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Kanō Muneshige
Kanō Muneshige (狩野 宗茂) was a Japan, Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period. He was the son of Kudō Shigemitsu, the founder of the Kanō clan. He is said to be an ancestor of Kanō Masanobu, the founder of the Kanō school of painting. Life Born as a son of Kudō Shigemitsu, the fourth son of Kudō Suketaka (Itō Ietsugu), he was the sixth head of Nanke (Fujiwara), Fujiwara Nanke's Kudō clan. Muneshige served Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Genpei War. In May 1193, Muneshige and Hōjō Tokimasa were in charge of the preparatory construction of mansions at the site of the Fuji no Makigari, a grand hunting event planned by Yoritomo. He then participated in the event later that month. After the brothers Soga Sukenari and Soga Tokimune, Tokimune killed their father's killer, Kudō Suketsune, during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident on the last night of the hunting event, Muneshige was present at Tokimune's interrogation. Ever since Muneshige, his descendants wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese People
are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago. Japanese people constitute 97.4% of the population of the country of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 125 million people are of Japanese descent, making them list of contemporary ethnic groups, one of the largest ethnic groups. Approximately 120.8 million Japanese people are residents of Japan, and there are approximately 4 million members of the Japanese diaspora, known as . In some contexts, the term "Japanese people" may be used to refer specifically to the Yamato people, who are primarily from the historically principal islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku and constitute by far the largest group. In other contexts, the term may include other groups native to the Japanese archipelago, including Ryukyuan people, who share connections with the Yamato but are often regarded as distinct, and Ainu people. In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number of people with both Japanese and non-Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
