Izumi Province — The characters 泉州 are also used for the name of the Chinese city of Quanzhou .. Izumi included the southern portion of the large seaport of Sakai, and was usually held by whoever ruled Osaka Castle and Settsu Province. NameThe name “Izumi” means … Wikipedia
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
FCN3 — Ficolin (collagen/fibrinogen domain containing) 3 (Hakata antigen), also known as FCN3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FCN3 ficolin (collagen/fibrinogen domain containing) 3 (Hakata antigen)| url =… … Wikipedia
Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration — History of Japan Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC Yayoi period 300 BC–250 AD Kofun period 250 … Wikipedia
Japanese dialects — Japanese Geographic distribution: Japan Linguistic classification: Japonic Japanese Subdivisions: Hachijō Eastern Japanese Western Japanese Kyūshū Satsugū … Wikipedia
Samurai — For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). Samurai in armor, 1860s. Hand coloured photograph by Felice Beato … Wikipedia
History of Shintō Musō-ryū — is a traditional ( koryū ) school of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu , the art of handling the Japanese short staff ( jō ). The art was created with the purpose of defeating a swordsman in combat using the jō , with an emphasis on proper… … Wikipedia
List of Han — This is an incomplete list of the major Han of the Tokugawa period. Han were feudal domains that formed the effective basis of administration in Tokugawa era Japan. The han are given along with their approximate borders compared with the modern… … Wikipedia
Japanese castle — nihongo|Japanese castles|城|shiro were fortresses composed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their most well known form in the 16th century. Like European castles, the castles… … Wikipedia