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  • It was night when she met a guy who was called Hojo because of his combination of red hair and perennial turquoise jacket, and he was the first one who ended up staying awake with her into the hours before the sun poked up over the top of the Stride Rite and the town library and the forever-marked JCPenney.

    The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005

  • Sukechika, and a Taira, who, taking the name Hojo from the locality of his manor, called himself Hojo Tokimasa.

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • Thus, it is related that the farmers of a village called Hojo being in an embarrassed condition, seed-rice was lent to them in the spring by the regent's order, they undertaking to repay it in the autumn.

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • It is still an active monastery and there was a monk mediating as we peeked into the main called the Hojo, or the Ryuo-den (Dragon King Hall).

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • The player also learns Sephiroth's father is technically Hojo, which is weird considering the context of Sephiroth's life.

    Destructoid WankerJist 2009

  • Being descended from the Taira of Ise and having occupied the domains long held by the Hojo, he adopted the uji name of "Hojo," and having extended his conquests to Sagami province, built a strong castle at Odawara.

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • The Shogun in question, Hojo Yoshi-toki, had a unique carving hewn into his burial headstone: a white oblong with three horizontal lines inscribed on it.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The Shogun in question, Hojo Yoshi-toki, had a unique carving hewn into his burial headstone: a white oblong with three horizontal lines inscribed on it.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • The Shogun in question, Hojo Yoshi-toki, had a unique carving hewn into his burial headstone: a white oblong with three horizontal lines inscribed on it.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • What Chopstick fails to disclose is that an entire Chinese village is counting on Sidhu to save them from the pernicious gangster Hojo (Gordon Liu of Kill Bill), who has a nasty habit of decapitating the unfortunate with a flick of his bowler hat.

    Melanie McGanney: A Review of Chandni Chowk to China 2009

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