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Bronze statue of Ōtomo no Yakamochi at Takaoka Station ( Toyama ) | Takaoka Station, Takaoka, Toyama.

Bronze statue of Ōtomo no Koteko at Kawamata

On 1578, Ōtomo Yoshishige attacked Shimazu clan and Arinobu gathered 500 troops to hold ground at Taka Castle.

In 1578, he defeated the Ōtomo clan at the battle of Mimigawa, in 1583 against Ryūzōji clan, and on 1584 against Aso clan.

: A mysterious man in skull shaped mask making appearances in Ōtomo City and rumored to have been killing numerous victims in the city, especially those roaming at night.

Years later at 23 years old, he is working for a second rate newspaper and with permission leaves to go back to Ōtomo City to search for the legendary figure, Skull Man who by rumors had recently killed an actress.

Since Ōtomo had weak political support from his maternal relatives, the general wisdom of the time held that it was not a good idea for him to ascend to the throne, yet Tenji was obsessed with the idea.

At that time, many prominent gokenin, including the Mori clan ( 1221 ) and the Ōtomo clan, moved from the east to the west.

At the end of the 1990s he founded Ōtomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble, a group that played more traditional jazz ( albeit with added sine waves from Sachiko M and noisy passages ), which released Flutter and Dreams on the Tzadik label.

Ōtomo also has a quartet with three other musicians from different parts of Asia.

Through this, Munakata, Onga and Kurate were protected from invasion by other daimyos such as Tachibana Dōsetsu and the Ōtomo clan.

* Ōtomo clan ( 大伴氏 )-descended from Michi-omi no Mikoto companion in arms of Emperor Jimmu ; no direct relation to the immigrant Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ) or feudal Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ); famous for Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

* Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 )-descended from Chinese immigrants ; no direct relation to the native Ōtomo clan ( 大伴氏 ) or feudal Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ).

* Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 )-descended from Fujiwara Hokke ; no direct relation to the ancient Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ) or Ōtomo clan ( 大伴氏 ); famous for Ōtomo Sōrin.

* Tachibana clan ( 立花氏 )-cadet branch of Ōtomo clan, descended from Ōtomo Yoshinao ; no direct relation to the ancient Tachibana clan ( 橘氏 ); famous for Tachibana Ginchiyo and her husband Tachibana Muneshige.

File: Sanjūrokkasen-gaku-5-Kanō Tan ’ yū-Chūnagon Yakamochi. jpg | Framed imaginary portrait of the 8th century poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi from a series of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, Kanō Tan ' yū, 1648

The Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ) was a Japanese clan whose power stretched from the Kamakura period through the Sengoku period, spanning over 400 years.

In 1552, emissaries from the Ōtomo clan traveled to Goa with Xavier, to meet with the Portuguese Governor of India.

By tradition the muraji clans claimed descent from mythological gods ( 神別氏族, shinbetsu shizoku ) and included such clans as the Ōtomo ( 大伴 ), the Nakatomi ( 中臣 ), the Mononobe ( 物部 ) and the Inbe ( 忌部 ).

The earliest renga recorded is in the Man ' yōshū, where Ōtomo no Yakamochi and a made and exchanged poems with sound unit counts (" on ") of 5-7-5 and 7-7.

In 1981, Ōtomo began improvising in the first Japanese house club in Tokyo ( Jazu Kissa ), performing on guitar and also using tapes and synthesizer devices, like Roland drum machines.

* Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as: The first demon to be defeated, he is an incredibly large man who has the ability to turn his skin as hard as rock and fights with a staff with large sword blades on each end.

Mancio Itō was chosen to act as a spokesman for the group dispatched by Ōtomo Sōrin, who was daimyō of the Bungo Province on Kyūshū and a close relative of Mancio's father ; Shurinosuke Itō.

: Kyōichirō Tachigi is a 50 year old man who arrives to Ōtomo City on the same train as Hayato Mikogami and Kiriko Mamiya.

Alongside the Shōni clan, whose hereditary clan heads now regularly operated under Sō clan guidance, the Sō fought the Ōuchi numerous times across the Sengoku period ( 1467-1600 ), and later the Mōri and Ōtomo clans as well ; the clan lost and regained their territory in Chikuzen province on Kyūshū many times over the course of the period.

* 1959 – Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician and composer ( Ground Zero and Filament )

* October 5 – Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Japanese statesman and waka poet

Several seiyū ( Japanese voice actors ) played roles in the TV Tokyo edition of the Japanese dub, such as Kōichi Yamadera ( Cyclops ), Shinobu Adachi ( Jean Grey ), Rihoko Yoshida ( Storm ), Akiko Hiramatsu ( Jubilee ), Masashi Ebara ( Wolverine ), Norio Wakamoto ( Mr. Sinister ), Yūko Kobayashi ( Rogue ), Yoshito Yasuhara ( Gambit ), Ayako Shirashi ( Mystique ), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo ( Magneto ), Rokurō Naya ( Professor X ), and Mitsuru Ogata ( Morph ).

Ōtomo has also released duo albums with early experimental turntablist Christian Marclay ( Moving Parts, 2000 ) and another Japanese electronic musician, Nobukazu Takemura ( Turntables + Computers, 2003 ).

Ōtomo was also part of an Australian / Japanese industrial outfit called Peril.

The Tenshō embassy ( Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place ) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the Pope and the kings of Europe in 1582.

The idea of sending a Japanese embassy to Europe was originally conceived by the Jesuit Alessandro Valignano, and sponsored by the three Kirishitan daimyos Ōmura Sumitada ( 1532 – 1587 ), Ōtomo Sōrin ( 1530 – 1587 ) and Arima Harunobu ( 1567 – 1612 ).

was a Japanese poet, best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi, who contributed to compiling the Man ' yōshū alongside his father.

Xavier and other Jesuit missionaries would return to Kyūshū, traveling and proselytizing ; the Ōtomo were always well-disposed towards them, and they saw some success in Bungo as a result, converting many Japanese to Christianity.

Emperor Tenji's favorite son, Prince Ōtomo was the first to have been accorded the title of Daijō-daijin during the reign of his father.

Examples of Ōmuraji mentioned in the Nihon Shoki included Mononobe no Ikofutsu ( 物部伊莒弗 ) during the reign of Emperor Richū, Ōtomo no Muroya ( 大伴室屋 ), Ōtomo no Kanamura ( 大伴金村 ), Mononobe no Me ( 物部目 ), Mononobe no Arakabi ( 物部麁鹿火 ), Mononobe no Okoshi ( 物部尾輿 ) and Mononobe no Moriya ( 物部守屋 ).

* Ōmuraji ( Great Deity chieftain ): Ōtomo Kanamura Maro, also known as Nakatomi no Kanamura.

* Udaijin, Ōtomo no Nagatoko ( 大伴長徳 ) (?– 651 ), 649 – 651.

In the end, he was succeeded by his son, Prince Ōtomo, also known as Emperor Kōbun, then by Tenji's brother Prince Ōama, also known as Emperor Temmu.

Prince Ōtomo ( Ōtomo-shinnō ) was the favorite son of Emperor Tenji ; and he was also the first to be accorded the title of Daijō-daijin.

Prince Ōtomo was only given his posthumous title and name in 1870.

For centuries, the hapless Prince Ōtomo was not considered to have been a part of the traditional order of succession.

In his old age, Tenji had a son, Prince Ōtomo, by a low-ranking consort.

A year later, ( in 672 ) Tenji died and Prince Ōtomo ascended to the throne as Emperor Kōbun.

The compiler, or the last in a series of compilers, is today widely believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been proposed.

The third period spans 700 – c. 730 and covers the works of such poets as Yamabe no Akahito, Ōtomo no Tabito and Yamanoue no Okura.

The fourth period spans 730 – 760 and includes the work of the last great poet of this collection, the compiler Ōtomo no Yakamochi himself, who not only wrote many original poems but also edited, updated and refashioned an unknown number of ancient poems.

Ōtomo no Otomaro became the first Sei-i Taishōgun in history.

The editor of the Man ' yōshū is anonymous, but it is believed that the final editor was Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

Nukata no Ōkimi, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Yamabe no Akahito, Yamanoue no Okura, Ōtomo no Tabito and his son Yakamochi were the greatest poets in this anthology.

As a 17-year-old teenager, he discovered comic books, and became a fan of creators such as John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and George Pérez ( as well as the writing of Alan Moore ), but was especially drawn to the more atypical art of Michael Golden and Katsuhiro Ōtomo, creator of the manga Akira.

The first to receive this title was Ōtomo no Otomaro.

* Ōtomo no Yakamochi ( c. 717 – 785 ): Man ' yōshū

The Ōtomo and Mononobe clans were the military leaders, and the Nakatomi and Inbe clans handled rituals.

The Soga clan provided the highest minister in the government, while the Ōtomo and Mononobe clans provided the second highest ministers.

After Kazuraki declined in the late 5th century, the Ōtomo clan temporarily took its place.

When Emperor Buretsu died with no apparent heir, it was Ōtomo no Kanamura who recommended Emperor Keitai, a very distant imperial relative who resided in Koshi Province, as the new monarch.

The success of this album brought them to the attention of Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who commissioned them to create the soundtrack of Akira.