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OkuOku is a region in the Northwest Cameroon. The term Oku also refers to the people who live in this region and the primary language that they speak (although English is also widely spoken). Oku is a rural area containing about thirty-five villages. The nearest really large city is Bamenda, but Kumbo,..
Oku, OkayamaOku (邑久町; -cho) was a town located in Oku District, Okayama, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 19,389 and a density of 282.19 persons per km². The total area was 68.71 km². On November 1, 2004, Oku became part of the new city of Setouchi, Oka..
Oku-sama wa Maho Shojo|} Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes (奥様は魔法少女 Bewitched Agnes, My Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes) is a magical girl anime comedy that pays homage to the popular sitcom Bewitched which both its title and subtitle reference (in Japan Bewitched was known as Oku-sama w..
Okubo clanThe Okubo clan were descendants of the Utsunomiya family, for a time being known as the "Utsu". The Okubo clan spent many years as very loyal retainers under the Matsudaira, assisting Tokugawa Ieyasu with much success during his campaigns. However, during the year of 1614, a scandal centered around ..
Okubo Nagayasu(1545-1613) was the son of a sarugaku player under the Takeda clan. Nagayasu was later on adopted by the likes of Okubo Tadachika, and became a minor administrator under the Takeda. At the year of 1590, Nagayasu became a commissioner of mines under Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is known that he was very use..
Okubo Tadachika(1553-1628), the son of Okubo Tadayo. Tadachika later adopted his own son by the name of Okubo Nagayasu. Tadachika fought during the Battle of Anegawa, Battle of Mikatagahara, and the Komaki Campaign. Later on serving as one of the commanders of one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's bodyguards. During the year..
Okubo TadakazuOkubo Tadakazu (1510-1582) was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Tokugawa during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. Tadakazu was the son of Okubo Tadahiro. Throughout Tadakazu's career he served under both Matsudaira Hirotada and Tokugawa Ieyasu. During the latter's struggles against the monto..
Okubo TadasukeOkubo Tadasuke (1537-1613) was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Tokugawa during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. Tadasuke was the brother of Okubo Tadayo. Throughout the career of Tadasuke he served under Tokugawa Ieyasu during many battles such as the Battle of Mikatagahara, and the Battle..
Okubo Tadayo(1531-1593) was the son of Okubo Tadakazu, serving as a grand general and advisor under Tokugawa Ieyasu. He led a night raid at Takeda territory, with the help of Amano Yasukage, during the Battle of Mikatagahara. Later on occupying an exposed position in Nagashino, taking heavy losses when fightin..
Okubo ToshimichiŌkubo Toshimichi Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Ōkubo Toshimichi (大久保 利通 Ōkubo Toshimichi, 10 August 1830 – 14 May 1878), Japanese statesman, a samurai of Satsuma, is one of the three great nobles who led the revolution in 1868 against the sh..
Okubo YuOkubo Yu (大久保 ゆう, born 1982) is a Japanese author. ..
OkučaniOkučani is a small town in western Slavonia, Croatia. It is located at the contact point between the Posavina plain and the southern slopes of Psunj; 19 km southeast of Novska and 17 km west of Nova Gradiška; elevation 119 m. Chief occupations are farming, livestock breeding, fishing and wood proc..
Okuchi, KagoshimaŌkuchi (大口市; -shi) is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 22,773 and the density of 78.02 persons per km². The total area is 291.88 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1954. External links [Okuchi official website] in Japane..
Okuchichibu Mountainsor the , is a mountainous district in the Kantō region and Koshinetsu region, Japan. It covers the Western part of Tokyo, the Western part of Saitama prefecture, the Southwestern part of Gunma prefecture, the Southeastern part of Nagano prefecture, the northern part of Yamanashi prefecture. Oku (..
Okudaira Sadamasa(1555 - 1615) was a samurai whose change of loyalty led directly to the Battle of Nagashino. The Okudaira family were originally retainers of the Tokugawa, but were forced to join Takeda Shingen. After Shingen died and Katsuyori assumed leadership of the Takeda family, Okudaira Sadamasa walked his..
Okudaira Sadayoshi(????-????) was a notable retainer under Tokugawa Ieyasu. Sadayoshi at the time held the Tsukude Castle in Mikawa Province. During the year of 1570 Sadayoshi supported the Tokugawa during the Battle of Anegawa. Later on Sadayoshi was forced to join the Takeda, but eventually went back to serve unde..
Okuda GensouOkuda Gensou (奥田元宋) (6 July 1912 - 15 February 2003) was one of the most famous Nihonga painters of the Showa era. He gave his name to a red pigment "Gensou red". Timeline Okuda was born in Hiroshima prefecture, in what is now Miyoshi City. His original name used the characters 厳三. ..
Okuda ShojiPetty Officer Okuda Shoji, served as an aerial observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy on a floatplane Yokosuka E14Y that was launched from a long-range submarine aircraft carrier, the I-25. Together with pilot Nobuo Fujita, he participated in a mission using incendiary bombs, known as "The Lookou..
OkulOkul may refer to: Okul (film), a Turkish horror filmOkul, a traditional star name for Pi CapricorniThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the ..
OkulovkaOkulovka (Russian: ) is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, in the Valdai Hills. The settlement was first documenally mentioned in 1495. Since the second half of the 19th century, it has developed mainly due to the station of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway. The status of town was granted in 1965..
OkumaOkuma can be a place name: Ōkuma (大熊町; -machi), a town located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan. a Japanese surname: Okuma Shigenobu (大隈重信) (1838 – 1922) 8th and 17th Prime Minister of Japan, founder of Waseda University a Nigerian surname: Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress of N..
Okuma, FukushimaŌkuma (大熊町; -machi) is a town located in Futaba District, Fukushima, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,945 and a density of 139.07 persons per km². The total area is 78.70 km². External links [Okuma official website] in Japa..
Okuma Shigenobu--> was a Japanese politician and the 8th (June 30 1898–November 8 1898) and 17th (April 16 1914–October 9 1916) Prime Minister of Japan. One of the most popular statesmen in Japanese history, Okuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and founded Waseda Universi..
Okuma Tomohide(d.1582) served under Uesugi Kenshin during the latter's efforts to take control of Echigo from his elder brother Nagao Harukage. He was a very notable retainer under the Uesugi, but decided to rebel in the year of 1556. Around the year of 1563, he joined up with Kenshin's rival, Takeda Shingen. Du..
Okumura MasanobuOkumura Masanobu(1686-1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early w..
Okun's lawGraph of US quarterly data (not annualized) from 1947 through 2002 produces the equation: %Change GNP = .856 - 1.827*(Change Unemployment Rate). R^2 of .504. Differences from other results partly the result of using quarterly data. In economics, Okun's law, named after economist Arthur Okun who..
Okunai StationOkunai Station (奥内駅 -eki) is a station on the Tsugaru Line in Aomori, Aomori. Contents 1 Lines2 Route bus3 Surrounding area4 History5 Adjacent stations Lines JR East Tsugaru Line Route bus Okunai-Eki-mae bus stop*Aomori municipal Bus**For.Ushirogata via Hidariseki..
Okunikkawa StationOkunikkawa Station (奥新川駅) is a JR East railway station located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line Senzan Line Surrounding area History November 10, 1937: Station begins operation. Adjacent stations ..
OkuraSchool of the Kyogen uses an older style of language than its sister school izumi ..
Okura, YamagataŌkura (大蔵村; -mura) is a village located in Mogami District, Yamagata, Japan. As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,265 and a density of 20.16 persons per km². The total area is 211.59 km². External links [Okura official website] (in ..
Okura KihachiroOkura Kihachiro (Japanese:大倉喜八郎) (October 23, 1837- April 5, 1928) is an entrepreneur who built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu (literally financial cliques) and the Okura Shogyo Gakko which later became Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo University of Economics) in 1949..
Okura KishichiroBaron Kishichiro Okura (1882-1963, 大倉喜七郎 Okura Kishichiro in Japanese) studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1903 to 1906 but he did not manage to graduate from Cambridge University. He was the playboy son of Kihachiro Okura (1837-1928) who as an entrepreneur ..
Okuri-Eri-JimeContents 1 Introduction2 Technique description3 Similar techniques, variants, and aliases4 Included systems5 Technique history6 Links Introduction Okuri-Eri-Jime is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Technique descript..
Okuriashi HaraiOkuriashi Harai, is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the second group, Dai-nikyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It is classified as a foot technique, Ashi-W..
OkuriganaJapanese writing Kanji [漢字] Kana [仮名] Hiragana [平仮名]Katakana [片仮名]Manyogana [万葉仮名]Uses Furigana [振り仮名]Ok..
Okuro OikawaOkuro Oikawa (及川奥郎, 1896 - 1970) was a Japanese astronomer. He discovered 8 asteroids. The asteroid 2667 Oikawa is named after him. ..
OkuruOkuru is the name of a locality on the West Coast of New Zealand. The settlement lies 12 kilometres south west of Haast on the northern bank of the Okuru River. ..
Okuru RiverThe Okuru River is located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It flows northwest for 45 kilometres from its headwaters in the Southern Alps to the west of the Haast Pass to the Tasman Sea at the northern end of Jackson Bay, 12 kilometres south of Haast. The river shares its mout..
Okushiri, HokkaidoOkushiri (奥尻町; -chou) is a town encompassing all of Okushiri Island, located in Okushiri District, Hiyama, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 3,708 and a density of 25.93 persons per km². The total area is 142.98 km². History On Jul..
Okushiri District, HokkaidoOkushiri (奥尻郡; -gun) is a district consisting of Okushiri Island, administered as part of Hiyama Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 3,708 and a density of 25.93 persons per km². The total area is 142.98 km². Towns ..
Okutama, TokyoFishing is popular in Okutama. Okutama ( 奥多摩町 Okutama-machi ) is a town in Nishitama District, Tokyo. With an area of 225.63 km², it is the largest community in Tokyo. Mount Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak at 2017 m, divides Okutama from the Okuchichibu region of the ne..
Okutsu, OkayamaOkutsu (奥津町; -cho) is a town located in Tomata District, Okayama, Japan. In 2005, The towns of Okutsu and Kagamino and the villages of Kamisaibara and Tomi were merged to form the new town of Kagamino. As of 2003 (before the merger), the village had an estimated population of 1..
Okuwa, NaganoŌkuwa (大桑村; -mura) is a village located in Kiso District, Nagano, Japan. As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,559 and a density of 19.45 persons per km². The total area is 234.45 km². ..
OkuwamonOkuwamon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Ultimate Level Insectoid Digimon, the Digivolved form of Kuwagamon. His Japanese name is Ookuwamon. Contents 1 Digivolution1.1 Special Evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks3 Appearances3.1 Digimon 023.2 ..
Oku District, OkayamaOku (邑久郡; -gun) was a district located in Okayama, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 39,365 and a density of 313.64 persons per km². The total area was 125.51 km². This district, dissolved on 1 November 2004, is now part of the city of Se..
Oku no HosomichiStatue of Bashō at Chūsonji, Hiraizumi, Iwate Oku no Hosomichi (Japanese: 奥の細道, meaning "Narrow road to/of the interior" but conventionally referred to as The Narrow Road to the Deep North) is a major work by Matsuo Bashō. Oku no Hosomichi was written based on ..
Oku OnuoraOku Onuora (formerly Orlando Wong) is a Jamaican dub poet and performer. Onuora came to public attention in the mid-1970s, while incarcerated for robbery, when his poetry, with its sharp description of lower-class urban life, came to the attention of Jamaican writers who arranged for the publicatio..
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