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madshutterbug ([personal profile] madshutterbug) wrote2005-10-21 03:19 pm
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Anniversary

Today is the anniversary of a really big fracas in Japan that determined the course of events for several hundred years.

Bonus geek history points to the first person who correctly identifies the fracas.
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[identity profile] thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Wasn't it that law that forbade foreigners to enter Japan?

Ended with the landing of Admiral...uhhmmm...Pershing, was it?

well for me...

[identity profile] wedschilde.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
today is Katsushika Hokusai's birthday. the creater of a sets of prints in the Ukiyo-e style. he is most known for The Great Wave Off Kanagawa and the 36 views of Mt. Fuji.

[identity profile] tinne.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
My guess:

Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 in the way it competely shifted feudal structure in Japan.
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