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Born November 1745 • Kagoshima • Japan
Died March 22, 1833 (aged 87) • Tokyo • Japan
House / Dynasty Shimazu family
Shimazu Hisamitsu.
Shimazu Hisamitsu
Japanese feudal lord
Shimazu Nariakira
Japanese feudal lord
Sakamoto Ryōma.
Sakamoto Ryōma
Japanese imperial loyalist
Sakaida Kakiemon I
Japanese potter
Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
Nakamura Utaemon III
Japanese actor
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
Japanese businessman
Tsutsumi Seiji
Japanese businessman
Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Miyoshi Umeki
Japanese-born actress
Kōami Michinaga
Japanese artist
Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
Ichikawa Danjūrō I
Japanese actor
Kōami Nagashige
Japanese artist
Danjūrō VII
Japanese Kabuki actor
Nishida Kitarō
Japanese philosopher
Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist