Heikyoku and biwa hōshi became immensely popular for the next several hundred years. Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師) literally means "lute priest". Hōshi (法師) is derived...
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Hōshi (法師) is a ryokan (Japanese traditional inn) founded in 718 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It has been owned and managed by the Hoshi family for forty-six...
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with Hoshi All pages with titles containing Hoshi Hoshii (disambiguation) Biwa hōshi (法師), historical Japanese traveling performers "Kagayakeru Hoshi", a...
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Hoshi Sato /ˈhoʊʃi ˈsɑːtoʊ/, played by Korean American actress Linda Park, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek:...
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Shin’ichi Hoshi (星 新一 Hoshi Shin'ichi, September 6, 1926 – December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short"...
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Daisuke Hoshi (星 大輔, Hoshi Daisuke, born December 10, 1980) is a former Japanese football player. Hoshi was born in Machida on December 10, 1980. He joined...
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biwa players, particularly the biwa hōshi, helped proliferate biwa musical development for hundreds of years. Biwa hōshi performances overlapped with performances...
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Suō no Naishi 周防内侍 68. Retired Emperor Sanjō 三条院 69. Nō'in Hōshi 能因法師 70. Ryōsen Hōshi 良暹法師 71. Dainagon Tsunenobu 大納言経信 72. Kii of Princess Yūshi's...
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Shizuko Hoshi is a Japanese and American actress, theater director, dancer and choreographer. Born in Japan, she is a graduate of Tokyo Women's College...
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Saigyō (redirect from Saigyō Hōshi)
Saigyō Hōshi (西行法師, 1118 – March 23, 1190) was a Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Born Satō Norikiyo (佐藤義清) in Kyoto to a noble...
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Izumi Hoshi (星 泉, Hoshi Izumi, born 1967) is a Japanese scholar of Tibetan linguistics at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Born in Chiba, she...
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Sōichirō Hoshi (保志 総一朗, Hoshi Sōichirō, born May 30, 1972) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Arts Vision. Some of his major anime roles...
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[matild ʒɛʁnɛʁ]; born 14 September 1996), better known by her stage mononym Hoshi, is a French singer-songwriter. Mathilde Gerner was born on 14 September...
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Yuriko Hoshi (星 由里子, Hoshi Yuriko, 6 December 1943 – 16 May 2018), born Yuriko Shimizu (清水 由里子), was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 90...
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Hamuko Hoshi (星 ハム子, Hoshi Hamuko, born October 19, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Ice Ribbon promotion. She is...
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Yoshiaki Hoshi (星 吉昭, Hoshi Yoshiaki, March 16, 1946 – October 1, 2004), born in Wakayanagi, Miyagi, Japan, was a Japanese musician, composer, arranger...
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Kwon Soon-young (Korean: 권순영; born June 15, 1996), professionally known as Hoshi (Korean: 호시), is a South Korean singer and dancer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment...
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Ashiya Dōman (redirect from Dōma Hoshi)
Ashiya Dōman (ja. 蘆屋道満, spelled also 芦屋道満), also known as Dōma Hōshi (道摩法師) was an onmyōji who lived during the Heian period, in the reign of the Emperor...
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"Hoshi Meguri no Uta" (星巡りの歌, lit. 'Song of the Pilgrimage of the Stars') is a piece of music composed in the pentatonic scale by Miyazawa Kenji in 1918...
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Hoshi Saga is a series of point-and-click Flash puzzle games created by the Japanese video game designer Yoshio Ishii, known as "Nekogames". The games...
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Kisen (redirect from Kisen Hōshi)
Kisen Hōshi, from the Hyakunin Isshu....
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Ichirai (redirect from Ichirai Hōshi)
Minamoto clan of samurai against their rivals, the Taira clan. Ichirai-hōshi is best known for his part in the battle of Uji. He was fighting behind...
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identity: The classical theory from Edo period stated Naotora was Jirō Hōshi daughter of Ii Naomori, the eighteenth head of their clan. She was primarily...
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Wujing from Journey to the West. Voiced by: Kinya Aikawa Sanzo (三蔵法師, Sanzō Hōshi) Based on Tang Sanzang, the monk from Journey to the West. Voiced by: Nachi...
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roasted. Hoshi-imo goes by other names in Japan such as, kanso-imo (乾燥芋), mushi-kirihoshi (虫霧干), and kiriboshi kansho (切干甘藷). In Japan, hoshi-imo is available...
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Star of the Giants (redirect from Kyojin no Hoshi)
Star of the Giants (Japanese: 巨人の星, Hepburn: Kyojin no Hoshi) is a Japanese sports manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki...
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Hoshi no Furumachi (ほしのふるまち, lit. "The Town the Stars Fall Upon") is a manga written and illustrated by Hidenori Hara. It was adapted into a live-action...
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Onna no Sono no Hoshi (女の園の星, lit. 'Hoshi of the Girls' Garden' or 'The Star of the Girls' Garden') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated...
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pressures of urban life. The first Japanese recluse is considered to be Saigyō Hōshi, who worked as a guard to retired Emperor Toba until the age of 22, at which...
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that it comes from the yōkai called "ichigan hitoashi hōshi (一眼一足法師, one-eyed one-footed hōshi)" from Mount Hiei. As its name implies, it is a yōkai or...
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