Kuwabara

Kuwabara

is the Japanese family name (translated literally as "mulberry field") of various people and fictional characters.

People:
* Bruce Kuwabara (born 1949), Canadian architect
* Ichiyo Kuwabara, Japanese author
* Kineo Kuwabara (1913–2007), Japanese photographer and editor
* Honinbo Shusaku (1829–1862), Japanese "go" player
* Shisei Kuwabara (born 1936), Japanese photojournalist

Fictional characters:
* Kazuma Kuwabara, a character in "YuYu Hakusho" media
* Kuwabara Hon'inbo, a character in "Hikaru no Go" media

ee also

* "Kuwabara kuwabara", a Japanese phrase which is said to ward off lightning


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  • Kuwabara kuwabara — is a phrase used in the Japanese language to ward off lightning. It is akin to the English phrase knock on wood to prevent bad luck. When translated to English, kuwabara means mulberry field . According to one explanation, there is a Chinese… …   Wikipedia

  • Kuwabara Castle — also known as Takatoya Castle and Suisho Castle, is a yamashiro (castle located on a mountain) situated in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The castle was constructed sometime in the fifteenth century by the Kuwabara clan. By the time it came… …   Wikipedia

  • Kuwabara Torajiro — Hon’inbō Shūsaku (jap. 本因坊 秀策; gebürtig 桑原虎次郎, Kuwabara Torajirō ; * 5. Mai 1829 in Tonoura (Japan); † 10. August 1862 in Edo (heute Tokio) war ein herausragender japanischer Go Spieler. Die von ihm erfundene (und nach ihm benannte) Shūsaku… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kuwabara Torajirō — Hon’inbō Shūsaku (jap. 本因坊 秀策; gebürtig 桑原虎次郎, Kuwabara Torajirō ; * 5. Mai 1829 in Tonoura (Japan); † 10. August 1862 in Edo (heute Tokio) war ein herausragender japanischer Go Spieler. Die von ihm erfundene (und nach ihm benannte) Shūsaku… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • KUWABARA TAKEO — (1904–1988)    Kuwabara Takeo, born in Fukui Prefecture, was a researcher of French literature and culture. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1926 and was hired as a professor at Tohoku University in 1943. Five years later he took a position… …   Japanese literature and theater

  • Kineo Kuwabara — nihongo|Kineo Kuwabara|桑原 甲子雄|Kuwabara Kineo|December, 1913 ndash; December 10, 2007 was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century.Kuwabara was born in Tokyo in 1913. He started taking photographs… …   Wikipedia

  • Shisei Kuwabara — over a period of some forty years.Kuwabara was born mdash; as Fumiaki Kuwabara (nihongo2|桑原史成, Kuwabara Fumiaki ) mdash; in the village of Kibe (now part of Tsuwano), Shimane Prefecture, Japan. [Birthday: Works by 25 Photographers in their 20s… …   Wikipedia

  • Kineo Kuwabara — (桑原 甲子雄, Kuwabara Kineo?, diciembre de 1913 – 10 de diciembre de 2007) fue un editor y un fotógrafo japonés, conocido por haber fotografiado Tokio durante más de medio siglo. Kuwabara nació en Tokio en 1913. Comenzó a hacer fotografías hacia 1931 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bruce Kuwabara — Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, B.Arch, OAA, FRAIC, AIA (born 1949) is a Canadian architect and partner in the firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (formed in 1987).Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he studied architecture at the University of Toronto… …   Wikipedia

  • Siege of Kuwabara — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Kuwabara partof=Sengoku period caption= date=1542 place=Kuwabara, Shinano Province result=Takeda victory combatant1=Forces of Suwa Yorishige combatant2=Takeda family forces commander1=Suwa Yorishige… …   Wikipedia

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