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Art and culture edit

Anime and manga edit

See: /Anime and Manga

Artists edit

Okada Gyokuzan (ja:岡田玉山)
Mark Horiuchi (American of Japanese descent)
Carol Inouye (American of Japanese descent)
Sayuri Iwai (moved from anime/manga request ja:岩井小百合 website, not sure it will pass WP:N)
Shoko Kanazawa (Acclaimed contemporary female calligrapher, down syndrome. Museum in Iwaki, Fukushima. http://kanazawa-shoko.jp/museum/index.php ja:金澤翔子)
Shuza Kato (probably Shuzo Kato)
Yoshikazu Nakata
Nobuyuki Nishihara
Isamu Ohto
Keiji Sugita
Fuko Ueda (Japanese surrealist) ja:上田風子
Nagasaki school

Designers edit

Authors edit

Eiichi Hoashi (ja:帆足英一) Pediatrician
Hiroshi Tamura could be Tamura Hiroshi (ja:田村裕), b.1979, a member of a comedian duo; As of December 2021^[update] single publication, Hōmuresu chūgakusei, 2007. OCLC 1193956603)
Kaho Nakayama Nakayama Kaho (ja:中山可穂) referred in Kaitai zensho neo : sakka wa ikani tsukurareruka, magazine editorial team Da binchi henshūbu, OCLC 167514681, ISBN 9784840107150.

Clothing/fashion/beauty edit

Kimono hiyoku layering
Nudity in Japanese culture
American Kajuaru
Gloves in Japanese fashion
Japanese fashion (presently a redirect to Japanese street fashion)
~~Japanese ideals of female beauty~~
aizome ja:藍染め (presently a redirect)
kinchaku ja:巾着
Lowrys Farm ja:ローリーズファーム

Cultural Practices, Customs and Folkways edit

bokusen (卜占, see also 医、山(肉体的および精神的な鍛錬)を加えて「Gojutsu (五術) as five techniques with medicine and physical/mental training)
Cats in Japan
daigo mi (醍醐味)
Futen-zoku (Japanese equivalent of the American "hippie")
Gimu [ja]
Imibe clan (see Shinto)
Iso-onna
Japanese fashion (presently a redirect)
Japanese mythology in popular culture
Jōruri puppets (ja:文楽#文楽人形)
Kage-Onna
Kerakera-Onna
Kyōbushō (see Shinto)
Momonjī
Ohaguro-Bettari
Sanjō Kokaji (noh drama)
sankanshion [ja]
Sunayu (砂湯)
taikodai (太鼓台)
Wandering child of Nippon

Festivals edit

Chichibu Yo-Matsuri (night festival with dashi parade ja:秩父夜祭 but no refs provided)
Countdown Japan (Year end music festival ja:COUNTDOWN JAPAN [[7]]) and Countdown Live (Year end solo concerts, as performed recently by Ayumi Hamasaki, Hitomi Yaida et al.)
Festival of Six Souls Sendai 2011, combination of six popular festivals in the wake of the Tohoku tragedies
Hanamatsuri, separate from the stub section at Buddha's Birthday#Japan
Hotaru Matsuri
Kagiya (fireworks competition ja:花火)
Kōbe Memorial Luminarie (ja:神戸ルミナリエ)
Kurama Fire Festival ([8]) ja:鞍馬の火祭
Mure Genpei Ishi Akari Road むれ源平石あかりロード http://www.ishiakari-road.com/
Sendai Pageant of Starlight ja:SENDAI光のページェント
Tanuki Matsuri
Tondo festival ja:左義長

Films, TV and video edit

Films edit

Actors edit

Seiyū edit

See /Seiyū

Fictional characters edit

Lovely White https://web.archive.org/web/20091024150454/http://www.geocities.com/julie_winters_14/lovely_white.html
Mitsuki Kōyama (ja:神山満月 no ja wiki) (heroine of Full Moon (manga) (ja:満月をさがして))
Munechika (see Kitsune)
Satsuki Kioka

TV edit

Digital television in Japan (ja:日本のデジタルテレビ放送) Currently a redirect.
Digital terrestrial television in Japan (ja:日本の地上デジタルテレビ放送)
a translation of ja:ニュース系列
TV Yamaguchi (ja:テレビ山口)
Akireta-Deka (ja:あきれた刑事)(actual title: a·ki·re·ta–DEKA (あきれた刑事, "The Exasperated Detective")), a Japanese crime drama from Toei Television. (Mirrored from Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts)
Ugo Ugo Lhuga (ja:ウゴウゴルーガ) (Early 1990s children's show featuring heavy use of greenscreen)
Curriculumachine (ja:カリキュラマシーン) (1970s children's show)
11PM (ja:11PM)
The Best House 123 ja:ザ・ベストハウス123
Cinderella wa Nemuranai (ja:シンデレラは眠らない) Japanese Drama, 9 eps run in 2000 on NTV.
Eigo de Asobo
The Hours of My Life (ja:僕のいた時間), Japanese Drama
Hirake! Ponkikki (ja:ひらけ!ポンキッキ), 1970s-1990s Japanese children's show on Fiji TV
Ponkickies (ja:ポンキッキーズ), 1990s-2010s Japanese children's show on Fiji TV, acts as a continuation of Hirake! Ponkikki
Miss Devil (ja:Missデビル人事の悪魔・椿眞子)
Itte-Q (ja:世界の果てまでイッテQ!)
List of Yoshitsune (TV series) characters
At Home Dad (ja:アットホーム・ダッド)
PokéTsume (ja:ポケットに冒険をつめこんで)

Games and toys edit

Tamaire
Nomura Toy (Japanese toy company; had its own toy line until acquired by Hasbro to form Hasbro Japan [9] and eventually absorbed into Tomy, now Takara Tomy. Oddly enough, some user over on Japanese WP made the ja:野村トーイ page a redirect to ja:ハズブロ, which describes Hasbro in general)
All Japan Model & Hobby Show [ja] (全日本模型ホビーショー) (prestigious hobby show in Tokyo Big Sight, same level of importance as the Nuremberg show)
Shizuoka Hobby Show [ja]
Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto ホビー館四万十
Osamu Miyawaki

Companies edit

Doyusha (ja:童友社)
GSI Creos (ja:GSIクレオス)) (famous for the Gunze Sangyo brand of paints)
Imai Science (ja:今井科学)
Kawada Model (ja:川田模型)
LS (ja:エルエス
Nichimo (ja:日本模型)
Otaki Model Toy Company (大滝製作所)
Studio 27/Gilles Company^[6] (famous for it's plastic model cars)
Wave Corporation (ja:ウェーブ (模型メーカー))
Nippon Travel Agency (ja:日本旅行)

Computer and video games edit

Publications edit

A Bowl of Kake-soba (ja:一杯のかけそば; short story ja, has had a film adaptation)
Cute but deadly: Women and violence in Japanese comics
Die Nacht eines verbrannten Backsteines The Night of Burned Bricks
Japan News Review (cited on Food safety incidents in China)
Jinji Kōshinroku (人事興信録), a directory of notable modern Japanese people with volumes published by Jinji Kōshinjo irregularly every two or three years with its first volume published in 1903 and its 24th in 1968;^[7] 44th edition published in 2007 and 45th in 2009^[8]
Kanako Shiokawa
Nihon Shinshi Roku (日本紳士録), a directory of modern Japanese residents in Tokyo and other notable Japanese cities with its first volume published in 1889 and its 17th in 1912;^[9] publication suspended after 80th edition in 2007^[10]
Terry's Guide to the Japanese Empire 1933

Internet edit

Shift Japan (http://www.shift.jp.org/)

Magazines edit

Newspapers edit

Nippon Shimbun (ja:日本 (新聞))

Theatre and stage edit

Ichikawa Danjūrō III (November 1735 - February 1742) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, previously known as Ichikawa Masugorō. Died young.
Ichikawa Danjūrō IV (November 1754 - October 1770) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, possibly biological son. Previously known as Matsumoto Kōshirō II and Ichikawa Ebizō III.
Ichikawa Danjūrō VI (November 1791 - May 1799) - Son of Danjūrō V, previously known as Ichikawa Ebizō VI. Died young.
Ichikawa Danjūrō X (posthumous 1962) - Son-in-law of Danjūrō IX; previously known as Horikoshi Fukusaburō and Ichikawa Sanshō V. Played only minor roles, but revived many plays of the Kabuki Jūhachiban.

Other edit

Carvivore men (counter to herbivore men) – not seeing much for this term, perhaps this can redirect to Chad (slang) or alpha male
Gimu (ja:義務)
Hasshaku-sama ("Eight Feet Tall") (ja:八尺様)
Hōdai (Japanese title given to foreign works like books, songs, films etc.) (ja:邦題)
Important Work of Art (ja:重要美術品)
Kinoko no Yama (product from Meiji Seika) (ja:明治製菓#食品)
Kominka (ja:古民家)
Love Splash photobook
Qawsedrftgyhujikolp(ja:くぁwせdrftgyふじこlp)
Showa nostalgia (ja:昭和ノスタルジー)
Yawaragi
Advertising in Japan – Parity with Advertising in South Korea, Category:Advertising in Japan has plenty of topics and sources to draw from

Business edit

Baseball Magazine Sha (ja:ベースボール・マガジン社)
Biotherapy Development Research Center http://www.biotherapy.co.jp/ バイオセラピー開発研究センター
Hosokawa Micron (ja:ホソカワミクロン, [10])
Kewpie (company) (ja:キユーピー, [11])
Leopalace21 (レオパレス)
McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd. (ja:日本マクドナルドホールディングス)
Mesuca (sports apparel)
Okamoto (brand) or Okamoto (condom)
Overseas Courier Service (OCS)
Posren (ja:ぽすれん)
SATY Department Store (defunct, now renamed and redirected into Æon (company)
Shokubutsu Monogatari (ja:植物物語)
Sony vs Nintendo (description of lawsuits)
Tenmaya Department Store (ja:天満屋)
Tsutaya discas
Village Vanguard (store) (ja:ヴィレッジヴァンガード (書籍・雑貨店))
Wego (clothing brand) ウィゴー https://www.wego.jp/ (stylized WEGO)

Automotive edit

Brands well known in the JDM modified car scene
5Zigen International [ja] (wheels)
Bride (company) [ja] (car bucket seat company)
Car Make T&E [ja]) (bodykits)
Ogura Clutch [ja])
RS Watanabe (レーシングサービスワタナベ)
Spoon Sports
Tee's Corporation (famous for Bride bucket seats, supplier to Super GT, Super Taikyu and D1GP teams)
Tomei Powered [ja] (engine components)

Motorcycling edit

Yoshimura Japan (ja:ヨシムラジャパン)

Publishing edit

Jinji Kōshinjo (人事興信所), a publisher of Jinji Kōshinroku volumes
Neko Publishing (ja:ネコ・パブリッシング)
San-Ei Shobo Publishing (ja:三栄書房)

Food and drink edit

shijimi (シジミ interlinks to Corbiculidae)
Awaji onion (淡路玉ねぎ)
Shizuo Tsuji (辻静雄, 20th-century Japanese chef; founder of the Tsuji culinary academy; wrote Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art)
Ekubo (Means "dimple" in Japanese; sweet rice cake; this is a term for a mochi cake)
Fincas Coffee (Japanese coffee made from Costa Rica Coffee Beans more info)
Japanese bakery products
Japtch (Japanese Whisky)
Cook Do ([12])
Skal (drink) Carbonated skim-milk soft drink preceding Calpis Soda. Sold in the South by the South Japan Dairy Farmers collective. スコール_(飲料)
Happosai (ja:八宝菜)
Otafuku Sauce (Otafuku Sauce company : ja:オタフクソース, it:Salsa Otafuku, [13])
Sankaku tabe (ja:三角食べ, triangular eating method)
Marion Crepes (ja:マリオンクレープ; trend setting Japanese crepe chain [14][15][16])
Kappō (cuisine) (ja:割烹), [17]
Mentsuyu (currently a redirect; ja:めんつゆ)

Government edit

Requests about current or recent politicians: /Government

Akatsuki, Ibaraki a former village now part of the city of Mito (ja:赤塚村 (茨城県))
Kōnan High School won the 2010 Japanese High School Baseball Championship

History edit

~~Education in Meiji Japan~~
Historical Japanese name (currently redirected to Japanese name)
Isamu Noguchi Teien Museum (イサム・ノグチ庭園美術館)
Japanese Imperial Tombs (feel free to use the start at User:Bamse/Japanese Imperial tombs)
Keichō Embassy (partially covered by the Keichō and Hasekura Tsunenaga articles, but this topic deserves its own article)
Kitayama period
machishū [ja] (the predecessors of the Edo period's chōnin)
Phoenix Trees Exposed to the A-bomb aogiri 梧桐
Thirty-Eight Years' War (currently redirected to Emishi)

ja:山本顧彌太 (Koyata Yamamoto), ja:亀井重清 (Shigekiyo Kamei), ja:片岡常春 (Tsuneharu Kataoka), ja:伊勢義盛 (Yoshimori Ise), ja:駿河次郎 (Jirō Suruga), ja:鷲尾義久 (Washio Yoshihisa), ja:富樫泰家 (Yasuie Togashi), ja:村田勝志 (Katsushi Murata), ja:馬場元子 (Motoko Baba, ja:毎朝新聞 (Maiasa Shinbun), ja:松岡巌鉄 (Gantetsu Matsuoka), ja:吉村道明 (Michiaki Yoshimura), ja:沖識名 (Shikina Oki), ja:芳の里淳三 (Junzō Yoshinosato).

Treaty edit

Treaty for returning Fengtian Peninsula (ja:遼東還付条約)

Language edit

~~English language in Japan~~
Translating English names to Kanji
芋 (いも, imo (Japan), literally "potato"), a Japanese language slur equivalent to ‘country bumpkin’ (moved from IMO disambig page)
Tekiseigo (ja:敵性語)

Law and politics edit

Locations edit

If you're looking for a city, town, or village, you might find a link to it from the article on the prefecture.

Ashikaga Flower Park (ja:あしかがフラワーパーク)
Bisan Seto (ja:備讃瀬戸)
Dochu sand pillars, Tokushima prefecture (ja:土柱#阿波の土柱 and/or Dochū kōtsu kenritsushizenkōen ja:土柱高越県立自然公園, the surrounding natural park designated by Tokushima Prefrecture )
Embassy of Haiti, Tokyo (ja:駐日ハイチ大使館), located in Nishi-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo [18]
Hami, Kagoshima (波見) in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima, mentioned briefly as a river mouth international trade port on Kimotsuki river ja:肝属川#歴史 and in Kōyama-cho ja:高山町 (鹿児島県)
Hakone hot springs Onsen (ja:箱根温泉)
Hayato Pond (ja:隼人池) [19], a pond in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
J-Village (ja:Jヴィレッジ)
Joan teahouse (ja:如庵)
Jōroku-ji (article exists on Japanese Wikipedia as (ja:丈六寺 (名張市), a Buddhist temple in Nabari, Mie.)
Kantei-byō (ja:関帝廟) temple in Yokohama Chinatown
Kinchakuda Plateau (ja:巾着田)
Kitayama, Kyōto (ja:北山 (京都市))
Koguno-shima (小久野島), a tiny desert island 1.1 kilometer west of Ōkunoshima (大久野島) (Rabbit Island)
Mount Arafune (ja:荒船山)
Mutsurejima
Myōkian (ja:妙喜庵)
Nijūbashi (ja:二重橋)
Ogasawara shoin (小笠原書院), now a museum run by the city of Iida, Nagano
Ogonzan, Hiroshima (ja:黄金山 (広島市))
Oku-Iya (奥祖谷, redirect to ja:祖谷渓 Iyadani/Iyakei)
Okudaisen [20] ja:大山 (鳥取県) or a bottled water ja:サントリー天然水#奥大山
Omiko Beach
Ōmahiko Shrine, Shikoku (Ōasahiko Shrine ja:大麻比古神社)
Watakano-jima (ja:渡鹿野島)
Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi (ja:湯田温泉)
Zenigata Sazo sand coin in Kanonji, Kagawa (Zenigata sunae sand sculpture in Kan'onji, Kagawa ja:銭形砂絵)
Doya town(Doyagai (ja:ドヤ街)) kind of japanese slum
Mount Mitsumine(ja:三峰山)
Mitsumine Shrine(ja:三峯神社)
Musashi-Mitake Shrine(ja:武蔵御嶽神社)
Myōkei-ji (Hirosaki) [21], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture
Myōkei-ji (Kanazawa)(ja:妙慶寺 (金沢市)) [22][23], a Jōdo-shū temple in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
Myōkei-ji (Sakai) [24], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
Myōkei-ji (Shizuoka) [25], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
Myōkei-ji (Yurihonjō) [26], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture
Otani Hombyo(ja:大谷本廟), mausoleum of Shinran
Saga, Kyoto [ja]
Shōgyō-in (Takashima) [27][28], a Jōdo-shū temple in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture
Shōgyō-in (Tokyo) [29], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Taitō, Tokyo
Shōgyō-in (Yanai) [30], a Jōdo-shū temple in Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Shōgyō-in (Yokosuka) [31], a Jōdo-shū temple in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Sogo Kure (ja:そごう呉店), a Sogo department store closed in 2013
Hiroshima City Central Library (ja:広島市立中央図書館)
Fukuyama Sogo (ja:福山そごう), a Sogo department store closed in 2000
Hokkaido University Botanical Garden {ja:北海道大学植物園), botanical garden and museum operated by Hokkaido University.

Train-related edit

TORO-Q

Organizations edit

All Japan Swordsmith Association (全日本刀匠会, Zen Nihon Tōshō-kai) [32][33], based in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture
Denenchofu Futaba Gakuen (ja:学校法人田園調布雙葉学園) [34] [35], an educational organization based in Setagaya, Tokyo
Japan Water Walk Association (ja:日本ウォーターウォーク協会) [36][37], a nonprofit organization based in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Keroyon Club (separation of Aum Shinrikyo)
Kenjinsha (けんじん社) [38][39], a limited liability company based in Chūō, Tokyo, formerly headquartered in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture
Nippon Water Walk Association (NWWA 日本ウォーターウォーク協会, NWWA Nihon Wōtā Wōku Kyōkai) [40][41], a voluntary association based in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture
No Youth No Japan [42], a nonprofit organization
Tokushima City Tourism Association (徳島市観光協会, Tokushima-shi Kankō Kyōkai) (ja:徳島市観光協会) [43][44], a defunct organization in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture
Yamada's Club (separation of Aum Shinrikyo)

People edit

Business edit

Hironobu Abe (ja:安倍寛信, [45][46]) older brother of Shinzo Abe, representative director of AB Communication, former executive officer at Mitsubishi Corporation, managing director at Seikei University as of 2023
Masahiro Asō (ja:麻生将豊, [47][48]) son of Tarō Asō, director of Aso Cement, president of Junior Chamber International Japan
Eiichi Hosokawa (ja:細川永一) founder of Hosokawa Micron
Masuo Hosokawa (ja:細川益男) president of Hosokawa Micron
Daishi Kataoka (ja:片岡大志 [49] Record Producer)
Ichisaburō Matsudaira (松平市三郎, [50][51][52][53] shipowner, manager of the Shanghai branch of and later document manager and advisor to Nippon Yusen, graduate of Tokyo Imperial University's English law department in 1897)
Toru Yamaji (ja:山路徹 APF News' president)

Entertainment edit

Harumi Edo comedian (ja:エド・はるみ)
Cubismo Grafico (ja:CUBISMO GRAFICO) (DJ)
Maiko Hashimoto (ja:橋本舞子) (singer)
Shoko Hikage (koto player)
Keiko Ibi (ja:伊比恵子) (academy award winning director)
Hideki Kaji (ja:カジヒデキ) (singer, musician)
Masahiro Mita (ja:三田誠広) (novelist)
Akari Miura (ja:三浦明利) (singer-songwriter)
Emiko Miyashita (haiku poet)
Karia Nomoto (ja:野本かりあ) (singer, DJ, model)
Hiroshi Okawa (actor, cult defector) (ja:大川宏洋)
Yaso Saijo (ja:西條八十: Japanese lyricist)
Kin'ichi Sawaki (ja:沢木欣一) (haiku poet)
Ayumi Tanabe (model)
Yuiko Tsubokura (ja:坪倉唯子) (singer)
Yuka Uchiyae (ja:うちやえゆか) (singer)

Government edit

Other edit

Nakajima Akane
Saichi Asahara
Atsuuji Ashikaga (ja:足利惇氏, scholar on India and Iran^[11])
Yukihiro Fukutomi (ja:福富幸宏)
Juan Gotoh (currently a redirect to Shotacon)
Yu Hanai (ja:花井悠)
Parko Hayashiya (ja:林家パー子)
Naoki Ishikawa (adventurer/photographer) (ja:石川直樹)
Sho Kazakura (ja:風倉匠)
Shihoko Kitami (d:Q94538360)^[12]
Hiyoko Kobayashi (ja:小林ひよこ)
Kazuko Kojima (ja:こじまかずこ, recently deleted)
Ayuse Kozue (ja:AYUSE KOZUE)
Tatsujiro Kuzuno [ja] (Ainu individual famous for being a promoter of Ainu culture)
Ōnishi Lion
Ando Masatsugu (ja:安藤正次)
Motoyoshi Masuda
Yasutaka Matsudaira (ja:松平康隆)
Kosei Miura (ja:三浦皇成)
Ayako Miyake (3-time Kunoichi (TV series) champion
Shunzō Miyawaki
Shinobu Moromizato (ja:諸見里しのぶ) golfer
Yuhara Motoichi (ja:湯原元一)
Kohyu Nishimura
Momoko Nōjō, founder of No Youth No Japan^[13]
Toshitaka Nomi (ja:能見俊賢)
Katsuyoshi Nozaki
Nobuo Ogawa ((ja:小川信雄 (実業家), 1912-2002)
Momoko Ōzono (ja:大園桃子)
Momoko Segawa, badminton player [54] [55] [56]
Tatsuro Shigaki
Matsura Shigenobu (ja:松浦鎮信)
Ikuo Shimano
Bizan Suzuki (ja:鈴木美山)
Takao Tajima (ja:田島貴男)
Toshimitsu Takagi (ja:高木敏光 no ja wiki)
Keitarō Takanami (ja:高浪敬太郎) (usually known as just K-Taro)
Fujima Takuya
Kizo Tamari (ja:玉利喜造)
Kishida Toshiko (ja:岸田俊子 Meiji era feminist, 1863-1901)
Bizan Ueda
Taku Yamada

Religion and philosophy edit

{{hlist ~~|Confucianism - Japan (ja:儒教#日本における展開と変容)~~ |Religion, Folk - Japan (ja:民俗宗教 no ja wiki) |Eichi Osawa (head of Jiseiin, or cat temple) |Sacred horse (ja:神馬) |Ryukyu glyphs, used in Fortune-telling in Ryukyu. (琉球古字) |Twenty eight attendants (ja:二十八部衆) |Atheism in Japan |Niihama Masjid (ja:新居浜マスジド) |Japan Islam Trade Association (ja:日本・イスラム交易協会) |Great Buddha of Nara (ja:東大寺盧舎那仏像; currently a redirect to Tōdaiji Temple) |Oshirasama (ja:おしら様) |13 mounds (ja:十三塚) |Shōmyō-ji (ja:称名寺 (横浜市)) |Renge-ji (Tokushima) (ja:蓮花寺 (徳島市)) |Yonaoshi }}

The 88 Temples edit

Note: This list is duplicated at Shikoku Pilgrimage.

No.	Temple	City/Town/Village	Prefecture
1	~~Ryōzen-ji (Naruto)~~		keep till list is completed
2	~~Gokuraku-ji (Naruto)~~		keep till list is completed
3	~~Konsen-ji (Itano)~~		keep till list is completed
4	~~Dainichi-ji (Itano)~~		keep till list is completed
5	~~Jizō-ji (Itano)~~		keep till list is completed
6	~~Anraku-ji (Kamiita)~~		keep till list is completed
7	~~Jūraku-ji (Awa)~~		keep till list is completed
8	~~Kumadani-ji (Awa)~~		keep till list is completed
9	~~Hōrin-ji (Awa)~~		keep till list is completed
10	~~Kirihata-ji (Awa)~~		keep till list is completed
11	Fujii-dera (藤井寺)
12	Shōzanji (焼山寺)	Kamiyama	Tokushima
13	Dainichiji (大日寺)	Tokushima	Tokushima
14	Jōrakuji (常楽寺)	Tokushima	Tokushima
17	Idoji (井戸寺)	Tokushima	Tokushima
18	Onzanji (恩山寺)	Komatsushima	Tokushima
19	Tatsueji (立江寺)	Komatsushima	Tokushima
20	~~Kakurin-ji (Kakogawa)~~		keep till list is completed
21	Tairyūji (太竜寺)	Anan	Tokushima
22	Byōdōji (平等寺)	Anan	Tokushima
23	Yakuōji (薬王寺)	Minami	Tokushima
24	Hotsumisakiji (最御崎寺)	Muroto	Kōchi
25	Shinshōji (津照寺)	Muroto	Kōchi
26	Kongōchōji (金剛頂寺)	Muroto	Kōchi
27	Kōnomineji (神峰寺)	Yasuda	Kōchi
28	Dainichiji (大日寺)	Konan	Kōchi
30	Zenrakuji (善楽寺)	Kōchi	Kōchi
31	~~Chikurin-ji~~		keep till list is completed
32	Zenjibuji (禅師峰寺)	Nankoku	Kōchi
33	Sekkeiji (雪蹊寺)	Kōchi	Kōchi
34	Tanemaji (種間寺)	Haruno	Kōchi
35	Kiyotakiji (清滝寺)	Tosa	Kōchi
36	Shōryūji (青竜寺)	Tosa	Kōchi
37	Iwamotoji (岩本寺)	Shimanto	Kōchi
38	Kongōfukuji (金剛福寺)	Tosashimizu	Kōchi
39	~~Enkōji~~ (延光寺)	Sukumo	Kōchi
40	~~Kanjizai-ji~~		keep till list is completed
41	Ryūkō-ji (Uwajima)
42	Butsumokuji (佛木寺)	Uwajima	Ehime
43	Meisekiji (明石寺)	Seiyo	Ehime
44	Daihōji (大宝寺)	Kumakōgen	Ehime
45	Iwaya-ji (岩屋寺)	Kumakōgen	Ehime
46	Jōruriji (浄瑠璃寺)	Matsuyama	Ehime
47	Yasakaji (八坂寺)	Matsuyama	Ehime
48	Sairinji (西林寺)	Matsuyama	Ehime
49	~~Jōdo-ji (Matsuyama)~~		keep till list is completed
50	Hantaji (繁多寺)	Matsuyama	Ehime
51	~~Ishite-ji~~		keep till list is completed
52	~~Taisan-ji (Matsuyama)~~		keep till list is completed
53	~~Enmyō-ji (Matsuyama)~~		keep till list is completed
54	Enmeiji (延命寺)	Imabari	Ehime
55	Nankōbō (南光坊)	Imabari	Ehime
56	Taisanji (泰山寺)	Imabari	Ehime
57	Eifukuji (栄福寺)	Imabari	Ehime
58	~~Sennyū-ji~~		keep till list is completed
60	Yokomineji (横峰寺)	Saijō	Ehime
61	Kōonji (香園寺)	Saijō	Ehime
62	Hōjuji (宝寿寺)	Saijō	Ehime
64	Maegamiji (前神寺)	Saijō	Ehime
65	Sankakuji (三角寺)	Shikokuchūō	Ehime
66	Unpenji (雲辺寺)	Miyoshi	Tokushima
67	Daikōji (大興寺)	Mitoyo	Kagawa
68	Jinnein (神恵院)	Kan'onji	Kagawa
69	Iyadaniji (弥谷寺)		Kagawa
70	~~Motoyama-ji~~		keep till list is completed
71	Iyadani-ji (弥谷寺)
72	Mandaraji (曼荼羅寺)	Zentsūji	Kagawa
73	Shusshakaji (出釈迦寺)	Zentsūji	Kagawa
74	Kōyamaji (甲山寺)	Zentsūji	Kagawa
75	~~Zentsū-ji~~		keep till list is completed
76	Konzōji (金倉寺)	Zentsūji	Kagawa
77	Dōryūji (道隆寺)	Tadotsu	Kagawa
78	Gōshōji (郷照寺)	Utazu	Kagawa
79	Tennōji (天皇寺)	Sakaide	Kagawa
81	~~Sanuki Kokubun-ji~~		keep till list is completed
81	Shiromineji (白峯寺)	Sakaide	Kagawa
83	Ichinomiyaji (一宮寺)	Takamatsu	Kagawa
84	Yashimaji (屋島寺)	Takamatsu	Kagawa
85	Yakuriji (八栗寺)	Takamatsu	Kagawa
86	Shidoji (志度寺)	Sanuki	Kagawa
87	Nagaoji (長尾寺)	Sanuki	Kagawa
88	~~Ōkubo-ji~~		keep till list is completed

Sciences edit

Ornebius kanetataki (ja:カネタタキ)

Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Class Structure edit

Social Relations - Japan
Japan is China, a stereotype

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Paburon

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Football edit

Japan Football Museum [ja] - Jikichi Imamura [ja] - Ryutaro Fukao [ja] - Ryutaro Takahashi [ja] - Tomisaburo Hirai [ja] - Shizuo Fujita [ja] - Hideo Shimada (footballer) [ja] - Chitaro Tanabe [ja] - Shigeaki Murakata [ja] - Takuji Ono [ja] - Sumioki Nitta [ja] - Genichi Fukushima [ja] - Gendo Tsuboi [ja] - Tairei Uchino [ja] - Kyaw Din [ja] - William Haigh (diplomat) [ja] - Shiro Otani [ja] - Yoshiyuki Maruyama [ja] - Noboru Ohata [ja] - Toshio Asami [ja] - Takeo Tawa [ja] - Sokichiro Ushiki [ja] - Katsuhiko Kaneko [ja] - Takeshi Narahara [ja] - Junji Ogura [ja] - Shinroku Morohashi [ja] - Kyoji Imai [ja]

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Weapons edit

Masahiro Katana (redirect to: Masahiro#Blademakers); either a brand of cutlery manufacturers including Masahiro Co., Ltd. with romanized signature as in image of "Masahiro" (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)); by another brand Maruoku Co., Ltd. as in image of Masahiro bessaku (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)). Could be a very low priced Chinese imitation sword imported to North America with blades attached. (It's printed on the package as "Masahiro" error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help), at times the simplified Chinese as Chinese: 正广 on the brand's website: "Justice" is also mentioned).
Yanone (Japanese arrowheads ja:矢#鏃（矢尻＝やじり）)

Kana-wa meaning "Golden ring (weapon)" - It is similar to chakram and wind and fire wheels, even more accurately it looks like a modification of chakram. Imagine chakram that is sharp both inside and outside and has padded grip like wind and fire and wheel. It is double wielded. It seems it was used in ninjutsu. video 6:45 Setenzatsu (talk) 09:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC); it can be found if googlesearched "nakia ring blades" 89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Kuda yari or Kuda-yari, tube spear, a unique type of spear -a spear that is used by sliding the shaft through a kuda, a metal tube or pipe; the primary spear of the Owari Kan Ryu tradition of sojutsu. [57] Setenzatsu.2 (talk) 23:26, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nanban hachiwari (Japanese war hammer / Japanese war pick) similar but is NOT kusarigama89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Konpei, [58], mentioned by Serge Mol as possibly being a samurai police weapon, combined techniques from kusarijutsu and kakutejutsu 89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rifles edit

Arisaka Type 0 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm)
Arisaka Type 1 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm)
Arisaka Type 2 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm)
Browning M71 (Japan - Lever Action Rifle)
Howa M3000
Japanese Type 30
Japanese Type 38
Japanese Type 92
Japanese Type 96
Japanese Type 98
Japanese Type 99
Japanese Type 100

Unsorted edit

Bakemono Chakutōchō (ja:夭怪着到牒) (kibyōshi)
Madame Tussauds Tokyo
Parabbit(de,fr) - It's needed in English Wikipedia for translation to Japanese, but due to English-concentration of foreign language education, it's currently difficultly able to be translated in Japanese.

References edit

^ "祇園小唄". 世界の民謡・童謡 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
^ "祇園小唄". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
^ "平城山ならやま歌詞の意味". 世界の民謡・童謡 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ Yoshikai, Naoto (2021-10-27). "歌曲「平城山(ならやま)」の背景". Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "天竜下れば". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^ http://www.business-plus.net/interview/1202/313301.shtml
^ https://books.google.com/books?id=MmldAAAAIAAJ&dq=jinji+koshinroku
^ https://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/books/2009/09/000010011079.php
^ https://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46&dq=nihon+shinshi+roku
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174028/https://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/OSK200704290022.html
^ "足利惇氏". Kotobank. Nichigai Associates. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
^ "北見志保子". Kotobank. Kodansha. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "Don't be silent: How a 22-year-old woman helped bring down the Tokyo Olympics chief". CNN. Reuters. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

[1] "祇園小唄". 世界の民謡・童謡 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-04.

[2] "祇園小唄". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-04.

[3] "平城山ならやま歌詞の意味". 世界の民謡・童謡 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[4] Yoshikai, Naoto (2021-10-27). "歌曲「平城山(ならやま)」の背景". Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[5] "天竜下れば". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-05.

[6] ttp://www.business-plus.net/interview/1202/313301.shtml

[7] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=MmldAAAAIAAJ&dq=jinji+koshinroku

[8] ttps://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/books/2009/09/000010011079.php

[9] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46&dq=nihon+shinshi+roku

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20170804174028/https://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/OSK200704290022.html

[11] "足利惇氏". Kotobank. Nichigai Associates. Retrieved 2023-05-04.

[12] "北見志保子". Kotobank. Kodansha. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[13] "Don't be silent: How a 22-year-old woman helped bring down the Tokyo Olympics chief". CNN. Reuters. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

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