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121Itō Shinsui — was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo e woodblock print artist in Taishō and Showa period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the… …
122Harada Sanosuke — was a Japanese warrior ( samurai ) who lived in the late Edo period. He was the 10th unit captain of the Shinsengumi, and died during the Boshin War.BackgroundHarada was born to a family of chūgen , or low ranking quasi samurai, who served the… …
123Yamataikoku — was an ancient country in Wa (Japan) during the late Yayoi period. The 297 CE Chinese history Sanguo Zhi first records Yamataikoku (邪馬臺國, or Yamaichikoku 邪馬壹國) as the domain of shaman Queen Himiko. While historians disagree over the location of… …
124Piet Retief — ) was a South African Boer leader. Early lifeRetief was born in the Cape Colony, South Africa. His family were Boers of French Huguenot ancestry, whose father came over with the first Huguenots, and Retief grew up on a vineyard called Welvanpas… …
125Declaration of Independence (Ireland) — ) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the self proclaimed Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January, 1919. It followed from the Sinn Féin election manifesto of December… …
126Tokugawa Hidetada — was the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu.Early Life (1579–1593)Tokugawa Hidetada was born to Tokugawa Ieyasu… …
127Blot-Sweyn — was probably made by Sweyn and his family, as it mentions two people named Sweyn and Møy. It is the only existing mention of the name Møy ( maiden ) as a girl s name beside the mention of Sweyn s sister Mær (the Old Icelandic form of Møy ) in… …
128William James Stillman — was an American painter, journalist, and photographer.BiographyStillman was born in Schenectady, New York in 1828. His parents were Seventh Day Baptists, and his early religious training influenced him all through his life. He was sent to school… …
