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Fujihide

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Ryougaemachidoori

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Goshonomae

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views in and around the city of Kyoto (paintings and drawings)

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passage of the seasons; change of the four seasons

1

Yasumoto

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Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)

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Kanou Eitoku

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Saitou Tatsuoki (1548-1573.10.5)

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Terutora

2

glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans

1

to spend money

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appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)

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way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings

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entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

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Nichiren school of Buddhism

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colleague

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official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines

1

abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber

1

Nagamasa

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

nation building

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Buddhism; priesthood

1

upstart; parvenu

2

nursing; (protective) care

1

whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)

1

colourful

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feigned ignorance

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Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

2

8000; eight thousand; many

2

to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture

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on what business

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territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto

2

level; just; peaceful

2

Toukichirō

4

to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

1

to breathe

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that matter; those matters

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imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

5

a little more

1

peace conference; peace negotiations

1

to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

1

address; lodgings; accommodation

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heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

1

to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together

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palace visit

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

6

to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along

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