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Hiraga Tomomasa
Hiraga (written: 平賀) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese pharmacologist, writer, painter and inventor *, Japanese samurai *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, engineer and naval architect Fictional characters *, protagonist and the light novel series ''The Familiar of Zero'' {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiraga Gennai
was a Japanese polymath and ''rōnin'' of the Edo period. He was a pharmacologist, student of ''Rangaku'', author, painter and inventor well known for his '' Erekiteru'' (electrostatic generator), ''Kandankei'' (thermometer) and ''Kakanpu'' (asbestos cloth). Gennai composed several works of literature, including the fictional satires ''Fūryū Shidōken den'' (1763), the ''Nenashigusa'' (1763), and the ''Nenashigusa kohen'' (1768), and the satirical essays ''On Farting'' and ''A Lousy Journey of Love''. He also authored two guidebooks on the male prostitutes of Japan, the ''Kiku no en'' (1764) and the ''San no asa'' (1768). His birth name was Shiraishi Kunitomo, but he later used numerous pen names, including , (his principal literary pen name), and . He is best known by the name Hiraga Gennai. Biography Family history Hiraga Gennai was born in 1729 in the village of Shidoura, Sanuki Province (part of the modern city of Sanuki, Kagawa). He was the third son of Shiroish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiraga Genshin
was a retainer to the Takeda family towards the beginning of Japan's Sengoku period (1467–1615). He was attacked by Takeda Nobutora at Un no Kuchi in 1536, and forced Nobutora to retreat. But Nobutora's son, Takeda Shingen was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p ..., then 15 years old, and called 'Takeda Harunobu', rallied the Takeda forces and led them to victory, killing Hiraga in the process. References *Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. 1536 deaths Samurai Year of birth unknown {{samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzuru Hiraga
Vice Admiral Baron was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Doctor of Engineering and head of the engineering school of Tokyo Imperial University and a leading Japanese naval architect in the 1910s and 1920s, responsible for designing a number of famous warships, many of which would later see action during World War II. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology from 1941. Biography Hiraga was born in Tokyo and grew up in Yokosuka, Kanagawa although his family was from Hiroshima, where his official family registration was located. He graduated from what is now Hibiya High School, and entered the engineering department of Tokyo Imperial University in 1898, specializing in marine engineering. He was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1899, but allowed to continue his studies, and graduated in 1901 as a sub-lieutenant. He immediately went to work for the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal as a design engineer for new warships. Promoted to lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saito Hiraga
This is a list of characters from the light novel, anime, and manga series ''The Familiar of Zero''. Main characters Louise : is a second-year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic. She is the third daughter of the Vallière family, an aristocratic family well known in the school. Louise is nicknamed "Louise the Zero" for her apparently-poor magic abilities, and masks her insecurity and hurt feelings with arrogance. She considers it her responsibility to ensure Princess Henrietta's safety and well-being. During a ceremony where all second-year students summon their peers, Louise summons Saito Hiraga (a human). She treats Saito as a slave at first, having him wash her clothes and sleep on a bed of straw. Louise is jealous when Saito interacts with other girls, and whips him with a riding crop or blows him up. As the series progresses, Louise falls in love with him. In the 14th light novel, Louise has Tiffania erase her memories of Saito so that she will not be corrupted. Saito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
