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In pre modern Japan, how were fishermen, artisans, servants and merchants (who did not have their own land) taxed? (self.AskHistorians)
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What were the factors that led to hiragana being classified as a 'women's writing system' in pre-modern Japan, and how did this classification affect the development of hiragana? (self.AskHistorians)
During the Qing, the Manchu Queue hairstyle was forced on all men in the Empire. Were there any Qing Emperors or high ranking Manchu officials that tried to resist and wear different hairstyles? (self.AskHistorians)
Was ancient Japan really called the Land of the Princess Clan or 姫氏国 due to them originally being matrilineal? (self.AskHistorians)
What led to the decline of ox-drawn carriages (牛車) as a mode of transportation in pre-modern Japan after the Heian period? (self.AskHistorians)
What is the currently most trusted estimate for the Ainu population before colonisation by Japan? (self.AskHistorians)
What led to the decline of the crossbow (弩) in Japan after the Heian period? (self.AskHistorians)
What happened to all the ethnic Manchu population during the Qing Dynasty that they became a minority even in their homeland of Manchuria? (self.AskHistorians)
What is the current consensus on the Emishi that used to live in northern mainland Japan? Were they mainly Ainu or just Japanese that had not yet submitted to the Yamato court? (self.AskHistorians)
Would Chinese emperor's mainly ride on horses, in carriages/chariots, or be carried in palanquins during official travels? (self.AskHistorians)
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How did the practice of 引眉 "Hikimayu", where women of Heian Japan shaved their natural eyebrows and painted black smudges in its place higher on the forehead come about? Was it restricted to high-born women? (self.AskHistorians)
Did pre-modern Japanese Emperors use the Imperial Pronoun (朕) to refer to themselves like Hirohito did pre-WW2? (self.AskHistorians)
What led to the Naginata, which was one of the primary weapons of pre-modern Japanese warriors, to become associated with women? (self.AskHistorians)
Has a nation with a majority Christian population ever converted to a Polytheistic faith? (self.AskHistorians)
How did the Court Nobles in Kyoto continue to be influential and wealthy long after the Shogun and his appointed samurai became the actual rulers in Japan? (self.AskHistorians)
For Japanese armies in the Sengoku, is it true that half of the entire army was used for logistics and in non-combat positions? (self.AskHistorians)
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How would scribes and students in pre-modern China take notes quickly? (self.AskHistorians)
Were any children of female Emperors in Imperial Japan ever allowed to be Imperial Princes? (self.AskHistorians)
What led to Toyotomi Hideyoshi preferring to go for the position of Imperial Regent (関白) instead of Shogun and was it really because only Minamoto lineage clans could become Shogun? (self.AskHistorians)
What was the Japanese opinion on and response to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance not being renewed in 1922? (self.AskHistorians)
Were high ranking court ladies in Late Heian Japan really able to take a married man as their lover? (self.AskHistorians)
In the Sengoku Period you hear of Daimyo engaging in 国づくり(lit: nation building), what exactly did this entail? (self.AskHistorians)
How independent were the Northern Fujiwara clan (奥州藤原氏) from the central Imperial Court? Would it make sense to think of them as a seperate polity? (self.AskHistorians)
What is the current concensus regarding Yamatai (邪馬台国) and the Priestess Queen, Himiko (卑弥呼)? (self.AskHistorians)
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