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fuhonsen; Japan's first coinage dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation
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politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
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Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki
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Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955)
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Democratic Party (of Japan; 1947-1950)
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dangibon; type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)
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yukahon; books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku
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hatamoto-yakko; samurai bandits, organized into gangs, who wore flamboyant clothing and engaged in violent and antisocial behaviour (Edo period)
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Poaceae (family of flowering plants); Gramineae
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money-centered way (of thinking)
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dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
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schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals
