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Hōjō Maki. Hōjō Maki may refer to: Hōjō Maki (北条 牧, 牧の方), also Hōjō no Maki, wife of Hōjō Tokimasa, the first Shikken of Japan, and mother of Hōjō Masako the wife of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Hōjō Masako. Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, 1157 – August 16, 1225) was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period, which was reflected by her contemporary sobriquet of the "nun shogun". She was the wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and mother of Minamoto no Yoriie and Minamoto no Sanetomo ...
Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū (鹿島神傳直心影流, かしましんでんじきしんかげりゅう), [ 1] often referred to simply as Jikishinkage-ryū or Kashima Shinden, is a traditional school ( koryū) of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship ( kenjutsu ). The school was founded in the mid-16th century, based upon older ...
Maki Asakawa (Japanese: 浅川マキ, Hepburn: Asakawa Maki, January 27, 1942 – January 17, 2010) was a Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer. Known as the "Queen of the Underground" ( アングラの女王 , Angura no Joō ) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] she was an important voice of Japan's urban counterculture .
Fūma no Kojirō (風魔の小次郎, "Kojiro of the Fuma Clan") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 1982 to November 1983. It tells the story of sword legends and rivalry between ninja clans. The main character Kojiro is a young boy who is a member of the ...
After this, the Hojo family adopted the three scales as their family crest. The Hōjō are alleged to have been an offshoot of the Taira of the Kanmu branch, originating in Izu Province . On the other hand, modern theories question whether the Hōjō clan was really descended from the Taira clan.
Fumihiko Maki (槇 文彦, Maki Fumihiko, 6 September 1928 – 6 June 2024) was a Japanese architect. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. [1] Maki died on 6 June 2024, at the age of 95. [2]
House of Ninjas ( Japanese: 忍びの家, Hepburn: Shinobi no Ie) is a Japanese television series developed by Dave Boyle for Netflix based on a story by Kento Kaku (acting as co-executive producer), [ 1] Yoshiaki Murrao and Takafumi Imai. [ 2] It stars Kaku as the protagonist, alongside Yōsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita ...