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  2. Satoru Gojo - Wikipedia

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    Satoru Gojo (Japanese: 五条 悟, Hepburn: Gojō Satoru) is a character from Gege Akutami's manga Jujutsu Kaisen. He was first introduced in Akutami's short series Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School as the mentor of the cursed teenager Yuta Okkotsu at Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School.

  3. Culture of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Chinese dynasties, particularly the Tang dynasty, have influenced Japanese culture throughout history and brought it into the Sinosphere. After 220 years of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture shows how much contemporary Japanese culture influences the world. [2]

  4. Sugawara no Michizane - Wikipedia

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    Sugawara no Michizane (菅原 道真/菅原 道眞, August 1, 845 – March 26, 903) was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in waka and kanshi poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, Tenman-Tenjin ( 天満天神 , often shortened to Tenjin ) .

  5. Hōjō clan - Wikipedia

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    The Hōjō clan (Japanese: 北条氏, Hepburn: Hōjō-shi) was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period compared to both the Kamakura shoguns , or the Imperial ...

  6. Suguru Geto - Wikipedia

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    He is then found by Gojo, who reminds him of their past and Geto requests that Gojo kill him. [19] Jujutsu Kaisen explores Geto's past with Gojo and Jujutsu High in the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death Arc, set roughly 11 years prior to the events of Jujutsu Kaisen 0. During his time at Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High, Geto was an excellent ...

  7. Marriage in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In the absence of sons, some households would adopt a male heir (養子, or yōshi) to maintain the dynasty, a practice which continues in corporate Japan. [6] Nearly all adoptions are of adult men. [7] Marriage was restricted to households of equal social standing (分限), which made selection a crucial, painstaking process. Although ...

  8. Japanization - Wikipedia

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    Japanization or Japanisation is the process by which Japanese culture dominates, assimilates, or influences other cultures. According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, "To japanize" means "To make or become Japanese in form, idiom, style, or character". [1]

  9. Sōshi-kaimei - Wikipedia

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    Sōshi-kaimei (Japanese: 創氏改名, Korean: 일본식 성명 강요, 창씨개명) was a policy of pressuring Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names and identify as such. The primary reason for the policy was to forcibly assimilate Koreans, as was done with the Ainu and the Ryukyuans .