This name was borne by the noted samurai Hattori Hanzou (1542-1596). The name can also be formed from other kanji combinations. Hanzou 半蔵, はんぞう m JapaneseAlternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 半蔵 (see Hanzō). Haru 陽, 春, 晴, はる m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 陽 (haru) ...
Japanese names typically have three distinct components: a given name, a family name, and the kanji or hiragana characters that express the name's meaning. For example, Ai is a popular Japanese name for girls, which means "love" and is represented by the kanji 愛 or the hiragana あい(Beh...
Nobuhiro Nishiwaki (Japanese: 西脇 伸宏, Hepburn: Nishiwaki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970), better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro), is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic ...
Pronounced HAWn-ZO, the name was borne by a famous sixteenth-century samurai. It combines han and zō to mean “half” and “to hide,” respectfully. 13. Isamu. This could be the perfect Japanese guys’ name, as it simply means “brave.” Pronounced EE-SA-MOO, it may be familiar to...
Seven Samurai is set in the year 1586 in feudal Japan where a farming village is continuously under attack from bandits. They hire seven samurai (hence the movie’s name) to protect them and their harvest. There is a fun dialogue between the samurai and some great fight scenes between the...
The name Akira is equally as luminous as its abbreviated form, “Akio.” Japanese names for boys and girls with the meaning “bright and clear” can be given to both boys and girls. In Japan, on the other hand, the name is more typically associated with infant males. 6. Akiro Akiro...
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a 16th-century daimyo, meaning great lord, who was responsible for unifying Japan and restructuring society. He ordered all commoners to be disarmed and all Samurai to give up their non-military roles. 24. Hikari
The Meiji era laws that mandated every Japanese person take a family name The reluctance of some people to take a family name during the Meiji Period The fact that many (most?) people with the surname Satō (佐藤) are probably not descended from samurai ...
Hōjō Family, family of hereditary regents to the shogunate of Japan who exercised actual rule from 1199 to 1333. During that period, nine successive members of the family held the regency. The Hōjō took their name from their small estate in the Kanog
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