Description

An Encyclopedia of Japanese History.
compiled by Chris Spackman

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 9

Abe Family (Mikawa) – Azukizaka, Battle of (1564) 11

Baba Family – Buzen Province 41

Chang Tso-lin – Currency 51

Daido Masashige – Dutch Learning 95

Echigo Province – Etō Shinpei 98

Feminism – Fuwa Mitsuharu 102

Gamō Hideyuki – Gyoki 107

Habu Yoshiharu – Hyūga Province 116

Ibaraki Castle – Izu Province 138

Japan Communist Party – Jurakutei Castle 154

Kaei – Kyūshū Campaign 158

Lansing, Robert – Lytton 203

MacArthur, Douglas – Mutsu Province 203

Nabeyama Sadachika – Nunobeyama, Battle of 238

Ōan – Ozu Yasujiro 254

Pacific War – Privy Council 275

(Q: No Entries) 289

Ran – Ryūkyū Province 289

Sado Province – Suzuki Zenkō 294

Tachibana Muneshige – Twenty-One Demands 345

Uchida Ryohei – Uzen Province 372

(V: No entries) 375

Wado Province – Witte, Sergei 375

(X: No entries) 377

Yagyū Munenori – Yūryaku-tennō 377

Zaibatsu – Zeami 386

Chronological List of Emperors 389

Prime Ministers, 1885 to Present 395

Alphabetical List of the Prefectures 399

Provinces and Corresponding Prefectures 402

Chronological List of Nengō 406

List of the Shōgun 415

GNU Free Documentation License 417





List of Tables

Table 1Cabinet Positions Held by Abe Nobuyuki 12

Table 2Abe Nobuyuki's Cabinet 13

Table 3Cabinet Positions Held by Adachi Kenzō 15

Table 4Data on Akita Prefecture 19

Table 5Cabinet Positions Held by Araki Sadao 28

Table 6Cabinet Positions Held by Ashida Hitoshi 31

Table 7Ashida Hitoshi's Cabinet 32

Table 8 i-ro-ha Alphabet, 1-7 Checkerboard Cipher 81

Table 9 Checkerboard Cipher Using Waka Poem 82

Table 10Creating a Pseudo-Random Number from Two Other Numbers 92

Table 11 Portraits on Japanese Bills 94

Table 12 Dates of Use for Japanese Bills 95

Table 13 Cabinet Positions Held by Gotō Shinpei 114

Table 14 Cabinet Positions Held by Gotō Shōjirō 115

Table 15 Cabinet Positions Held by Hamaguchi Osachi 117

Table 16 Hamaguchi Osachi's Cabinet 118

Table 17 Cabinet Positions Held by Hara Kei 119

Table 18 Hara Kei's Cabinet 120

Table 19 Cabinet Positions Held by Hatoyama Ichirō 121

Table 20 Cabinet Positions Held by Hayashi Senjūrō 122

Table 21 Hayashi Senjūrō's Cabinet 122

Table 22 Cabinet Positions Held by Hayashi Tadasu 123

Table 23 Cabinet Positions Held by Hiranuma Kiichirō 127

Table 24Hiranuma Kiichirō's Cabinet 128

Table 25 Cabinet Positions Held by Hirota Kōki 129

Table 26 Hirota Kōki's Cabinet 130

Table 27 Cabinet Positions Held by Inoue Junnosuke 142

Table 28 Cabinet Positions Held by Inoue Kaoru 143

Table 29 Cabinet Positions Held by Inoue Kowashi 143

Table 30 Cabinet Positions Held by Inukai Tsuyoshi 144

Table 31 Inukai Tsuyoshi's Cabinet 144

Table 32Domains in Ise Province 145

Table 33 Cabinet Positions Held by Itagaki Taisuke 147

Table 34 Cabinet Positions Held by Itō Hirobumi 148

Table 35 Itō Hirobumi's First Cabinet 148

Table 36 Itō Hirobumi's Second Cabinet 151

Table 37 Itō Hirobumi's Third Cabinet 151

Table 38Itō Hirobumi's Fourth Cabinet 152

Table 39Cabinet Positions Held by Katō Takaaki 169

Table 40 Katō Takaaki's First Cabinet 169

Table 41Katō Takaaki's Second Cabinet 170

Table 42 Cabinet Positions Held by Katō Tomosaburō 170

Table 43 Katō Tomosaburō's Cabinet 171

Table 44Cabinet Positions Held by Katsura Tarō 172

Table 45 Katsura Tarō's First Cabinet 173

Table 46Katsura Tarō's Second Cabinet 173

Table 47Katsura Tarō's Third Cabinet 174

Table 48 Cabinet Positions Held by Kido Kōichi 177

Table 49Cabinet Positions Held by Kobiyama Naoto 181

Table 50Cabinet Positions Held by Kodama Gentarō 181

Table 51Cabinet Positions Held by Kodama Hideo 182

Table 52Cabinet Positions Held by Koiso Kuniaki 184

Table 53Koiso Kuniaki's Cabinet 185

Table 54Kōke Families 186

Table 55Cabin