Some of the strangest surnames in Japanese history

Let me tell you something about the history of Japanese surnames first! In ancient times, only nobles in Japan had surnames. In the third year of Meiji (A.D. 1870), the government found it inconvenient to fabricate household registration and levy taxes, and called on everyone to take their surnames, but few people responded at first, so the government had to issue a compulsory decree in the eighth year of Meiji (A.D. 1875): "It stipulates"

The one who lives in Aoki Village is called Aoki, the one who lives by the bridge is called Da Qiao, and the one who grows pine trees at home is called Matsushita. If there is a mountain in front of the door, it is called a mountain pass. So Tanaka, Miki, Yamada, Sunshine, North Wind, Front, Above and Guanyin, surnames that China people find strange, suddenly burst out.

The use of numbers in names is a major feature of Japanese names. There are people who blindly call Yi Dan, Er Jing, Miki and Si Dao; There are people named six, seven, eight horses, nine ghosts and ten stones; There are people named 45, Isuzu, 100 yuan, 600 fields and 1000 households; There are even people named EMI and Long Live. It is common to use numbers in names to indicate rankings, but some also indicate the time of birth. For example, when Isoroku Yamamoto was born, his father was just 56.