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Mitsue

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Mitsue, also spelled Mitsuye in older transcriptions, is a Japanese given name and toponym. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.

Kanji

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Kanji used to write the name Mitsue include:[1]

  • Two kanji with readings mitsu and e:
  • Two kanji with readings mi and tsue:
  • Three kanji with readings mi, tsu, and e:

People

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  • Yui Mitsue (由比 光衛, 1860–1940), Imperial Japanese Army general during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War
  • Various people on the list of Japanese supercentenarians, including Mitsue Nagasaki (1899–2013) and Mitsue Toyoda (1902–2016)
  • Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese-born American poet and activist
  • Mitsuye Endo (1920–2006), plaintiff in the 1944 Japanese American internment Supreme Court case Ex parte Endo
  • Mitsue Ishizu (石津 光恵, 1914–?), Japanese discus and javelin thrower
  • Mitsue Kondo (近藤 三津枝, born 1953), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party
  • Mitsue Aoki (青木 光恵, born 1969), Japanese manga artist
  • Mitsue Iwakura (岩倉 三恵, born 1984), Japanese footballer

Places

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References

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  1. ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 17 October 2015.