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Also Known As Jikaku Daishi • Mibu
Born 794 • Japan
Died February 24, 864 (aged 70) • Japan
Subjects Of Study neume • vocal music • Japan • nembutsu
Taishi Shōtoku: ink drawing
Taishi Shōtoku
Japanese regent and author
Shōmu
emperor of Japan
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Japanese shogun
Saichō
Japanese monk
Dōkyō
Japanese Buddhist priest
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
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