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Also Known As Jichen
Born May 17, 1155 • Kyōto • Japan
Died October 28, 1225 (aged 70) • Shiga • Japan
Subjects Of Study Japan
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Arai Hakuseki
Japanese statesman
Tokutomi Sohō.
Tokutomi Sohō
Japanese author
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Edwin O. Reischauer
American historian and diplomat
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Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Bronze statue of samurai Saigo Takamori standing with his dog on a stone pedestal in Ueno Park, Tokyo, with yellow autumn trees in the background.
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi
prime minister of Japan
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
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Go-Daigo
emperor of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
prime minister of Japan
Ii Naosuke
Ii Naosuke
Japanese feudal lord
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese leader
Kan Naoto.
Kan Naoto
prime minister of Japan

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