Joseph Hardy Neesima

Joseph Hardy Neesima

male, deceased (1890)
Protestant, Amherst College, Phillips Academy alumni, Educator, congregational church, kyoto
was the founder of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Japan. Niijima was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo). In 1864,...
Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Ashikaga Yoshiharu

male, deceased (1550)
kyoto, shogun, Portuguese, Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga shoguns, Muromachi period
was the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1521 to 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of the...
Shohaku Okumura

Shohaku Okumura

male, 61 years old
from Osaka Prefecture, kyoto, shiho, Japanese, Zen Buddhist monk, Japanese language
Shohaku Okumura Roshi (June 22, 1948 - present) was born in Osaka, Japan. Okumura is married to Yuko Okumura and has two children, Masaki and Yoko....
Kanako Otsuji

Kanako Otsuji

female, 35 years old
kyoto, Doshisha University, Diet of Japan, Rainbow and Greens, Sydney Olympics, House of Councillor
is formerly a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly (April 2003 - April 2007) and now a candidate for a member of the House of Councillors of...
Volker Zotz

Volker Zotz

male, 53 years old
professor, Continental philosopher, philosopher, Austrian, kyoto, Buddhism
Volker Zotz (born October 28, 1956 in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany) is an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language....
Ankokuji Ekei

Ankokuji Ekei

male, deceased (1600)
Japanese, executed by decapitation, execution, Iyo Province, kyoto, Buddhism…Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto, Kyoto
Ankokuji Ekei was a daimyo of Aki Province in Japan, as well as a Buddhist monk following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century. He went...
Yamazaki Susumu

Yamazaki Susumu

male, deceased (1868)
Hijikata Toshizō, Battle of Toba-Fushimi, osaka, spy, hiroshima, Shinsengumi…kyoto
Yamazaki Susumu was a Shinsengumi officer and spy ("Kansatsu".) He was a ronin from Osaka and an expert in" Katori Ryu". In 1864, Yamazaki and...
Makuzu Kozan

Makuzu Kozan

male, deceased (1916)
meiji era, kyoto, Potter, yokohama, Japanese, Imperial House of Japan
Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan was appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household and was one of the greatest potters of the Meiji Era. He came from...
Yutaka Abe

Yutaka Abe

male, deceased (1977)
Junichiro Tanizaki, kyoto, 1950 adaptation, film director, The Makioka Sister, Japanese
Yutaka Abe is a Japanese film director. He directed the 1950 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's The Makioka Sisters. He died in 1977 in Kyoto.
Jokichi Takamine

Jokichi Takamine

male, deceased (1922)
Chemist, Takadiastase, sake, malt, University of TOKYO, Adrenaline…kyoto
was a Japanese chemist. He was born in Takaoka, Tokyoma, Japan the son of a physician, and educated in Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo, graduating from the...