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• Watanabe Chiaki
  ...880]] until September [[1890]]. He oversaw a considerable expansion of the prefecture's road networks, continued under his successor, [[Yamanouchi Teiun]]. |width="35%"|'''Governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]'''<br> 1880-1890
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• Yamanouchi Teiun
  ...1890]] until November [[1892]]. He oversaw a considerable expansion of the prefecture's road networks, begun under his predecessor, [[Watanabe Chiaki]]. |width="35%"|'''Governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]'''<br> 1890-1892
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• Oyama Tsunayoshi
  ...matsunayoshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Ôyama's grave at the Nanshû Cemetery in Kagoshima]] Ôyama Tsunayoshi was the first governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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• Kawasho Yoshinori
  ...oka who died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. Though traveling to [[Kagoshima prefecture]] in answer to a call for aid from the rebels, the Fukuoka warriors never m ...eks later. Kawashô is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in Kagoshima.
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• Kawagoe Yotaro
  ...oka who died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. Though traveling to [[Kagoshima prefecture]] in answer to a call for aid from the rebels, the Fukuoka warriors never m ...the age of 26. He is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in Kagoshima.
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• Yokoyama Yasutake
  ...ght|thumb|200px|Stele to Yokoyama Yasutake at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in Kagoshima]] ...amori]] at the [[Shimazu clan]] cemetery at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]] City, adjacent to Yokoyama's grave.
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• Satsuma province
  Present Western Kagoshima prefecture. *Kagoshima district 鹿児島郡
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• Honryu-ji (Kagoshima)
  Honryû-ji was a Buddhist temple in [[Kagoshima]] where the first five heads of the [[Shimazu clan]] were buried. Today, on ...at [[Kanno-ji (Kagoshima)|Kannô-ji]], a temple in Izumi City, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. The Godô-in temple was renamed Honryû-ji during the time of the 19th c
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• Kano Hisayoshi
  [[File:Kenseikinenkan.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A monument to Kanô Hisayoshi in Kagoshima, with the former prefectural government offices in the background]] *''Offices: Governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], [[1894]]/1-[[1900]]/9''
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• Gokoku Shrine
  *[[Nohi Gokoku Shrine]] ([[Ogaki|Ôgaki]], [[Gifu prefecture]]) *[[Hamada Gokoku Shrine]] (Hamada, Shimane prefecture)
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• Gottan
  ...[[sanshin]] and the Japanese [[shamisen]], and distinctive to [[Kagoshima prefecture]] and certain other parts of [[Kyushu]]. *Gallery labels, [[Reimeikan Museum]] of History and Culture, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.
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• Taga Shrine
  Taga Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Shiga prefecture]], dedicated to a ''[[kami]]'' of long life. A branch shrine located in [[Kagoshima]] enshrines the spirit of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] as an avatar of that same '
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• Io Torishima
  ...ô Torishima is administered as part of the city of [[Kumejima]], [[Okinawa prefecture]]. ...rritory of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and remains part of Okinawa prefecture (not Kagoshima) today.
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• Tanaka Moriaki
  ...he became the head of the silver mines in Shôno, [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], and is said to have played a significant role in the [[Meiji period]] de ...at the monument to the Satsuma students, at Kagoshima Chûô train station, Kagoshima City.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21519295436/sizes/o/]
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• Ishiganto
  ...by far the most numerous in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] and [[Kagoshima prefecture]]s.
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• Takaki Kanehiro
  ...) medical degree, and a prominent figure in modern medicine in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. *Plaques on-site at Kagoshima Medical Center.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15233521515/sizes/
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• Nakamura Josuke
  ...x|Grave of Nakamura Josuke at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] Nakamura Josuke was an Imperial　[[shishi|loyalist]], originally from [[Akita prefecture]], who turned against the [[Meiji government]], and died in the [[Satsuma R
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• Iojima
  *[[Ioshima|Iôshima]] 硫黄島 - an island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]; located to the south of the Satsuma peninsula and north of [[Yakushima]] ...s]] group, but administered as part of the city of [[Kumejima]], [[Okinawa prefecture]]
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• Nagayama Morihiro
  ...Grave of Nagayama Morihiro at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...f [[1871]]. He resigned from those positions in [[1875]] and returned to [[Kagoshima]], where he became head of Satsuma's third battalion in the [[1877]] Satsum
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• Shigakko
  ...ly in the early years of the [[Meiji period]], particularly in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Many functioned as military academies, with a particular focus on martia ...[[Satsuma Rebellion]], there were roughly 7,000 such schools in Kagoshima prefecture (formerly [[Satsuma han]]) alone, funded by the prefectural government, and
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• Tange Umeko
  ...|thumb|320px|A bronze bust of Tange Umeko in the [[Tenmonkan]] district of Kagoshima]] ...her class, after which she became a teacher at Meizan Elementary School in Kagoshima. At age 28, she entered Japan Women's University (''Nihon joshi daigaku''),
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• Morikawa Masakazu
  ...200px|Morikawa's tombstone at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...he age of 34. He is buried in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
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• Kimotsuki Kaneshige
  ...'s battles at [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]] (today, Tagayama Park, [[Kagoshima]])]] ...azu clan]]. Kaneshige was buried at Jôkô-ji in Kimotsuki Town, [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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• Iwamura Michitoshi
  ...20px|A monument to Iwamura in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...of [[Saga prefecture|Saga]], [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], and [[Hokkaido]] in the 1870s-1880s, and then briefly as [[Minis
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• Masuda Eitaro
  ...with Masuda himself being killed at age 28 in the battle of Komekura (in [[Kagoshima]] City) on Sept 4, [[1877]].
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• Prefectures of Japan
  ...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
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• Tenpuku
  The ''tenpuku'' is a type of end-blown flute from the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]] region. It is said to have been particularly well-liked by generals in th
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• Saigo Kichijiro
  ...tery, where they remain today.<ref>Signs on-site at Saigô Family Cemetery, Kagoshima Tokiwa-chô 2-2-14.</ref>
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• Koshiki Islands
  The Koshiki Islands are a group of islands in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], located just west of the Satsuma peninsula, in the [[East China Sea]]. T ...stranded Ryukyuan officials simply procured a boat and made their way to [[Kagoshima]] on their own (or with the help of the locals).
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• Satsuma kiriko
  ...examples of ''Satsuma kiriko'' on display at the [[Sengan'en]] Gallery in Kagoshima]] ...is a style of cut glass (''kiriko'') developed and produced in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (formerly, [[Satsuma province]]). Like other forms of ''kiriko'', it invo
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• Iso cotton mill
  ...on spinning mill in Japan. It was established in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]] in [[1867]], with the help of a group of British engineers brought over i ...which was sent to [[Osaka]], and striped cloth, which was sold locally in Kagoshima. Matsuoka Masato<!--松岡政人--> managed the business until it was chang
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• Hamano Noboru
  ...spital. In [[1883]], Hamano became head of both the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]] Prefectural Medical School and its attached hospital.
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• Katsura Hisatake
  ...px|Grave of Katsura Hisatake at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in Kagoshima.]] Following the Restoration, Katsura became governor of Miyakonojo prefecture for a time; during the Satsuma Rebellion he served as a supply officer.
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• Kanno-ji (Kagoshima)
  ...nd on the grounds, as they can at [[Honryu-ji (Kagoshima)|Honryû-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]] as well.
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• Ichiki
  Ichiki is a port-town in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], which historically was a significant port for [[Satsuma han]]. ...rrived at Ichiki the following year when coming to pay a formal visit to [[Kagoshima]].
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• Shibushi
  ...Ôshû [[Shimazu clan]] in the 14th century, before the clan relocated to [[Kagoshima]]. The city remained an important port, however, as an intermediary point f
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• Saigo Kohei
  ...x|Saigô Kohei's gravestone at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...e age of 31, and is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
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• Hirata Yukie
  [[File:Hirata-yukie.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Hirata at Hirata Park, Kagoshima, on the former site of Hirata's home]] ...he convergence of the Kiso, Nagara, and Ibi Rivers in what is today [[Gifu prefecture]]; providing such labor was a central element of any [[han|domain's]] fulfi
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• Yokoate-jima
  Yokoate-jima is a small uninhabited island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. It is one of the southernmost of the [[Tokara Islands]] and is administe
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• Yamakawa
  .... Yamakawa guarded the entrance to Kagoshima Bay, and ships destined for [[Kagoshima]] generally were made to make port first at Yamakawa, for cargo inspections ...died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]]. Various Yamakawa-[[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] partnership or friendship events have been held regularly in the
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• Naeshirogawa
  ...[to Japan]").<ref>Gallery labels, Chinjukan Museum, Miyama (Naeshirogawa), Kagoshima pref.; Rebekah Clements, "Captured Korean Potters and Alternate Attendance ...s could take place.<ref>Gallery labels, [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], Kagoshima.</ref>
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• Satsumasendai
  Satsumasendai, also known simply as Sendai, is a city in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], and was historically a major port for [[Satsuma han]]. ...shima disaster, Satsumasendai became the focus of considerable protest, as Kagoshima residents sought to block the restarting of a nuclear reactor based in the
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• Yoron Station
  ...onjima]], the southernmost island in the [[Amami Islands]], in [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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• Saigo Kikujiro
  ...at is now Tatsugô-chô on Amami Ôshima, at age nine Kikujirô was taken to [[Kagoshima]] by his father. Three years later, he was sent to the United States for st ...head of [[Shimadzu Corporation]] mining operations in Nagano, [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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• Ioshima
  Iôshima (lit. "sulfur island") is a small island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], located to the south of the Satsuma peninsula, and north of [[Kuchinoera ...ry labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.</ref>
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• Wada Eisaku
  Born in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] in [[1874]], he began studying under [[Kuroda Seiki]] in [[1894]], at the
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• Yamagano mines
  ...ies of [[gold]] mines located in what is today Kirishima City, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. They were controlled in the [[Edo period]] by the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[
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• Nanshu Cemetery
  .... It is located on the former grounds of the Buddhist temple [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], up on a hill, overlooking a major avenue which formerly h ...myô-ji, a temple which had been destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, and abolished in the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]''
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• Tanegashima
  Tanegashima is an island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] located just south of [[Kyushu]] and famous as the site of the first intr ...f>Plaques on-site at Ogura's grave at [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066782829/sizes/l/]</ref>
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• Hishikari clan
  ...guchi castle|Ôguchi castle]] (in what is today Hishikari City, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]) alongside aid from the Sagara, the Hishikari fought hard, but were event
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• Sotetsu
  ...Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] (modern-day Okinawa prefecture), as [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]] forced Amami islanders to focus intensively on sugar cultivation,
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• Kabayama Hisataka
  He is buried at [[Taho-ji|Tahô-ji]], in the city of Hioki in [[Kagoshima prefecture]].
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• Tofuku-ji
  ...ple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]] ::''Not to be confused with [[Tofukuji castle]] in [[Kagoshima]].''
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• Okubo Toshimichi
  ...ref>Plaque on-site at former site of the Ryûkyû-kan, Nagata Middle School, Kagoshima.</ref> ...o the ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' entourage of lord of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]] [[Shimazu Tadayoshi|Shimazu Mochihisa]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô
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• 1850
  ...by Prince [[Tamagawa Chotatsu|Tamagawa Chôtatsu]], departs [[Naha]] for [[Kagoshima]]. ...Prince Tamagawa and others have an audience with [[Shimazu Narioki]] at [[Kagoshima castle]].
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• Mo Teichu
  ...y can be found carved into a stone lantern at [[Sunomata-shuku]] in [[Gifu prefecture]],<ref>Though originally located in the town's Tennô Shrine, the lantern c ...-kan|Ryûkyû-kan]] on 7/23. During the 8th month of that year, he visited [[Kagoshima castle]] and various temples in the city, before departing alongside the re
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• Satsuma wares
  ...Western buyers, and eventually came to be produced not only in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], but also in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Yokohama]], and [[Tokyo]] as well, t
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• Kyushu Campaign
  [[Siege of Kagoshima|Kagoshima]]}}</td></tr></table> ...shima.png|250px|thumb|left|The island of Kyûshû, with modern-day Kagoshima prefecture, roughly corresponding to the [[Shimazu clan]]'s home [[Satsuma province|pr
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• World Heritage Site
  ...oijinkan.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Foreign Engineers' Residence at Iso, in Kagoshima]] **[[Bombardment of Kagoshima|Gion-no-su Batteries]]
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• Gajashima
  ...abited island in the [[Tokara Islands]] chain, today a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Located to the south of [[Yakushima]], and to the north of [[Amami Oshim
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• Yakushima
  Yakushima is an island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]] located just south of the [[
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• Satsuma Rebellion
  ...s led by [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] of [[Satsuma han]] ([[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and involved roughly 15,000 former samurai facing off against around 10 ...rch, but despite suffering as much as 90% losses, Saigô's men retreated to Kagoshima via Hitoyoshi, Miyazaki, and Nobeoka, and continued to fight until Septembe
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• Tokunoshima
  ...ami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. It is today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. ...rowing sugar cane rather than other crops, and to then sell the sugar to [[Kagoshima]] at reduced prices, impoverishing the islanders and creating deep economic
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• Hirado
  Hirado is a port city in [[Nagasaki prefecture]], which served as one of the chief centers of Chinese and European commerc Following a year in [[Kagoshima]], [[Francis Xavier]] relocated to Hirado in [[1550]], before moving on to
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• Kagoshima
  [[File:Sakurajima.JPG|right|thumb|320px|[[Sakurajima]] and the city of Kagoshima, as seen from the observatory point atop Shiroyama]] *''Japanese'': 鹿児島 ''(Kagoshima)''
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• Kimotsuki clan
  ...se at Takayama castle (in what is today the town of Kimotsuki, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and actively engaged in maritime trade. [[Kimotsuki Kaneoki|Kimotsuki K
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• Iroha-maru
  ...at Setomura on [[Sakurajima]].<ref>Plaques at former site of Iso shipyard, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15217397191/sizes/l]</ref> ...]], just off of [[Tomonoura]] (a notable port in what is today [[Hiroshima prefecture]]), late in the night on [[1867]]/4/23. This was the first maritime crash i
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• Yoronjima
  ...antled the [[han|domains]] in [[1871]], Yoron became a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Construction began on [[Yoron Station]] and a rail line in the early 20t
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• Tokara Islands
  ...Islands]] to the south. They are today administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. Seven of the Tokaras are inhabited, and the Tokaras are sometimes called
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• Narahara Shigeru
  *''Titles: Governor of [[Okinawa prefecture]] ([[1892]]-[[1908]]); Baron (''[[kazoku|danshaku]]'')'' Narahara Shigeru was the eighth Governor of [[Okinawa prefecture]], serving in that position from [[1892]] to [[1908]]. Earlier in his life,
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• 1872
  ...peror]] begins an Imperial tour of the provinces in [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]], visiting [[Tsurumaru castle]] and the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shûseikan]] fact *1872/7/12 The Meiji government requests, via the authorities in Kagoshima prefecture, that the Ryûkyû Kingdom is ordered to send messengers to officially cong
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• Taiwan Incident of 1871
  Various voices, especially from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], pushed for a military expedition to be sent to Taiwan to exact retributi ...mory. The inscription on the monument was written by Governor of [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Narahara Shigeru]].
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• 1877
  *The rebels retreat to [[Kagoshima]] and are in the end eventually defeated by Imperial forces, who have super *1877/9/30 Former governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi]] is executed.
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• Bashofu
  ...Asia. Today, the chief center of ''baasaa'' cloth production in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] is the neighborhood of Kijoka in the northern Okinawa ([[Yanbaru] ...e|Tokugawa shoguns]]; the people of the Amami Islands also often presented Kagoshima domain with ''bashôfu'' cloth, sometimes being permitted to do so in place
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• Amami Islands
  ...atsuma han]], and remain a part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (not [[Okinawa prefecture]]) today. The islands maintain a distinctive culture, with strong similarit ...ry labels, "Hokorasha Amami" ほこらしゃ奄美 special exhibition, Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima. Nov 2021.</ref> Amami Ôshima formally submitted to Ryûkyû's authority i
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• Taiwan Expedition of 1874
  ...ernment. Shortly afterwards, various figures from Satsuma (now [[Kagoshima prefecture]]), especially [[Kabayama Sukenori]], a former samurai retainer to the [[Sh ...fered by Japanese subjects refers only to a group of four sailors from Oda prefecture killed by aborigines in [[1873]]. While some Chinese historians today conti
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• Ryukyu-kan
  ...G|right|thumb|320px|Stone monument on the former site of the Ryûkyû-kan in Kagoshima, today the grounds of the Nagata Middle School]] ...pair of institutions, one located in early modern [[Fuzhou]] and one in [[Kagoshima]], which served as pseudo-embassies, or branch offices of the [[government
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• Important Cultural Properties
  ===Miyagi Prefecture=== ===Ishikawa Prefecture===
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• 1893
  ...ko and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters
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• 1884
  ...ga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of ...[[steamship]] line linking [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and [[Osaka]] via [[Kagoshima]] is established.
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• Amami Oshima
  ...[1571]], and was then conquered by the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Kagoshima han|Kagoshima]] in [[1609]]. Shimazu rule in Amami is known for its oppressive and extrac ...o travel freely to some extent between Amami and islands to the south, and Kagoshima (at least in certain contexts) continued to regard Amami as part of the ter
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• Kikaigashima
  ...lan]] of [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]], and remains part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] today.
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• Famous Samurai Swords
  ...Tadashige]] in 1927, it is the only National Treasure held in [[Kagoshima prefecture]].<ref>"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture10.html Terukuni jinja]," ' ...Nobeoka Mitsutada, forged around 1220 in Nobeoka, in modern-day [[Miyazaki prefecture]]. Long owned by the Naitô family of Nobeoka, it is believed stolen in 194
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• 1879
  *1879/2 Peking urges Tokyo to not annex Ryûkyû as a prefecture. ...Seiichirô]] is named Acting Governor of the not yet established [[Okinawa Prefecture]].
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• Furukawa Koshoken
  ...Shinbon in Bitchû's Kibi district (today, the town of Mikibi in [[Okayama prefecture]]). He took his penname, which literally means "house of the old pine," fro ...ion|Chûgoku region]] on his way to Kyûshû, and to/in [[Moji]], Nagasaki, [[Kagoshima]], [[Dazaifu (city)|Dazaifu]], [[Shimonoseki]] and elsewhere, along with hi
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• Miyako Islands
  ...within the [[Sakishima]] island group in the southern portion of [[Okinawa prefecture]] and of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu]] island chain. ...6. p18.; Shinzato, Keiji et al. Okinawa-ken no rekishi (History of Okinawa Prefecture). Tokyo: Yamakawa Publishing, 1996. p57.</ref> King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]]
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• Ryukyu Islands
  ...ined under the control of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and today comprise [[Okinawa prefecture]]. *[[Satsunan Islands]] (Kagoshima pref.)
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• Yaeyama Islands
  The Yaeyama Islands are a group of islands in [[Okinawa prefecture]] near the southern end of the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû archipelago]]. ...olice forces composed primarily of individuals from [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]]. Only in [[1893]] were local civil authorities granted control of such ma
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• Satsuma han
  ...yushu Kagoshima.png|right|thumb|300px|The island of Kyûshû, with Kagoshima Prefecture in dark green. Satsuma han covered this territory, along with some to the n *''Japanese'': 薩摩藩 ''(Satsuma han)'' or, more correctly, 鹿児島藩 ''(Kagoshima han)''
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• Kumamoto castle
  Kumamoto castle is located in Kumamoto city in modern day Kumamoto Prefecture (formerly [[Higo province]]) and was built sometime between [[1601]] and [[ ...o Saigo, and on April 15 the siege was lifted. Saigo’s army retreated to [[Kagoshima]] and was eventually eliminated by Imperial troops. Ironically, the castle
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• Zaiban bugyo
  ...pically held the position for terms of just two years, before returning to Kagoshima and being replaced by a new ''zaiban bugyô'' (the average length of servic When the Ryûkyû Kingdom was abolished, and [[Okinawa prefecture]] created, in [[1879]], the ''zaiban bugyôsho'' briefly became the tempora
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• Invasion of Ryukyu
  ...ght|thumb|320px|A stone marker at a local branch of [[Kasuga Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], at the former site of the docks from which the Satsuma fleet departed fo ...ip with China, until it was formally annexed by Japan in 1879 as [[Okinawa Prefecture]].
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• Nagasaki
  Nagasaki is a port city in [[Kyushu]], the capital of [[Nagasaki prefecture]]. It is perhaps most famous today for the atomic bombing of the city on Au ...Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], who were sent to [[Kagoshima]] to be repatriated. Kagoshima also handled Japanese castaways who had been found/rescued in the [[Ryukyu
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• Naha
  ...of other municipalities into its borders, Naha is the capital of [[Okinawa prefecture]]. Following the fall of the kingdom in the 1870s and its annexation as Okinawa prefecture, Naha absorbed Shuri and became the prefectural capital. Combining with Kum
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• Ryukyu Shobun
  Matsuda Michiyuki stepped down as governor of [[Shiga prefecture]] on March 25, taking a position with the Ministry of the Interior. On June ...abolition of the Ryûkyû Kingdom and the annexation of its lands as Okinawa Prefecture. King Shô Tai was given until March 31 to vacate the castle and leave for
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• Kingdom of Ryukyu
  ...fficially considered the production of the Amami Islands - administered by Kagoshima but still regarded as the territory of the kingdom - to be included in the ...[Kagoshima Prefecture]] while the rest of the Ryûkyûs constitute [[Okinawa Prefecture]].
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• Okinawa prefecture
  ...shima Islands]]), plus [[Io Torishima|Iô Torishima]]. The territory of the prefecture is essentially identical to that held by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû King ...f Hawaii Press (2013), 8.; ''Hawaii'', Lonely Planet (2009), 52.</ref> The prefecture's economy relies chiefly on activities surrounding the US military bases (i
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• Colonial Korea
  ...rs, famously resigned from government, returning to his native [[Kagoshima prefecture]], where he would several years later lead [[Satsuma Rebellion|a major rebe
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• Meiji period
  ...ht|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'' (国家), or, "The State."]] ...ren Rebellion|Kumamoto]], [[Hagi Rebellion|Hagi]], and [[Satsuma Rebellion|Kagoshima]] in the 1870s. These rebellions were mostly spurred by the dismantling of
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• Burial Practices
  ...(d. [[1387]]) and his wife and daughter, at [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]]] ...in places as disparate as [[Hiraizumi]] (in the north, modern-day [[Iwate prefecture]]) and parts of Kyushu less than a century later. [[Yi Xingmo]] and a numbe
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