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Hōjō Tokimasa

Hōjō Tokimasa (北条時政, 1138–1215) was an Izu warrior who sheltered the exiled Minamoto no Yoritomo, helped found the Kamakura shogunate, and became its first shikken (regent) from 1203 to 1205.

Hōjō Tokimune

Hōjō Tokimune (北条時宗), 1251 to 1284, was the eighth regent of the Kamakura shogunate who directed Japan's defense against the two Mongol invasions and founded Engakuji temple.

Hōjō Tokiyori

Hōjō Tokiyori (北条時頼), 1227 to 1263, was the fifth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, who crushed the Miura clan in 1247 and installed Prince Munetaka as shogun in 1252.

Hōjō Ujimasa

Hōjō Ujimasa (北条氏政, 1538–1590) was the fourth head of the Later Hōjō clan, which ruled eastern Japan from Odawara Castle during the Warring States period.

Hōjō Ujiyasu

Hōjō Ujiyasu (北条氏康), known as the "Lion of Sagami," was the third head of the Later Hōjō clan, ruling from 1541 and destroying the Ōgigayatsu Uesugi at Kawagoe in 1546.

Hōjō Yasutoki

Hōjō Yasutoki (北条泰時) was the third shikken, or regent, of the Kamakura shogunate from 1224 to 1242 and author of Japan's first warrior law code.

Hōjō Yoshitoki

Hōjō Yoshitoki (北条義時; 1163–1224) was the second shikken, or regent, of the Kamakura shogunate from 1205 to 1224, transferring real power from the Minamoto shoguns to the Hōjō family.

Oct 22, 2026

Hōjōji

Hōjōji (法成寺), commonly known as Midō, was a large Tendai temple in Heian-period Kyoto founded by regent Fujiwara no Michinaga in 1022, famed as an earthly paradise and now vanished.

Hōjōki

Hōjōki (方丈記), often translated An Account of My Hut, is a 1212 Japanese essay by Kamo no Chōmei on five calamities and his life as a recluse near Kyoto.

Oct 22, 2026

Højskolesangbogen

Højskolesangbogen (the Folk High School Songbook) is a Danish songbook first published in 1894 for group singing at folk high schools; its 19th edition of 2020 contains 601 songs.

Hok Kolorob (হোক কলরব) is a 2026 Bengali social thriller directed by Raj Chakraborty, produced by Subhashree Ganguly, released 23 January 2026. Inspired by a real ragging death, its title borrows the 2014 Jadavpur University protest slogan; it stars Saswata Chatterjee as Inspector Khudiram Chaki and drew a legal notice from a JU alumnus.

Hok/sok system

Hok/sok is a type I toxin-antitoxin system on E. coli plasmid R1: the Sok antisense RNA represses the pore-forming Hok toxin mRNA, killing plasmid-free daughter cells and stabilizing the plasmid.

Hoka

Hoka (stylized HOKA, originally Hoka One One) is a running shoe brand founded in 2009 in Annecy, France, known for thick midsoles and curved rocker soles, now owned by Deckers.

Hokchi Oil and Gas Field

Hokchi is a shallow-water oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico off Tabasco, Mexico, discovered by Pemex in 2009 and producing since 2020.

Oct 22, 2026

Hoke effect

The Hoke effect, first reported in 2015 by Eric T. Hoke at Stanford, is the reversible light-induced phase segregation of mixed-halide perovskites into iodide-rich and bromide-rich domains.

Hoke v. United States

Hoke v. United States, 227 U.S. 308 (1913), also styled Hoke and Economides v. United States, upheld the Mann Act (White Slave Traffic Act) under the Commerce Clause, holding Congress may bar interstate transport of women for immoral purposes while leaving prostitution itself to the states.

Hokitika

Hokitika, a West Coast South Island town about 40 km south of Greymouth, New Zealand, boomed as a gold-rush port from 1864, was briefly the country's second-busiest port, and is now known for pounamu carving, Hokitika Gorge, and its driftwood beach.

Hokkaido

Hokkaido (北海道), Japan's northernmost main island and largest prefecture, capital Sapporo. Area 83,424 km2, population 5.22 million, lowest prefectural density at 67 persons/km2, aging population, record southern tourism.

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (北海道コンサドーレ札幌) is a J.League football club in Sapporo, founded 1935 as Toshiba's works team, moved to Sapporo 1996, three-time J2 champion (2000, 2007, 2016), now in J2 under Kawai Kenta.

Hokkaido Electric Power

Hokkaido Electric Power, also known as Hokkaido Denryoku or HEPCO, is the electric utility serving all of Hokkaido, Japan's northern main island. It was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Sapporo.

Hokkaido Gas

Hokkaido Gas (北海道ガス) is a Japanese city gas utility headquartered in Sapporo. Founded in 1911, it is one of Japan's regional major gas suppliers, selling gas and electricity in Hokkaido.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (北海道日本ハムファイターズ), NPB Pacific League club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido; owned by Nippon Ham since 1973; moved from Tokyo Dome (1988-2003) to Sapporo Dome (2004-2022), then Es Con Field Hokkaido (2023); 7 pennants, 3 Japan Series titles.