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The Minamoto family (源氏), one of the four major aristocratic houses alongside the Taira (平), Fujiwara (藤原), and Tachibana (橘) families, held significant sway over court politics during the Heian period (794–1185).
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Articles about Kamakura, the capital of Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), from Minomoto no Yoshitomo to the Hōjō regents: temples, shrines, and other sights.
The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868, established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.
The Ashikaga clan was a prominent Japanese family that combined warrior status with noble prestige, tracing its origins to Minamoto no Yoshiyasu of the Seiwa Genji line.
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Hiroto is an ordinary Japanese office worker, but his true mission is to search for castles on the weekend all over Japan and blog about them.
Toyooka (豊岡市) is located in northern Hyōgo Prefecture in the centre of the San'in Kaigan Geopark and famous for its Kinosaki Onsen resort.
The ancient Imperial Capital of Japan is one of the few places that is a must on almost any itinerary. With a wealth of temples, shrines and Nijō Castle (二条城 Nijō-jō, built by the former Tokugawa shogunate), Kyōto has enough to keep a temple- and history-freak occupied for a week or more.
This article series aims to provide a way to learn Japanese by yourself by introducing you to the Japanese language. Mr Takasugi focuses on the similarities and differences between Japanese and English. Takasugi Shinji's website was online fom 1997 to November 2022. In 2017, he permitted JREF to...
Known as Hitachi Province, Mito was the seat of an important branch of the Tokugawa family in the Edo Period (1600-1868) and became a centre of scholarship.
Nagoya, Japan’s fourth-largest city, is the capital of Aichi Prefecture, located in central Honshū on Ise Bay, and the political, financial, and cultural centre of the Chubu Region
Aizuwakamatsu is located in western Fukushima. The city takes great pride in its samurai past and its ties with the Tokugawa shogun.