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Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
Aizen Myo-o. 6-armed Japanese Buddhist diety.
Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.
Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.
Arai Hakuseki. 1657-1725. Japanese Confucian philosopher, statesman, historian.
Ashikaga. 1338-1573. Japanese Shogunate. Overthrew Emperor.
Axis Pact. 1936-45. German-Italian Agreement, 1936. Cooperative alliance maintained through WWII. Allied with Spain, 1939; Japan, 1936. Yugoslavia 1941. Tripartite Pact.
Baku Ru. 1192-19C Japanese Shogunate government.
Bali. c1000 Java. 1596 Dutch discover. 1906 Netherlands. WWII Japan occupies. 1950 Indonesia.
Bataan Death March. 1942. Japanese force 60 mile march; 54 of 70,000 prisoners arrive.
Benten. Japanese god of reasoning. Patron of literature, music, femininity.
Borneo. 7C BC Indian influence. 3C BC-15C Chinese inf. 3C-15C Funan/Khmer, Malacca, Srivijaya, Majapahit. 15C Moslem. 16C- European inf. 19C Dutch(S)/Eng(N). WWII Japan occupies. Brunei. Malaysia. Indonesia.
Brunei. 15C + Borneo. 16-18C Decline; European colonies. 1888 British protectorate. WWII Japanese occupy. 1971 Self-governing. 1983 Independent Sultanate.
Buddhism. c528BC. Widely practised in Asia. Nirvana is achieved by following the 8-fold path and 4 Noble Truths. 1C BC Mahayana Sutras. 6C reaches Japan. 12C Zen Buddhism widely practiced in Japan.
Burma Campaign. 1942-5. British rout Japanese invaders.
Buson. 1716-83. Japanese haiku poet/painter.
Casablanca, Conference. 1943. Allies agree to fight Axis and Japan to unconditional surrender.
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. 1653-1724. Japanese playwright. “The Shakespeare of Japan”.
China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.
Coral Sea, Battle. 1942. US checks Japanese advances. WWII.
Daigo II. 1287-1339. Japanese Emperor 1318-. Failed to ovethrow Shogunate. Exiled.
Daimyo. 8C-1869. Japanese feudal lords.
Dogen. 1200-53. Japanese philosopher. Brought Zen sect from China.
Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.
Foujita, Tsuguhara. 1886-1968. Japanese/French painter.