Shinsaku Takasugi

1839
Shinsaku Takasugi was born in the Takasugis in the Nagato country bush clover Shiroshita Kikuya bystreet (existing Minamifuruhagimachi, Hagi-shi).

1857
It is thought that Shinsaku became a disciple of the private school Matsushita private school in a village of Shouin Yoshida.

1858
Studying to Edo for literature studies and the time of 12 months were permitted Shinsaku.

1859
Shouin Yoshida went to prison in a prison of Edo Temmacho.
Shinsaku presented a writing brush, paper for Shouin Yoshida.

Shinsaku went back to Hagi by a domain order.

1860
Shinsaku married Hiraemon Inoue's daughter Masa.

Shinsaku went for the trip that named "Shigekikou".
Shinsaku discussed errantry, a well-informed person and a situation of each place in North Kanto, Hokuriku and exchanged a sword with a martial arts master.

1861
Shinsaku was appointed a page position of Seishi Sadahiro.
The work as the bush clover clansman began.

1862
Shinsaku went to Shanghai, and Shanghai watched the state that was a foreign possession.

Shinsaku exchanged "exclusion of foreigners blood faith" with Genzui Kusaka and others and formed Mitattegumi.

Shinsaku burnt the British legation under construction with Kusaka and others in Gotenyama, Shinagawa.

1863
The time of ten years was recognized from a feudal clan, and Shinsaku took the tonsure and introduced myself as "Togyo".

Shinsaku was called by bush clover feudal lord Takachika Mori, and "Bakan defense" was entrusted.

Shinsaku formed Kiheitai.

Incident at Kyoho-ji Temple happened.
In the next month, Shinsaku was exempted from a position of "the Governor-General of Kiheitai".

1864
Shinsaku was ordered it by a (England and France U.S. Netherlands) peace messenger in four countries from a feudal clan and introduced hisself as "Keima shishido".

Shinsaku went to current Fukuoka by the government of the bush clover feudal clan having changed.
Shinsaku came back to Bakan after hiding in Hirao mountain cottages of Boto Nomura for the end of this month.

1865
Fight happened at Ogi within the clan.
A bush clover opinion of a feudal clan became "the armaments allegiance" by Shinsaku and others having won.

Life was aimed at by the "Bakan opening of a port" opposition, and he chased it, and Shinsaku escaped to Shikoku these days with Ouno(later called Baishoni).

Shinsaku submitted a written petition to the lord of the Hagi domain "Takachika" in order to fight against the Shogunate.

Shinsaku changed his name by a domain order with "Senzo Tani".

1866
Shinsaku gave Ryoma Sakamoto poetry.
There is the opinion which he gave the pistol for then.

Shinsaku purchased steamship Otentosama-maru (before Heiinmaru) in Nagasaki and came back to Bakan.

Shinsaku was appointed "navy commissioner".
Shikyo war began.

Shinsaku worsened poor physical condition.

Ogura Castle was burnt down.
Shinsaku inspected the Ogura inside of a castle and the battery.

As for Shinsaku, all the jobs were untied because of a disease.

1867
Shinsaku it is said to have moved to distant of Sankurou Hayashi House of merchant.

Shinsaku died by tuberculosis.
The dead body was buried to Shimizuyama of Yoshida (Now of Shimonoseki) by a will.

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Ryoma Sakamoto

1835
Ryoma Sakamoto was born in Tosa.

1848
He enrolled in Benji Hineno's dojo, a martial arts school, in Kochi castle town and learned the swordsmanship of the Oguri-ryu that the lower-rank samurai learns.

1853
Ryoma entered Hokushin Itto-ryu in Edo and Chiba Sadakichi school for swordplay study.

Perry fleet led four black ships and visited a shore off Uraga.
Ryoma guarded the Shinagawa shore, too.

Ryoma became a disciple of military science person, Shozan Sakuma and learned Western gunnery.

1854
Conclusion of the Convention of Kanagawa.

Ryoma returned home in Tosa.
Ryoma heard overseas circumstances from illustrator, Kawata Shouryou of the Tosa feudal clan.

1856
For swordplay study, Ryoma went to Edo again.

1858
Ryoma received "certificate of the art of war using a long-handled sword in the Hokushin Itto-ryu style".
Ryoma finished fencing ascetic practices and went back to his own country.

"Ansei Purge" happened.

1860
"Incident outside the Sakurada Gate" assassinated Naosuke Ii.

1861
Zuizan Takechi and others form "Tosa Kinnoto". Ryoma joined it later, too.

1862
Ryoma left Tosa domain with Sonojo Sawamura.
He went to Shimonoseki.

With Jutaro Chiba, Ryoma visited the Kaishu Katsu's house of Akasaka and became a pupil.

1863
By a request of Kaishu Katsu, it became the de-feudal clan punishment pardon of Ryoma and others.
 (however, it became the body of the de-feudal clan again)

Tosa clan began oppression of Kin'no party.

Ryoma became navy private supplementary school, a leading student of a private school of Katsu in Kobe.

1864
Ryoma was engaged earnestly in each place and met the famous men.
Ryoma interviewed with Takamori Saigou in Satsuma, Kyoto residence of a lord.

Kaishu Katsu is dismissed from his office in magistrates of warships.
Ryoma entrusted the Satsuma feudal clan with a body of Ryoma.

1865
Ryoma was accompanied Takamori Saigou and entered Satsuma for the first time.

Ryoma formed "Kameyama shachu (company)" in cause Nagasaki of the protection of the Satsuma feudal clan.

Ryoma preached Katsura Kogoro and talk, Satsuma and Choshu alliance in Shimonoseki.

Ryoma talked together with Saigo in Satsuma, Kyoto residence of a lord with Shintaro Nakaoka.

1866
Ryoma concluded "Satsuma and Choshu alliance".

It was attacked in Terada-ya of Fushimi by a shogunate official and got injured.

Ryoma became the guarantor of the Satsuma and Choshu alliance by a request of Katsura Kogoro.

By Satsuma feudal clan ship from Osaka to Kagoshima. (honeymoon with the Oryo)

Ryoma participated in the Shimonoseki sea fight by the curtain long war and supported long National Guard and talked together with Shinsaku Takasugi.

1867
A de-feudal clan punishment was forgiven and reorganized Kameyama coterie and became cause "Kaientai" of the Tosa feudal clan protection, and, as for Ryoma, it was with a captain.

"An Iroha-maru case" happened.
Warship, the Meiko-maru of the Kishu feudal clan which Kaientai borrowed it for marine transportation duties from the Ozu feudal clan, and left for a Meikou-maru and the Nagasaki Port towards Osaka from the Nagasaki Port collided near Kasaoka Islands of the Bicchu country and sank.
This accident is considered to be a first Japanese marine accident inquiry accident

It left Nagasaki by Tosa feudal clan ship with Shojiro Goto and drafted "Senchu-hassaku".

By a call of Ryoma and Nakaoka, I concluded "Satsudo Meiyaku" with Saiigo, Okubo and others of Satsuma among Goto, Fukuoka and others of Tosa.

Since a de-feudal clan, Ryoma returned to the parents' house by a return to be the last in a beginning.

A Restoration of the Imperial rule written petition was submitted to the Shogunate by Yodo Yamanouchi.

Apply for Yoshinobu Tokugawa, "Restoration of the Imperial rule"; and next day Imperial grant.
Ryoma withdrew to secret Imperial edict of attacking the shogunate, Satsuma and Choshu.

Ryoma drafted "a new government general plan eight plan".

Ryoma was attacked with Shintaro Nakaoka in Kyoto, Oomi-ya By an assassinator and died.

1868
Ryoma promulgated "Imperial Covenant Consisting of Five Articles" for the cause by the new government "eight new government general plan measures".

Edo-jo Castle no blood surrender.

Taro Takamatsu (Nao Sakamoto) of the nephew who inherited a family heir of Ryoma later crossed it to box building of the Ezo place (Hakodate-shi) as a government official of the new government.

Kaientai was dissolved.

the MeijI Restoration happens; to the MeijI period.

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John Manjiro

1827
John Manjiro was born as a son of the fishermen of the countries of Tosa.

1841
He was cast ashore in drifting, the solitary island during fishing in Ashizuri Cape for ten days and he ate a little distilled water and seaweed, seabird and sustained myself for 143 days.

1842
He was saved in whaler John Howe Landes, U.S.A. and was under the protection of Captain Whitfield.
He parted from the drifting companion in Honolulu, and Manjiro set sail for the Pacific as a whaler as Japanese.

At this time, it is with a nickname derived from the John Mung attached from the Americans to ship name.

1846
He returned to port in Massachusetts that was the hometown of the captain, Fairhaven.

In Oxford school (the beginner's class), Bartlett technical school (the upper grade),
He received education such as English, mathematics, surveying, a voyage, the shipbuilding.

1849
He went on board as a mate of American first-class whaler Franklin and went around Cape of Good Hope from the Atlantic, and whaling in the Atlantic sailed the Indian Ocean more.

He dropped in at Honolulu and met a friend again.

1848
He became a first officer, a vice-captain.

1850
He purchased adventure and did the available steamer which returned to the mother country in three people with two friends.

1851
He landed on the main Okinawa island.

1852
By life of Yamanouchi Toyoshige which was Tosa feudal lord, He received the investigation for 70 days from Toyo Yoshida.

A reencounter with mother came true after an interval of 11 years ten months. (five days)

He was appointed as the status of samurai of the Tosa feudal clan and became the professor of the educational institution for han children under Kochi-jo Castle.

Shoujirou Goto, Yatarou Iwasaki caught the direct instruction then, too.

1853
The summons from the member of the Shogun's Council of Elders top reaches Manjirou of the Tosa feudal clan and is ordered a secretary of Edo Tarouzaemon and becomes Shogunate vassal.

He gave "Nakahama Manjirou" as a family name with the place name of the birth hometown then.

1855
A writing brush wrote a first Japanese navigation book, a chronological table (United States of America navigation book) and edited an English conversation book successively.

He dealt with the building of the sailing boat of the Western model in Izu.
He became a professor of the teaching place of a warship.
He left for a professor of the art of whaling to Hakodate.

1860
As a member of Mission group, He got on board Kanrinmaru.

Yukichi Fukuzawa which became Mayor of Keio University later goes together, and the episode that purchased an English dictionary of Webster together is famous.

1861
He joined Mizuno Chikugonokami Tadanori of the Magistrate of Foreign Affairs and made an investigation and the drawings of Ogasawara Islands (Chichijima, Hahajima).

1866
He became the professor of the Satsuma feudal clan and taught a voyage, shipbuilding, surveying, English.

By a request of Yodo Yamauchi which was a feudal lord of Tosa, He contributed to the establishment of Shoujirou Goto and Kaisei-kan which were an educational institution for han children.

1869
In response to a command of the Meiji government, He became the associate professor of the Kaisei school (Tokyo University).

Become a professor later; and of the highest educational institution taught at a school.

1870
He went on a business trip to Europe as a member of the inspection of Franco-Prussian War.
He returned from London, and light cerebral hemorrhage was caused soon and fell down, but recovered.

1898
He spent quiet later years as a school teacher.
He finished a life at 71 years old.


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Hanzo Hattori

Most famous ninja, Hanzo Hattori.

The ninja therefore is the existence that must not be outstanding.
Unfortunately there are few history books which recorded the habits of ninjas, and the actual situation does not know it so exactly.

When there is not the secret order from a feudal lord, They are said to run agriculture, and to have made living.

Meanwhile, there is the famous ninja whom anyone knows.
It is Hanzo Hattori.

Anyway, Hanzomon is left in the Imperial Palace.
It's told that it was named because the mansion of the Hanzo was in front of the gate, and there is this.
There is Hanzomon Station in the neighborhood, and there is it to a subway called Hanzomon Line.

Then what kind of person would Hanzo Hattori be?

The Hattori family has succeeded to the name of Hanzo over each generation.
Therefore, the person of the Hattori Hanzo more than one.
Therefore there are plural people called Hanzo Hattori.

Hanzo is appointed as Ieyasu Tokugawa, and the person who held a mansion in front of the gate of Edo-jo Castle is Hanzo Hattori, Masanari Hattori of the second generation.
"Hanzo Hattori" and a person known to are him.

But, in fact, he is not a ninja. It was to first Hanzo Hattori, Yasunaga Hattori which was his father that it was a ninja and was the social position of the samurai from the second generation.

Yasunaga Hattori was Iga ninja.
However, though the village of the Iga is small, the ninja clan increases, and Yasunaga appears in Kyoto because it became the economic distress.
And He served Muromachi Shogunate 12th general, Yoshiharu Ashikaga.

But the recent Muromachi Shogunate followed the course of the fall, and there was not the great work.
Yasunaga Hattori served the Matsudaira (the later Tokugawa) of Mikawa (East Aichi).

Second Hanzo Hattori, Masanari Hattori was born in Mikawa.
Therefore it was not Iga ninja since he was born.

After having inherited birthright of the Hattoris, he still struggle in the weak Tokugawas of the power and give an outstanding job as a master of the spears.

The power of Ieyasu Tokugawa increases steadily and becomes a one who reigns over the whole country at last afterwards.

Masanari Hattori was taken up by a chief vassal.
He was a samurai, but was in a position to command Iga ninja of the Tokugawas from the relationship that father was from the Iga ninja.

In other words it was a fact to have been the boss of the ninja.

From this, the image called a great ninja is completed, and there are many at all a novel, comics, movies which made him a character, and, in the coming ages, Hanzo Hattori exists.

In addition , Matsuo Basho of the identity of the famous haiku people in Japan will also present a theory that was Hanzo Hattori.

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Yoshimitsu Ashikaga

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga established power of the Muromachi Shogunate which began in Takauji Ashikaga.

The Muromachi Shogunate was not stable by a fight of the Northern and Southern Courts.

While the Muromachi Shogunate had a problem of the Northern and Southern Courts, the local daimyo opened a territory.

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga held a daimyo in check and did finance of the Muromachi Shogunate wealthily by doing Japan-Ming trade.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's achievements is the point that the time when the Muromachi shogunate government which was in the war is full of cultural light was produced.

The Muromachi Shogunate declined after this.

1358

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga was born as a child of Yoshiakira Ashikaga of the general of the second generation.

These days, Northern Dynasty (Emperor Komyo side, Ashikaga-shi), fight of Southern Dynasty (Emperor Godaigo side, Nitta-shi, Kusunoki-shi) became intense.

1361

The Southern Dynasty forces invaded Kyoto and ran away to Hyogo with Yoshiakira Ashikaga of father.

1368

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga became a 3th general.

Yoriyuki Hosokawa of the governor-general of the Kanto area helped Yoshimitsu Ashikaga and performed politics.

1378

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga prepared "Hana no gosho" into Kyoto and moved the Muromachi Shogunate there.

1391

A revolt of Meitoku happened.

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga sharpened a power of Yamana-shi of an influential daimyo and raised the power of the Ashikaga general.

1392

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga ended a fight of Northern and Southern Courts for 60 years. (north and south Courts unification)

1394

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga left office of a shogun to Yoshimochi Ashikaga.

He became Prime Minister.

1395

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga resigned as Prime Minister and became a priest.

1397

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga built Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kitayama. (these days are the golden age of the Muromachi Shogunate.)

1399

A revolt of the Oei happened.

Ouchi-shi of the daimyo of Yamaguchi caused a revolt.

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga  broke down Oouchi-shi and became a general with the biggest power in Japan.

1401

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga sent a messenger to Chinese Ming.

He gave "the Japanese king" and took the situation called "the vassal of the Emperor of light country".

1404

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga began Japan-Ming trade.

This trade became the maximum income source for the Muromachi Shogunate.

1408

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga died (51 years old)

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Kinkakuji

The times when I succeeded in union of the north and south morning by Muromachi Shogunate 3th general Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, and the world regained peace of a time.

Yoshimitsu is 37 years old and left office of a shogun to 1394 and became a priest in the next year.

Kitayamatei which is a villa of the aristocrat's Saionji family who decayed was taken over and a mountain cottage as Kitayamadono was built newly in 1397.

Yoshimitsu expected reproduction of the gold Jodo world particularly the reliquary hall covered the building with gold leaf.

This is a beginning of Golden Pavilion.(Kinkakuji)

Chinese various culture was collected in Kitayama because Yoshimitsu who made a magnificent palace did to welcome an Imperial envoy of trade to Ming with Kitayamadono.

Furthermore, Yoshimitsu invite Emperor Gokomatsu and open the grand party, and traditional court noble culture and new samurai family culture fuse, and Kitayama culture develops here.

Yoshimitsu lived in Kitayamadono until he died of 51 years old in 1408.

After Yoshimitsu's death, according to the will, the 4th generation general Yoshimochi invited Muso Kokushi to the founder, considered it as the Zen temple, and was named Rokuon-ji from the Buddhist name (Rokuonin Tenzan Dogi) of Yoshimitsu.

Golden Pavilion is destroyed by fire by the Onin War leaving few buildings, but Shotai Saisho of the aspect country temple tries for revival in Momoyama period, and it is said that it was approximately in a current figure.

The Pacific War is the Golden Pavilion where it passed through it and held the past form until the postwar.

It burned down by arson by scholar monk in 1950.

Unfortunately the current Golden Pavilion was rebuilt in 1955.

Because exfoliation of the gold leaf was outstanding, They put it on the gold leaf of the thickness of 5 times in 1987 and was changed and performed the restoration construction of the roof recently until March, 2003.

There are not no national treasure and building appointed in Kunishige sentence in the building of deer garden Terauchi, but many tourists visit it in Golden Pavilion letting you yearn for the gorgeous Kitayama culture and are registered with world's cultural heritage in 1994.

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Kenshin Uesugi

1530
Kenshin was born as Echigo country sub-military commissioner, a child of Tamekage Nagao.

1536 (in the days of 7 years old)
Because father, Tamekage retired, and Harukage Nagao of the older brother inherited birthright, Kenshin studied under guide, Tenshitsukouiku in Rinsenji-temple of Kasugayama.

1542
Father, Tamekage died.

1543
It was carried on its shoulder for power to express its disapproval of a fine weather view and had the ceremony of manhood and became the Tochio lord of a castle of the Echigo country.

1544
The Tochio Castle was attacked by the association of powerful family of the anti-Nagao group, but repulsed it. (war of the Tochio Castle)

1545
Hidetada Kuroda of the Kurotaki lord of a castle rebelled, but subjugated this.

1546
Hidetada Kuroda rebels again, but Kenshin succeed in subjugation again and kill Hidetada Kuroda.

1548
Kenshin was divided into power to carry an older brother, a fine weather view on its shoulder and was opposed to the power that was going to recommend a view tiger for a sub-military commissioner.

Because a fine weather view retired by intermediation of Sadazane Uesugi of the Echigo country protection, in succession to Nagao house, it became the Echigo country sub-military commissioner.

Kenshin moved a castle to Kasugayama.

1550
Sadazane Uesugi of the Echigo country protection died.
Kenshin in this way became Echigo king.

1551
Kenshin let the Fusakage Nagao view of the Nagao, Ueda house where Kenshin made an objection against the birthright inheritance of the view tiger and resisted, Masakage Nagao father and son surrender and subjugated the Echigo country.

1553
Kenshin received the request of Yoshikiyo Murakami and others of Kitashinano pursued by Harunobu Takeda (Shingen) of the worth country and sent troops and confronted Shingen by a war of the first Kawanakajima.

Kenshin visited the capital and was honored with an interview with Emperor Gonara and general, Yoshiteru Ashikaga.

1554
Takahiro Hojo of the Hojo lord of a castle was connected with Takeda and rebelled.

Kenshin confront Harunobu Takeda (Shingen) by a war of the second Kawanakajima, but not settled.

1556
Kenshin decided a priest and went to Mt. Koya-san, but he was persuaded by a vassal and did not come true.

1561
Though, in response to a request of Kanto district administrator Norimasa Uesugi chased by Ujiyasu Hojou, perform Hojo attack of Odawara-jo Castle by 100,000 big armies; failure. (Odawara-jo Castle attack)

At this chance Kenshin succeeded to a Kanto district administrator from Norimasa Uesugi in Hachiman-gu Shrine of Kamakura and changed his name to Masatora Uesugi from Kagetora Nagao.

A war of the fourth Kawanakajima.

A war of the fifth Kawanakajima.

Masakage Nagao dies in an accident. In children of Masakage to Kiheiji(Kagekatsu Uesugi) adopted child of the nephew.

1566
Kenshin let he attack the Hitachi country Oda Castle recaptured by Ujiharu Oda and surrender.

1568
Kenshin conclude relative by marriage relations with Ujiyasu Hojou of the Sagami country to send troops to Kanto, and to prepare for Shingen Takeda of the worth country.

1570
Kagetora Uesugi and the christening return home that it was allied with Ujiyasu Hojou (EtsusouDoumei) and assumed child of Ujiyasu, Ujihide Hojou an adopted child, and were one's first name.

Kenshin receive information that Shingen Takeda performs an Ueno country stable bridge castle (Maehashi Castle) attack and send troops to Kanto, but go back to my own country afterwards.

It gave Buddhist name, Kenshin.

1571
The alliance becomes the destruction by Sagami country, death of Ujiyasu Hojou and Kenshin conclude an alliance with Nobunaga Oda of the Owari country this time and comprise it to Shingen Takeda.

1572
Kenshin conquer the Ueno country Ishikura Castle of Takeda.

Kenshin confront association of Takeda, Hojo, but it does not become the war and goes back to my own country afterwards.

Kenshin take the field, and he attack the earnestness riot group of the Tomiyama Castle, and it is captured to the Ecchu country.

1573
Kenshin go to the front of the Ecchu country and perform a sweep war of the riot at all and let Yasushi Shiina paternal blood surrender.

Because Yasushi Shiina paternal blood grew away again, Kenshin go to the front of the Ecchu country and attack the Tomiyama Castle again.

A menace of Takeda fades by death of Shingen Takeda.

Kenshin attack the post of Yasushi Shiina paternal blood and Takeru Jinbo and subjugate the Ecchu country.

Kenshin attack the earnestness riot of Kaga country morning sun Yamashiro, but have a hard fight.

1574
Kenshin send troops and I attack Narishige Yura of the Ueno country Kanayama castle of Hojo and Musashi country Hachigata castle, 忍城, the Kisei castle and go back to Kanto to prepare for Ujimasa Hojou who invaded and attacked in the Ueno country.

1576
Ken-nyo and reconciliation of opposed Honganji.

Katsuyori Takeda and reconciliation.

Kenshin cancel an alliance with Nobunaga Oda. To the boss of the anti-Oda alliance.

1577
Kenshin attack Jinbo and subjugate the Ecchu country.

Kenshin attack Takeru and subjugate the Noto country.

By a war of the Tedori River, it is won by Katsuie Shibata.

Kenshin returned to Kasuga Yamashiro and became available in preparation for a great expedition (visit to the capital, Oda attack).

1578
Sudden death.
Because Kenshin did not leave a will, he had the succeeding fight of the adopted child of two, the revolt of the palatial residence posthumously, and Kagekatsu Uesugi won to Kagetora Uesugi and inherited birthright.

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