Related topics from BritannicaSuzuki, Ichiro professional baseball player, the first nonpitcher to shift from Japanese professional baseball to the American major leagues.Suzuki Bunji Japanese Christian who was one of the primary organizers of the labour movement in Japan. An early convert to Christianity, Suzuki, like many of his co-religionists, soon became active in the ...
Suzuki Zenko prime minister of Japan (1980-82), who worked closely with the United States and other Western countries.Suzuki Shosan Japanese Zen priest.Suzuki, Ichiro By 2000 Ichiro Suzuki had established himself as the best baseball player in Japan and had begun his quest for stardom in the U.S. A speedy left-handed-hitting right fielder for the Orix BlueWave of ...
Suzuki, Shinichi Japanese violinist and teacher (b. Oct. 17/18, 1898, Nagoya, Japan--d. Jan. 26, 1998, Matsumoto, Japan), devised a method by which millions of young children worldwide learned to play the violin. ...
Suzuki, Zenko Japanese politician (b. Jan. 11, 1911, Yamada, Japan-d. July 19, 2004, Tokyo, Japan), served as prime minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982, when he suddenly announced that he would not run in the ...
Suzuki Kantaro, the last premier (April-August 1945) of Japan during World War II, who was forced to surrender to the Allies.Suzuki, D(aisetsu) T(eitaro) Japanese Buddhist scholar and thinker who was the chief interpreter of Zen Buddhism to the West.Suzuki Harunobu Japanese artist of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the "floating world"), who established the art of nishiki-e, or polychrome prints. He created a fashion for pictures of ...
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