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- noun Japanese history A residence or
estate of adaimyo
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Examples
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Legation linguist, I presented myself at the fine yashiki of the
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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On a height, the most conspicuous of them all, is the great red gateway of the yashiki, now occupied by the
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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He led it outside, closed the gate, and mounting he rode forth, to go to Honjo [u] Yokogawa and the _yashiki_ of his father, Inagaki Sho [u] gen.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Densuké betook himself to the _yashiki_ of Matsudaira Aki no Kami at Kasumigaseki.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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He approached the ditch which protected the wall of the _yashiki_ of Prince Kuroda.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Thus deprived of means to live, my father took a position as cook in the _yashiki_ of a great noble.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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About to enter on the maze of temple grounds and _yashiki_ separating him from the bridge his gaze fell on the stagnant squalid waters of the canal.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Shouldering his pack Densuké made off down the broad space lined by the white walls of the _yashiki_.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Within its precincts the _yashiki_ of the great nobles were conspicuously absent; their long processions of spearman, _chu [u] gen_, _samurai_ and officials were only to be witnessed at times on the highway which leaves Shinjuku for the Ko [u] shu [u] kaido [u] and the alternate and then little used
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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It is plain that she would go to the _yashiki_ of Okumura.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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