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Hakata Dontaku Festival (Fukuoka)

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Kushida Shrine

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Izunokuni City

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Itou Sukechika

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Sukechika

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Emperor Nijou; Nijou Tenno (1143-1165 CE, reigning: 1158-1165 CE)

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Munekiyo

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fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish

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foreign delegation; foreign mission; diplomatic envoy

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Goshirakawajoukou (retired emperor)

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Sadayoshi

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excavation; cutting; digging

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Toukurou

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to carry about

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peach and plum; person of one's recommendation

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Houjou Tokimasa (1138-1215)

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dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk

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Zen nun

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international exchange

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to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

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dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)

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repair; renovation; restoration

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successive generations

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by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately

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Hōgen era (1156.4.27-1159.4.20)

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vassal; attendant

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traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

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Heiji era (1159.4.20-1160.1.10)

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to catch fish

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thorny path

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Kiyomori (shogun)

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court council; privy council

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Buddhism; Buddhist teachings

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Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm

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uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark

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thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

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to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

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to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

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hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

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Suma

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kindness; courtesy

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crown prince

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(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad

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way; destination; reason

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abdication

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participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

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violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery

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to be hungry

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant

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