoinni (妙印尼) was a late-Sengoku period Onna-musha warrior. Teruko was a woman trained in Naginatajutsu, ko-naginata, fought in many battles when younger and commanded three thousand soldiers in Kanayama Castle, Kanayama castle at 70 years old. She was the daughter of Akai Terumitsu, spouse of Yura shigeru, Yura Shigeru the retainer of Later Hōjō clan, Hōjō clan, and grandmother of Kaihime. In contrast to her famous granddaughter, Kaihime, who was known as "The most beautiful woman in east Japan" (東国無双の美人), Teruko was known as ''The strongest woman in the Warring States Period'' (戦国時代最強の女丈夫). Early life Teruko was born as the daughter of Tatebayashi Castle lord Akai Terumitsu. According to legend, Teruko's father saved a young fox from naughty children, and then in the evening an Inari Ōkami, Inari appeared and recommended a location for his castle, drawing a design ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Onna-bugeisha
''Onna-musha'' (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan. These women fought in battle alongside samurai men. They were members of the ''bushi'' (warrior) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war. They also have an important presence in Japanese literature, with Tomoe Gozen and Hangaku Gozen as famous and influential examples representing ''onna-musha''. There were also , female guards of the harems and residences of the wives and concubines of daimyō and clan leaders. Kamakura period The Genpei War (1180–1185) marked the war between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) clans, two very prominent Japanese clans of the late-Heian period. The epic ''The Tale of the Heike'' was composed in the early 13th century in order to commemorate the stories of courageous and devoted samurai. Among those was Tomoe Gozen, servant of Minamoto no Yoshinaka of the Minamoto clan. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko, Princess Ake
was a Japanese imperial princess and artist. She was the eighth daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. The Kosetsu Memorial Museum held a special exhibition on Japanese female artists, in which her work was also exhibited. See also * Kiyohara Yukinobu (1643–82) * Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727/8–84) * Ema Saikō was a Japanese painter, poet and calligrapher celebrated for her Chinese-style art in the late Edo period. Her specialisation as a bunjin, a painter of Chinese-style art using monochrome ink, was the bamboo plant which she perfected and which ... (1787–1861) References 1634 births 1727 deaths 17th-century Japanese artists Japanese princesses Edo period Buddhist clergy Japanese women artists 18th-century Japanese artists 17th-century Japanese women 18th-century Japanese women {{japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko Ishizaka
was a Japanese scientist and immunologist who along with her husband Kimishige Ishizaka discovered the antibody class Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in 1966. Their work was regarded as a major breakthrough in the understanding of allergy, and for this work she received the 1972 Passano Award and the 1973 Gairdner Foundation International Award. She was known in the science world for her generosity and collaborative spirit. Early life and education Teruko Ishizaka was born into a "prominent family" in Yamagata Japan on September 28, 1926. Her father was a lawyer and her mother, a homemaker, "encouraged her to pursue a professional career". She received a doctorate in medicine from Tokyo Women's Medical School in 1949 and a PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1955. Career From 1949 until 1957, she and her husband Kimishige Ishizaka worked at Keizo Nakamura's laboratory where she studied the mechanisms of anaphylaxis. In 1957, the couple joined the laboratory of Dan Campbell at the Cali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko Miyamoto
is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1952 births Living people Japanese women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Japan Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Basketball players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Unitika Phoenix basketball players {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko Oe
is a retired female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1992 edition of Nagoya Marathon The , named until the 2010 race, is an annual marathon race for female runners over the classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres, held in Nagoya, Japan in early March every year. It holds World Athletics Platinum road race status. It i ... on March 1, 1992, clocking a total time of 2:31:04. Achievements ReferencesARRS* 1969 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko Wada
(born October 31, 1969, Nagano, Nagano prefecture), Japan is an attorney and former President of the Girl Scouts of Japan, a member of the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 2011, and Senior Manager at the Japan Business Federation. Wada led disaster relief fundraising efforts in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and under her guidance, Girl Scouts of Nagano started a project to support children with needs in partnership with Armenian Girl Guides of the National Union of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia. She studied at the Graduate School of Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo, as well as Waseda University and Knox College. She lives in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. She was admitted, or permitted to practice law, in New York State New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York Ci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teruko Yokoi
was a Japanese artist, most known for her abstract paintings. Early life and education Yokoi was born in 1924 in Nagoya, Aichi, and soon after moved to Tsushima, Japan. In 1947, she painted portraits of several U.S. Army officers' wives, including Jean Barnett Alexander, the wife of Lt. John A. Alexander. In the late 40s she studied with the Impressionist painter Takanori Kinoshita in Tokyo. After winning prizes in the Issuikai and Nitten Exhibitions between 1949 and 1951, she moved to the United States in 1953, and studied at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute). In New York she studied with Hans Hofmann, and with Julian Levi at the Art Students League. In New York her style shifted away from objective Impressionism, becoming increasingly abstract. Career As of 2010, Yokoi has held almost 80 solo exhibitions since 1954. She has held exhibitions at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Seibu Art Forum, and the Galerie Kornfeld in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |