Japanese history - early modern

Showing 1 to 15 of 81 Words

    • 元服(げんぷく)
    • げんぶく
    • げんぷく
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

    ceremony of attaining manhood

    Dictionary Details
    • 島原(しまばら)の乱(らん)
    • しまばらのらん
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

    Dictionary Details
    • 一国一城(いっこくいちじょう)
    • いっこくいちじょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance)

    establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

    Dictionary Details
    • 西(にし)の丸(まる)
    • にしのまる
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)

    Dictionary Details
    • 中奥(なかおく)
    • なかおく
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

    Dictionary Details
    • 御(ご)局(きょく)
    • おつぼね
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    dignified lady-in-waiting who had her own private chamber or office at court or in the shogun's castle

    Dictionary Details
    • 蛤(はまぐり)御門(みかど)の変(へん)
    • はまぐりごもんのへん
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)

    Dictionary Details
    • 公儀(こうぎ)
    • こうぎ
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

    imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

    Dictionary Details
    • 戊辰戦争(ぼしんせんそう)
    • ぼしんせんそう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869)

    Dictionary Details
    • 寺社(じしゃ)奉行(ぶぎょう)
    • じしゃぶぎょう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

    Dictionary Details
    • 御(ご)庭番(にわばん)衆(しゅう)
    • おにわばんしゅう
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Oniwaban; the Shogunate's "guard of the inner garden"

    Dictionary Details
    • 御朱印船(ごしゅいんせん)
    • ご朱印船(しゅいんせん)
    • ごしゅいんせん
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

    Dictionary Details
    • 幕藩(まくはん)体制(たいせい)
    • ばくはんたいせい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    the feudal system characteristic of the shogunate

    Dictionary Details
    • 御台(みだい)
    • みだい
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

    Dictionary Details
    • 幕末(ばくまつ)
    • ばくまつ
    Added 11 years ago

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era

    Dictionary Details