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Torii (surname)
Torii (written : 鳥居) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chiho Torii (born 1970), Japanese former volleyball player * Hirofumi Torii (born 1988), Japanese figure skater * Keiko Torii, Japanese plant scientist * Torii Kiyohiro (died c. 1776), Japanese artist * Torii Kiyomasu (fl. 1690s – 1720s), Japanese painter and printmaker * Torii Kiyomasu II (c. 1720 - 1750), Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker * Torii Kiyomitsu (1735 – 1785), Japanese painter and printmaker * Torii Kiyomoto (1645 - 1702), Japanese actor * Torii Kiyonaga (1752 – 1815), Japanese artist * Torii Kiyonobu I (c. 1664 – 1729), Japanese painter and printmaker * Torii Kiyonobu II (active 1725 - 1760), Japanese ukiyo-e artist * Torii Kiyotsune (fl. mid-18th century), Japanese artist * Torii Kotondo (1900 – 1976), Japanese artist * Mitsuko Torii (born 1943), female Japanese high jump athlete * Torii Mototada (1539 – 1600), Japanese samurai, who served Tokugawa Ie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiho Torii
(born 29 July 1970) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... In 1996, Torii was eliminated with the Japanese team in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament. External links * Volleybox.net Profile(archived) 1970 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Naritsugu
was the son of Torii Mototada. He was lord of Yamura fief in Kai province (worth 35,000 ''koku''), but was dispossessed in 1632 and banished to his nephew Torii Tadatsune's domain in Yamagata Domain, Yamagata. Daimyo Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Daimyo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoo Torii
(born May 20, 1973) is a Japanese judoka. He won Asian silver medal in the half-lightweight division in 1996 Asian Judo Championships. In November 2012 Torii took 5th in the World Sambo Championships The World Sambo Championships are the main championships in Sambo and Combat Sambo, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS). History The first World Sambo Cup took place in 1977 in Oviedo, Spain. Two years later, the first Y ... in Minsk. References Living people Japanese male judoka 1973 births 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokutoshi Torii
is a Japanese architect and writer. He has lived for more than ten years in Zambia, researching Spanish architecture, especially the architecture of Gaudi, on which he has published several studies.Gaudí 2002 Miscellany (Gaudí International Year Commemorative Edition), Barcelona; Planeta-Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2002 Bibliography *El munco enigmático de Gaudí, Madrid; Instituto de España, 1983, 2 vols. *Antonio Gaudí (The life of Gaudí), Tokyo; Kajimashuppankai, 1985 *The architecture of Gaudí ("Gaudí no kenchiku"), Tokyo; Kajimashuppankai, 1987 *The Philosophy of Gaudí ("Gaudí no Nanatsu no Shuchoo"), Tokyo; Kajimashuppankai, 1990 *The origins of Gaudí's architecture, Tokyo; Kajimashuppankai, 2001 *Gaudí, his architecture and his historical world, Tokyo; Chuokoronbijutsu-Shuppan, 2000 *Gaudí, his complete writings and words, Tokyo; Chuokoronbijutsu-Shuppan, 2007 Works *Jizo Tower of Hatagaya, Tokyo 1971–73 *Reconstruction of Gaudi's project of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadayoshi
was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Sengoku period. Longtime retainer of Matsudaira Hirotada and later, his son Tokugawa Ieyasu. When Ieyasu was sent to Sunpu Castle to be a hostage to the Imagawa clan, Tadayoshi served alongside Matsudaira Shigeyoshi as castle warden of Okazaki Castle. He was renowned as a model of frugality, eventually saving up enough money by the time Ieyasu returned, in order to rearm the Matsudaira (Tokugawa) clan. Tadayoshi was a father in law of Honda Shigetsugu. In later years, he was held up as the model Mikawa-era Tokugawa vassal. After he died, his son, Torii Mototada was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Torii died at the siege of Fushimi where his garrison was greatly outnumbered and destroyed by the army of Ishida Mitsun ... succeeded the Torii family headship. ReferencesInformation on various Sengoku figures, including Tadayoshi Samurai 1571 deaths Tori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadatsune
was the son of the ''daimyō'' Torii Tadamasa; his fief reverted to the control of the shogunate , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ... when Tadatsune died without an heir. Daimyo 1636 deaths Torii clan 1604 births {{Daimyo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadateru
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period who ruled the Shimomura, Minakuchi, and Mibu Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tsuga District of Shimotsuke Province (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Mibu Castle in what is now part of the town of Mibu, Tochigi. Mibu w ...s. In 1841, after Takashima Shūhan first modern Western military demonstration in Tokumarugahara, Torii Tadateru was one of the high rank nobles who criticised him, this ending with Takashima placed under investigation and house arrest on charges of subversion and conspiracy . , - , - , - References * Japanese Wiki article on Tadateru (15 Sept. 2007) 1665 births 1716 deaths Daimyo {{Daimyo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadanori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period who ruled the Takatō Domain in Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture). Tadanori was the son of Torii Tadaharu, the previous lord. He succeeded to family headship upon his father's death; however, he continued his father's draconian rule of the Takatō domain. During the shogunate's investigation into a scandal involving Takatō retainer Takasaka Gonbei, Tadanori was ordered confined to his residence in Edo; he died during his confinement. The Takatō domain was confiscated from the Torii family; however, as the Torii family was a famed fudai family dating back to Torii Mototada, Tadanori's heir Tadateru was granted four districts in Noto Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (''Noto-hantō'') which is surrounded by the Sea of Japan. Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the so ..., and made the lord of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadamasa
was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Edo period, who served Tokugawa Shogunate. He was a son of Torii Mototada, a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In 1603, following the Battle of Sekigahara, he become the first lord (''daimyō'') of Iwakitaira Domain in Japan's Mutsu Province, worth 100,000 ''koku''. In 1622, he was moved to the larger fief of Yamagata in Dewa Province was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History Early peri ..., worth 260,000 ''koku''. , - , - 1567 births 1628 deaths Daimyo Torii clan {{Daimyo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadaharu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period who ruled the Takatō Domain in Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture). Tadaharu was the 3rd son of Torii Tadamasa, the lord of the Yamagata Domain. As his father died before a successor was named from among his sons, the Torii family's holdings were confiscated. However, because of his grandfather Torii Mototada's distinguished service, the family name was restored, and Tadaharu was made lord of the Takatō fief, with an income of 32,000 koku. Tadaharu was first famed for his wise rulership of Takatō; however, his rule soon became oppressive, especially after he killed seven of his senior retainers who admonished him. Many of the peasants from Takatō fled to Tokugawa-controlled ''tenryō'' territory in 1654. In 1663, while serving at Osaka Castle, Tadaharu was murdered by his doctor Matsui Jukaku. The family headship was passed to Tadaharu's eldest son Tadanori Tadanori (written: 忠則, 忠度, 忠教, 忠憲, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Tadafumi
Viscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as daimyō of the Mibu Domain in Shimotsuke Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke, Hitachi, Mutsu and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .... Succeeded to the family headship in 1870 following his elder brother Torii Tadatomi's retirement due to illness. He served as Vice Consul to the Kingdom of Hawaii under Taro Ando and was Acting Consul in 1889. Tadafumi later became a viscount (子爵 ''shishaku'') and a member of the Council of Peers. References 1847 births 1914 deaths Daimyo Kazoku Japanese politicians Meiji Restoration Samurai Ambassadors of Japan to Hawaii Members of the Iwakura Mission {{japan-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torii Suneemon
was an ashigaru (low class footman) who served the Okudaira family, retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He became famous for his bravery and incredible exploit at the siege of Nagashino. He was a retainer of Okudaira Sadamasa and member of the Nagashino garrison when the fortress came under siege by the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, Kamehime the wife of Sadamasa assisted him in the defense. Torii already renowned for his bravery and known for his knowledge of the surroundings, he volunteered for the extremely dangerous mission of sneaking through the siege lines to request aid from Tokugawa Ieyasu in Okazaki. After successfully warning Tokugawa, however, he was captured by the Takeda on his return to Nagashino. Torii was taken prisoner and directed to shout to his compatriots in the fortress that no help was on the way, and that they should surrender. He instead encouraged the garrison that Tokugawa's army was, in fact, on the way, and that they should keep fighting. There is some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
