HOJO

Meaning of HOJO in English

/hoh"yoh/ , n.

a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as regents in the name of the shoguns during the period 1203-1333.

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HOJO — Ходзё
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HŌJŌ FAMILY — Family of hereditary regents to the shogunate of Japan who exercised actual power from 1199 to 1333. Hōjō Tokimasa (1138–1215) …
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HOJO YOSHITOKI — born 1163, Japan died July 1, 1224, Kamakura, Japan warrior responsible for the consolidation of the power of the Kamakura …
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HOJO YASUTOKI — born 1183, Kamakura, Japan died July 14, 1242, Kamakura regent whose administrative innovations in the shogunate, or military dictatorship, were …
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HOJO TOKIMUNE — born June 5, 1251, Kamakura, Japan died April 20, 1284, Kamakura young regent to the shogun (military dictator of Japan), …
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HOJO TOKIMASA — born 1138, Izu Province, Japan died Feb. 6, 1215, Izu Japanese warrior who aided Minamoto Yoritomo in establishing the Kamakura …
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HOJO FAMILY — family of hereditary regents to the shogunate of Japan who exercised actual rule from 1199 to 1333. During that period, …
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HŌJŌ, EHIME — Ходзё
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SHOGUN — (Japanese; " barbarian-quelling generalissimo ") In Japanese history, a military ruler. The title was first used during the Heian period …
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MINAMOTO YORITOMO — born 1147, Japan died Feb. 9, 1199, Kamakura Founder of the Kamakura shogunate, or bakufu . A member of the …
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KAMAKURA PERIOD — (1192–1333) Period of Japanese history marked by the country's first era of military government. The Kamakura shogunate was established by …
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JŌCHŌ — died 1057, Japan Japanese Buddhist sculptor. The son and pupil of a sculptor, he worked primarily for the Fujiwara family …
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GO-DAIGO — born Nov. 26, 1288, Kyōto, Japan died Sept. 19, 1339, Mount Yoshino, near Nara Emperor of Japan whose efforts to …
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GENRO — (Japanese; " principal elders ") Extraconstitutional oligarchy that dominated the Japanese government from the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution (1889) …
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FAMILY — I Basic social unit consisting of persons united by ties of marriage (affinity), "blood" (consanguinity), or adoption and usually representing …
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BAKUFU — (Japanese; " tent government ") Military rule of the country by a hereditary shogun , as opposed to rule by …
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ASHIKAGA FAMILY — Japanese warrior family that established the Ashikaga shogunate in 1338. The founder, Ashikaga Takauji (1305–58), supported the emperor Go-Daigo 's …
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MALOJILLO — ˌmäləˈhē(ˌ)(y)ō noun or ma·lo·ji·lla -_(y)ə ( -s ) Etymology: malojillo from American Spanish, diminutive of malojo forage plant, from Spanish …
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YONEZAWA — city, Yamagata Prefecture (ken), Honshu, Japan, on the Ou Line (railway). From the Muromachi period (13381573) to the Meiji Restoration …
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UESUGI KENSHIN — born Feb. 18, 1530, Takada, Echigo province, Japan died April 19, 1578, Takada also called Uesugi Terutora, original name Nagao …
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UESUGI FAMILY — one of the most important warrior clans in Japan from early in the 15th century until the last half of …
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TOBA, GO- — born Aug. 6, 1180, Kyoto, Japan died March 28, 1239, Oki province, Japan in full Go-Toba Tenno, personal name Takahira …
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OKI ISLANDS — Japanese Oki-shotto, archipelago, Shimane ken (prefecture), Japan, lying in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Honshu. The largest …
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MISHIMA YUKIO — born Jan. 14, 1925, Tokyo died Nov. 25, 1970, Tokyo pseudonym of Hiraoka Kimitake prolific writer who is regarded by …
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KUSUNOKI MASASHIGE — born 1294?, Japan died July 4, 1336, Minato-gawa, Settsu province, Japan one of the greatest military strategists in Japanese history. …
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KAMO CHOMEI — born 1155, Japan died July 24, 1216, Kyoto also called Kamo No Chomei poet and critic of Japanese vernacular poetry, …
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KAMAKURA PERIOD — in Japanese history, the period from 1192 to 1333 during which the basis of feudalism was firmly established. It was …
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JOCHO — died 1057, Japan Amida Myorai by Jocho, 1053, Heian period. Wood covered with gold leaf on a polychrome wood lotus …
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JAPAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a white field bearing a central red disk (a stylized sun). The flag has a width-to-length …
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JAPAN — Castle at Matsumoto, Japan. Japanese Nihon or Nippon country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a …
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ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI — born 1305, Ashikaga, Japan died June 7, 1358, Kyoto warrior and statesman who founded the Ashikaga shogunate (hereditary military dictatorship) …
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