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___MASK79___ , officially the ___MASK51___ ___MASK95___ ___MASK85___ ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include ___MASK85___ ( officially the People ' s ___MASK51___ ___MASK95___ ___MASK85___ , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . ___MASK79___ is the most populous state that is not a member ___MASK95___ the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . Early life and education . ___MASK2___ was born in what is now part ___MASK95___ Yamaguchi city , in the former ___MASK21___ , where his father was a rural physician . From a young age , ___MASK2___ had a ___MASK90___ interest in learning and medicine , travelling to Osaka to study " rangaku " under the direction ___MASK95___ Ogata Kan at his " Tekijuku " academy ___MASK95___ western studies when he was twenty - two . He continued his education in Nagasaki under the direction ___MASK95___ German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold , the first European to teach Western medicine in Japan . His interest in Western military tactics was sparked in the 1850s and it was this interest that led ___MASK2___ to become a valuable asset after the Meiji Restoration in the creation ___MASK95___ Japan ' s modern army . Biography . Sakuma was born in ___MASK39___ ( present day Yamaguchi Prefecture ), as the son of a " samurai " of the Choshu Domain . He studied Western military science under mura Masujir and was a company commander defending the domain against the Second Chsh expedition mounted by the Tokugawa shogunate . He subsequently served in the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration . In 1872 , he entered the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army as a captain . In February 1874 , Sakuma participated in the suppression of the ___MASK57___ Rebellion , during which time he led a column of troops from Kumamoto Castle . The then participated in the Taiwan Expedition of 1874 . During the Satsuma Rebellion , he was commander of the IJA 6th Infantry Regiment . In February 1881 , Sakuma was promoted to major general in command of the Sendai military district . The Tokugawa shogunate , also known as the and the , was the last feudal Japanese military government , which existed between 1603 and 1867 . The head ___MASK95___ government was the shogun , and each was a member ___MASK95___ the Tokugawa clan . The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from ___MASK25___ Castle and the years ___MASK95___ the shogunate became known as the ___MASK25___ period . This time is also called the Tokugawa period or pre - modern . In Japanese , they are usually referred to as or . According to translator William ___MASK60___ ___MASK59___ : " In Chinese , the character  was originally a verb meaning " to wait upon " or " accompany persons " in the upper ranks ___MASK95___ society , and this is also true ___MASK95___ the original term in Japanese , saburau . In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean " those who serve in close attendance to the nobility ", the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai . According to ___MASK59___ , an early reference to the word " samurai " appears in the Kokin Wakash ( 905  914 ), the first imperial anthology ___MASK95___ poems , completed in the first part ___MASK95___ the 10th century . The was an 1874 uprising in Kysh against the new Meiji government ___MASK95___ Japan . It was led by Et Shimpei and Shima Yoshitake in their native domain ___MASK95___ Hizen . The was the historical Japanese nation - state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment ___MASK95___ the 1947 constitution ___MASK95___ modern Japan . The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution , was a civil war in ___MASK74___ , fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces ___MASK95___ the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court . In the summer , the ___MASK48___ Tanabata Festival , the largest Tanabata festival in Japan , is held . In winter , the trees are decorated with thousands ___MASK95___ lights for the Pageant ___MASK95___ Starlight (  ), lasting through most ___MASK95___ December . History . ___MASK3___ was created by the merger ___MASK95___ the provinces ___MASK95___ Su and Nagato . During the rise ___MASK95___ the samurai class during the Heian and Kamakura Periods ( 794  1333 ), the Ouchi family ___MASK95___ Su Province and the Koto family ___MASK95___ ___MASK39___ gained influence as powerful warrior clans . In the Muromachi Period ( 1336  1573 ), Ouchi Hiroyo , the 24th ruler ___MASK95___ the Ouchi family conquered both areas ___MASK95___ ___MASK3___ . The Ouchi clan imitated the city planning ___MASK95___ Kyoto . They gained great wealth through cultural imports from the continent and trade with Korea and Ming Dynasty ___MASK85___ . As a result , Yamaguchi came to be known as the " Kyoto ___MASK95___ the West ," and Ouchi culture flourished . Sue Harutaka defeated the 31st ruler ___MASK95___ the Ouchi clan . The Sue clan was then defeated by Mri Motonari , and the Mri family gained control ___MASK95___ the Chugoku region . Yamaguchi was ruled as part ___MASK95___ the Mri clan domain during the Sengoku period . Mri Terumoto was then defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the battle ___MASK95___ Sekigahara in 1600 . He was forced to give up all his land except for the Su and Nagato areas ( current - day ___MASK3___ ), where he built his castle in Hagi . Mri sought to strengthen the economic base ___MASK95___ the region and increase local production with his Three Whites campaign ( salt , rice , and paper ). Uchida Kakichi (   , 1866 -- 1933 ) was the 9th Governor - General ___MASK95___ Taiwan from September 6 , 1923 to September 1924 . Prior to assuming the office ___MASK95___ Governor - General , Uchida also served as Chief ___MASK95___ ___MASK16___ Affairs under Governors - General Sakuma Samata and Ando Sadami , the second highest position in the colonial government . The was a revolt ___MASK95___ disaffected samurai against the new imperial government , nine years into the Meiji Era . Its name comes from Satsuma Domain , which had been influential in the Restoration and became ___MASK16___ to unemployed samurai after military reforms rendered their status obsolete . The rebellion lasted from January 29 , 1877 , until September ___MASK95___ that year , when it was decisively crushed and its leader , Saig Takamori , ended his life . , often called , was a province ___MASK95___ Japan . It was at the extreme western end ___MASK95___ Honsh , in the area that is today Yamaguchi Prefecture . Nagato bordered on Iwami and Su Provinces . The Second Chsh expedition ( Japanese :  ), also called the Summer War , was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the ___MASK21___ . It followed the First Chsh expedition of 1864 . The was the head ___MASK95___ government ___MASK95___ Japanese Taiwan ( including Formosa and the Pescadores ) when they were part ___MASK95___ the Empire ___MASK95___ Japan , from 1895 to 1945 . The , literally " Army ___MASK95___ the Greater Japanese Empire ", was the official ground - based armed force ___MASK95___ the Empire ___MASK95___ Japan , from 1871 to 1945 . It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry ___MASK95___ War , both ___MASK95___ which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor ___MASK95___ Japan as supreme commander ___MASK95___ the army and the navy . Later an Inspectorate General ___MASK95___ Military ( Army ) Aviation became the third agency with oversight ___MASK95___ the army . During wartime or national emergencies , the nominal command functions ___MASK95___ the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters ( IGHQ ), an ad - hoc body consisting ___MASK95___ the chief and vice chief ___MASK95___ the Army General Staff , the minister ___MASK95___ war , the chief and vice chief ___MASK95___ the Naval General Staff , the inspector general ___MASK95___ military aviation , and the inspector general ___MASK95___ military training . History . ___MASK15___ Castle ' s history dates to 1467 , when fortifications were established by Ideta Hidenobu . In 1496 , these fortifications were expanded by Kanokogi Chikakazu . In 1588 , Kat Kiyomasa was transferred to the early incarnation of ___MASK15___ Castle . From 1601 to 1607 , Kiyomasa greatly expanded the castle , transforming it into a castle complex with 49 turrets , 18 turret gates , and 29 smaller gates . The smaller castle tower , built sometime after the keep , had several facilities including a well and kitchen . In 1610 , the Honmaru Goten Palace was completed . The castle complex measures roughly 1 . 6 km ( 0 . 99 mi ) from east to west , and measures 1 . 2 km ( 0 . 75 mi ) from north to south . The castle keep is 30 . 3 m ( 99 . 4 ft ) tall .