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Also Known As Jichen
Born May 17, 1155 • Kyōto • Japan
Died October 28, 1225 (aged 70) • Shiga • Japan
Subjects Of Study Japan
Arai Hakuseki
Japanese statesman
Tokutomi Sohō.
Tokutomi Sohō
Japanese author
Edwin O. Reischauer
American historian and diplomat
Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
prime minister of Japan
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
Go-Daigo
emperor of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
prime minister of Japan
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese military officer
Ii Naosuke
Ii Naosuke
Japanese feudal lord
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese leader
Kan Naoto.
Kan Naoto
prime minister of Japan

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