Question: Information: - History. The name "Hizen" dates from the Nara period "Ritsury" "Kokugunri" system reforms, when the province was divided from Higo Province. The name appears in the early chronicle "Shoku Nihongi" from 696 AD. The ancient provincial capital of Hizen was located near Yamato City. - A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as "gokenin." However, in the Edo period, "hatamoto" were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa house, and the "gokenin" were the lower vassals. There was no precise difference between the two in terms of income level, but hatamoto had the right to an audience with the shogun, where gokenin did not. The word "hatamoto" literally means "at the base of the flag", and is often translated into English as "bannerman". Another term for the Edo-era "hatamoto" was , sometimes rendered as "direct Shogunal hatamoto", which serves to illustrate the difference between them and the preceding generation of hatamoto who served various lords. - The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heij-ky (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kanmu established a new capital, Nagaoka-ky, in 784, before moving to Heian-ky, or Kyoto, a decade later in 794. - In the han system, Kashima was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of "kokudaka", not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West. History. Kashima domain was originally a sub-domain of the Saga Domain, founded in 1610 for Nabeshima Tadashige, the younger brother of the first "daimy" of Saga Domain, Nabeshima Katsushige. Tadashige already had holdings of 5000 "koku" in what is now part of Katori District, Chiba, so the additional 20,000 "koku" from his brother made his total revenues 25,000 "koku". Tadashiges son Nabeshima Masashige became second "daimy" of Kashima; however, Masashige was dispossessed in 1642 when Kashima domain was given by Nabeshige Katsushige to his own 9th son, Nabeshima Naotomo. Masashige was allowed to keep his fathers original 5000 "koku" holdings, and was reduced to the status of "hatamoto". Naotomos line continued to rule Kashima until the Meiji Restoration, and was subject to the same "Sankin ktai" regulations as other domains. However, Kashima was not allowed to build a proper castle, but instead only had a fortified house ("jin'ya"). After the abolition of the han system in 1871, the former final "daimy", Nabeshima Naoyoshi became a viscount ("shishaku") under the "kazoku" peerage, and Kashima domain was absorbed into the new Saga Prefecture. - Korea is a historical state in East Asia, since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea (officially the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea") and South Korea (officially the "Republic of Korea"). Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the East Sea. - The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. In the term, means "large", and "my" stands for , meaning private land. - The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, starting year of Meiji period (currently, there are 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Japan). Under the reform, all "daimys" (feudal lords) were required to return their authority to the Emperor Meiji and his house. The process was accomplished in several stages, resulting in a new centralized government of Meiji Japan and the replacement of the old feudal system with a new oligarchy. - Russia (from the Rus'), also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 140million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern, about 77% of the population live in European Russia. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. - History. The oldest evidence of human existence on the Ryukyu islands is from the Stone Age and was discovered in Naha and Yaese. Some human bone fragments from the Paleolithic era were unearthed, but there is no clear evidence of Paleolithic remains. Japanese Jmon influences are dominant on the Okinawa Islands, although clay vessels on the Sakishima Islands have a commonality with those in Taiwan. - Okinawa has been a critical strategic location for the United States Armed Forces since the end of World War II. The island hosts around 26,000 US military personnel, about half of the total complement of the United States Forces Japan, spread among 32 bases and 48 training sites. US bases in Okinawa played critical roles in the Korean War, Vietnam War, War in Afghanistan and Iraq War. The presence of the US military in Okinawa has caused political controversy both on the island and elsewhere in Japan. - A viscount (, for male) or viscountess (for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey a lower-middling rank. In many countries a "viscount", and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial position, and did not develop into a hereditary title until much later. In the case of French viscounts, it is customary to leave the title untranslated as vicomte. - Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are entitled to courtesy titles. The collective "Lords" can refer to a group or body of peers. - Viscount Nabeshima Naoyoshi ( , January 30 , 1844 -- June 13 , 1915 ) was the 13th and final daimy of Kashima Domain in Hizen Province , Kysh , Japan ( modern - day Saga Prefecture ) . Before the Meiji Restoration , his courtesy title was Bizen no Kami . He became a politician in the Meiji era , and served as the first governor of Okinawa Prefecture . - The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868 through July 30, 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan during which Japanese society moved from being an isolated feudal society to its modern form. Fundamental changes affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded with the reign of Emperor Meiji after 1868, and lasted until his death in 1912. It was succeeded by the Taish period upon the accession of Emperor Taish to the throne. - The or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a "daimy" in the Edo period (16031868) and early Meiji period (18681912). - Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Neighbors include China (officially the People's Republic of China, abbreviated as PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations, and the one with the largest economy. - KOKU (100.3 FM) branded as Hit Radio 100 is a commercial contemporary hit radio (CHR) radio station licensed to Hagatna, Guam. It is owned and operated by Moy Communications Inc. - Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. - Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. - China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'occupation' with the subject 'nabeshima naoyoshi'. Choices: - acting - commercial - emperor - father - hatamoto - major - member - military - military personnel - noble - radio - ruler - samurai - sovereign - taiwan - warrior
Answer:
samurai