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*''Location: [[Niigata prefecture]]'' Shibata han was a [[han|domain]] based in modern-day [[Niigata prefecture]]. Ruled by the [[Mizoguchi clan]], it was rated as having a ''[[kokudaka]]

...Japan Sea off the coast of [[Echigo province]]. It is now part of Niigata Prefecture.

...ous stretch of land on the [[Sea of Japan]] coast (in modern-day [[Niigata prefecture]]) encountered by many travelers. On this half-a-mile stretch of land, trav

...igata]] and [[Tokyo]], and taught for a short time in Tokyo and in [[Gunma prefecture]], before traveling to China in 1918, and again in 1919-1921, where began w ...f his Tokyo workshops, have been moved to the town of Shitada in [[Niigata prefecture]], where, along with Chinese and Japanese-style gardens and a few other bui

Originally from what is today [[Niigata prefecture]], Hokkai studied for a time in [[Kyoto]], and then moved to [[Osaka]]. The

Present Niigata prefecture except [[Sado province|Sado Island]].

...prefectural governments," Hokkaidô is called simply Hokkaidô, not Hokkaidô Prefecture, and Tokyo is officially called Tokyo Metropolis; its prefectural-level gov ...the abolition of [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] and establishment of [[Okinawa Prefecture]] in [[1879]]. The borders, names, and numbers of prefectures fluctuated co

...ate [[1868]] of wounds suffered in the [[battle of Igarashi]] in [[Niigata prefecture]] earlier that year, and was buried at [[Nanrin-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]; his

*''Japanese'': 新潟市 ''(Niigata-shi)'' Niigata is the capital city of [[Niigata prefecture]], and has a long history as a significant port town on the [[Sea of Japan]

...s. In 1957, he visited the Echigo Yuzawa ''[[onsen]]'' resort in [[Niigata prefecture]] along with Kawabata and Harold Strauss (chief editor at Knopf), where he

Originally from [[Niigata prefecture]], he attended [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]]. He first

...odern-day [[prefectures]] of [[Niigata prefecture|Niigata]] and [[Ishikawa prefecture|Ishikawa]], among others), while those areas to the south and east, i.e. on ...given that all of Japan (with the exception of the Ryukyus, i.e. [[Okinawa prefecture]]) lies officially within the temperate zone. These conditions bring [[typh

...for that region. To take just one example, bars from [[Niigata prefecture|Niigata]] were stamped with the character ''ei''/''sakae'' (栄, prosperity). [[Aki

*Kinai: Yamashiro (Today's Kyoto prefecture), Yamato (Nara), Settsu (Osaka and Hyogo), Kawachi (Osaka), Izumi (Osaka).S *Echigo (Niigata), Sado (Niigata).