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*[[Takatsuki castle (Settsu)]] in modern-day Osaka prefecture.

...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

...prefecture]], Hokkai studied for a time in [[Kyoto]], and then moved to [[Osaka]]. There, he formed a poetry circle together with [[Rai Shunsui]] (a Confuc

Konpira is a town in [[Kagawa prefecture]] ([[Sanuki province]]), best known as the home of the [[Shinto shrines|Shi ...ir establishments (e.g. including architecture and decor) after high-class Osaka and Kyoto teahouses.

...hern reaches of the archipelago, people in [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] gained a taste for ''kombu'', and from [[1799]] onwards, boiled "

...esato]], and lived in Yoshii, it what is now the eastern edge of Hiroshima Prefecture. He had four recorded siblings. Kogen served the [[Amako clan]] from 1532- ...ôri]] navy, with his own castle on Shikoku. His brother Taroemon fought at Osaka Bay against the [[Kuki clan|Kûki]] navy.

Sumiyoshi Shrine, in [[Osaka]], was the number one shrine (''ichi-no-miya'') in [[Settsu province]], and ...the ''kami'' of [[Takasago Shrine|Takasago]], in [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], as seen in the [[Noh]] play ''[[Takasago]]'', in which the two are repre

...me today to the surrounding [[prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo]]. The port-city was renamed [[Kobe]] in the modern era. ...but following the fall of the [[Toyotomi clan]] in the [[1615]] [[Siege of Osaka]], it became part of the territory of [[Amagasaki han]].<ref>''Chôsen tsû

...J201601280044 End of the line for 109-year-old railway station building in Osaka]," ''Asahi Shimbun'', 28 Jan 2016.</ref>

...s now [[Fukui prefecture]]. He also founded a temple called Ryûkai-ji in [[Osaka]]. In [[1599]], he took up residence at [[Gekkyo-in|Gekkyô-in]], a temple

Satsumasendai, also known simply as Sendai, is a city in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], and was historically a major port for [[Satsuma han]]. ...tax rice, to be sent to the [[Satsuma Osaka mansion|domain's warehouses in Osaka]]. Due to its connections to the China trade, Sendai was also one of a hand

...lity of political designations, [[Tokyo]] is a "metropolitan [[prefectures|prefecture]]" and not a "city."</ref> ...rokers|merchant networks]] at the head of massive flows of credit & loans. Osaka is also known as a major culinary center. Its role for centuries as one of

...ranted the territory of Hitoyoshi (on [[Kyushu]], in modern-day [[Kumamoto prefecture]]) to the Sagara. ...mity. After contributing as well to Tokugawa efforts during the [[Siege of Osaka]], he earned a high reputation for his clan.

...ugh middle school. He later worked for the ''Okinawa Asahi Shimbun'' and ''Osaka Asahi Shimbun'' ([[Naha]] office) before, in 1944 becoming chief editor of ...of the group compiling the official ''Okinawa kenshi'' (History of Okinawa Prefecture), and as head of the Okinawa Bunkazai Hogo Shingikai (Okinawa Cultural Prop

...iary point for commercial shipping between [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] and [[Osaka]].

...later Hoki-ryu (was a Kansai based [[budo]] that had dojo in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Hiroshima]] and eventually spread down to [[Kumamoto]], in [[Kyushu]]. ...Hideyoshi's]] son, [[Toyotomi Hideyori|Hideyori]]. During the [[sieges of Osaka castle]] (during the Summer campaign of [[1615]]), Toyotomi Hideyori was ki

...ee main cities of [[Edo period]] Japan (that is, [[Edo]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]). These rural/regional/local performance traditions are known as ''jishib ...traditions continue today, chiefly in [[Gifu prefecture|Gifu]] and [[Aichi prefecture]]s, and in the [[Furuichi]] neighborhood of Ise.

...Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura]]'', which premiered as a ''[[bunraku]]'' play in Osaka in [[1747]]/11, and was then performed for the first time as a kabuki two m ...k04.htm Ise Furuichi Kabuki]." Subarashiki Mie ("Wonderful/Magnificent Mie Prefecture"). Accessed 28 January 2011.</ref><ref>Chamberlain, Basil Hall et al. ''A H

...there, many show signs of having been produced in [[Kawachi province]] ([[Osaka]]).<ref>Gallery labels, "Izumo and Yamato," special exhibit, Tokyo National

...do the work. He took out a loan of 220,000 ''[[currency|ryô]]'' from an [[Osaka]]-based merchant, but the project encountered significant difficulties. Aft ...side the former grounds of [[Kagoshima castle]]. [[Chisui Shrine]] in Gifu prefecture, along the Kiso River, is also dedicated to the memory of Hirata's men.

...roughly 150 machines. They produced white cotton cloth which was sent to [[Osaka]], and striped cloth, which was sold locally in Kagoshima. Matsuoka Masato< ...i Emperor]] in [[1872]], and came under the supervision of the [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima prefectural government]]. The [[Shimazu clan]] (now, Shimazu Corp

...ly arriving at [[Hakodate]] on 1854/9/18, the fleet then made its way to [[Osaka]], and then to [[Shimoda]], in accordance with the demands of the [[Tokugaw ...ded up shipwrecked at Ipponmatsu (in what is today Numazu City, [[Shizuoka prefecture]]) on 11/27. The ship sank entirely on 12/2; surviving members of the crew

...67||[[Kyuan-ji|Kyûan-ji]], [[Nara Prefecture]]; [[Takayasu-yama]], [[Osaka Prefecture]]||The outer walls and water gate may have been found, but the extent of th |[[Yashima fortress]]||屋嶋城||''Yashima no ki''||667||[[Takamatsu]], [[Kagawa Prefecture]]||[[Ishigaki|Stone walls]], earthworks, water gate, remains of the lookout

.... During the [[Boshin War]], at the orders of his domain, he laid low in [[Osaka]]; returning to Aizu, he found the castle destroyed, and found himself conf ...owing the [[Meiji Restoration]], Nanma became head of education in [[Kyoto prefecture]], then later worked for the [[Dajokan]] and the [[Ministry of Education]],

...oving frequently, living for short periods in Osaka, Fukuyama ([[Hiroshima prefecture]]), and [[Shanghai]], as his father was a textile worker and his job requir

*1903/4/20 The fifth [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] in Osaka opens. *Land reforms in [[Okinawa prefecture]] end the paying of taxes in kind, implementing a modern strictly monetary

...t|thumb|300px|Grave of Hotta Masayoshi at [[Jindai-ji]] in Sakura, [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]].]] ...s, [[1834]]-[[1837]]), and ''[[Osaka jodai|Ôsaka jôdai]]'' (castellan of [[Osaka castle]] on behalf of the shogunate, 1837-?),<ref>''[[Ryuei bunin|Ryûei bu

...und the world. [[Tokushima han]] ([[Awa province]], modern-day [[Tokushima prefecture]]) was the chief indigo-producing region in early modern Japan, and that mo ...form that they were then sold to dyers, typically based in [[Kyoto]] or [[Osaka]].

...n his hometown of Izawa Village (now part of [[Matsuzaka]] City), in [[Mie prefecture]]. ...Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] and maintained branch offices in [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Kyoto]], though the family itself continued to live in Izawa Villa

...e hundred and ninety-six ''kofun'' are officially recognized in [[Kumamoto prefecture]] alone.<ref>General museum overview pamphlet, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum [http://www.tg.rim.or.jp/~ewakim/kofun/alllist.html List of Kofun in Gumma Prefecture]

Obama han was based at [[Obama castle]] in Wakasa province (today [[Fukui prefecture]]). It was governed by the [[Kyogoku clan|Kyôgoku clan]] at the beginning ...mi clan]]s up until the power of the Toyotomi was eliminated in the 1615 [[Osaka Campaign]]. For his service to the shogunate in this respect, he was given

...be produced not only in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], but also in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Yokohama]], and [[Tokyo]] as well, though they continued to be called

...kai Movement]], advocating the maintenance of hereditary rule of [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] under the heirs to the royal family of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûky ...on of the Ryûkyû Kingdom and annexation of the islands by Japan as Okinawa Prefecture, politics and economics in Okinawa quickly came to be dominated by Japanese

...in the city of [[Kochi|Kôchi]], today capital of [[Kochi prefecture|Kôchi prefecture]], on the south shore of [[Shikoku]]. ...castle town]] to center his domain, and so kept many of his retainers in [[Osaka]] and [[Edo]] while they awaited the construction of the new castle, and th

...inai Plain (in which are situated the cities of [[Nara]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]), the Nôbi Plain (in which [[Nagoya]] is located, and stretching south t ...odern-day [[prefectures]] of [[Niigata prefecture|Niigata]] and [[Ishikawa prefecture|Ishikawa]], among others), while those areas to the south and east, i.e. on

...ref>''Aisai-shi megurutto'' (愛西市めぐるっと) tourism pamphlet, Aisai City, Aichi prefecture.</ref> ...mary sites through which people and goods came into the castle-town from [[Osaka]] and [[Kyoto]] to the west or from [[Edo]] to the east. [[Nagoya han]] est

...owned by the [[Toyotomi clan]], and then recovered from [[Osaka Campaigns|Osaka castle]] by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Extant today in the collection of t ...Tadashige]] in 1927, it is the only National Treasure held in [[Kagoshima prefecture]].<ref>"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture10.html Terukuni jinja]," '

*[[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]] returns to Edo from his exile to Osaka. *[[Toguchi peechin]]<!--渡久地親雲上--> dies in [[Kusatsu]], [[Shiga prefecture|Shiga]], and is buried at [[Shojo-ji|Shôjô-ji]].

===Miyagi Prefecture=== ===Ishikawa Prefecture===

::''For the castle in [[Saga prefecture]], see [[Nagoya castle (Hizen)]].'' ...Tadayoshi]] passed away. It is located in present day Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture (the historical Owari province). As with many other castle restoration proj

...t populous during the days, when commuters from outside the city come into Osaka for work.</ref> ...in Japan from 1993-2012, until it was surpassed by Abeno Harukas tower in Osaka.

*Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. *The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]].

...]], 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

...it from the islanders at roughly 1/3 the price it would be worth at the [[Osaka]] markets. Zusho also oversaw the expansion of efforts to combat smuggling ...in the season than shipments of Amami sugar, and thus arriving earlier at Osaka as well, and commanding higher prices. Seeing the value of this revenue, an

*Taxes in [[Okinawa Prefecture]] traditionally paid in salt or rice are now permitted to be paid in cash; *The second YMCA in Japan opens in Osaka.

...ga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of *A regular [[steamship]] line linking [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and [[Osaka]] via [[Kagoshima]] is established.

...ufactured/processed goods for ''kombu'', textiles, and canned goods from [[Osaka]]. Thus trade between Fuzhou and Okinawa enjoyed a brief revival, but ended

Though used to a limited extent in the ''[[bunraku]]'' theatres of [[Osaka]] and [[Tokyo]], as merely background or scene-change elements in plays tha ...xtensively, though a number of folk groups in various parts of [[Tokushima prefecture]] continue to make use of the screens and the technique. One such theatre,

Kanazawa is the capital city of [[Ishikawa prefecture]], and was previously the central [[castletown]] of [[Kaga han]]. ...drid, though never approaching the far larger populations of cities like [[Osaka]] and [[Edo]]. Though provincial, and not as prominently influential as [[K

Niigata is the capital city of [[Niigata prefecture]], and has a long history as a significant port town on the [[Sea of Japan] ...Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and the Sea of Japan coast to the [[Inland Sea]] and [[Osaka]]. Primarily a merchant city, Niigata lacked a castle, and a magistrates' o

...anban screen <ref>One belonging to Sairenji Temple 西蓮寺 in Anjô City, Aichi prefecture; Cat. no 124 in ''Turning Point.''</ref> was probably based on traditional ...scorting the elephant stayed at [[Kannabe]] (a post-station in [[Hiroshima prefecture]]) on 4/10, departing the following day. ''Nakamura ke nikki II - Fukuyama

...[[Ogasawara Islands]], are also administered as part of Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture; both consist of small, sparsely populated islands, many of which are uninh ...[[Kido Takayoshi]] similarly advocated having Edo as an Eastern Capital, [[Osaka]] as a Western Capital, and Kyoto as the Imperial Capital,<ref name=fujitan

...re reserved, traditional, and slower pace and lifestyle than their Edo and Osaka cousins. By the [[Edo period]], if not earlier, Kyoto's commoner cityscape ...ial past. The Emperor made a personal gift in 1877 of funds to the [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto prefectural]] government to be used for the preservation of the city,

...re to not employ the characters ''ken'' 県, ''fu'' 府, or ''to'' 都, meaning "prefecture," in its name. ...[[tribute]] goods. Meanwhile, goods traveling in the other direction, from Osaka and elsewhere to the Inland Sea, the Sea of Japan coastal ports, and Hokkai

...da Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari’s]] [[Sawayama castle]] in present day Shiga prefecture (in the former [[Omi province]]). After Mitsunari’s defeat by [[Tokugawa ...membered appearance was as (along with [[Himeji castle]]) a stand-in for [[Osaka castle]] in the American miniseries [[James Clavell's Shogun]]. The scenes

...cts unique enough, or produced in large enough volume, to compete in the [[Osaka]] and [[Edo]] markets, unlike many other prominent domains.<ref name=hellye ...o pressure the domain to repay its loans both to the shogunate and to Edo, Osaka, and Nagasaki merchants. The domain attempted to come up with new payment p

...then the chief ''[[tairo|tairô]]'' (senior counsellor), brought Adams to [[Osaka]] as the crew's representative. He had an interview with Ieyasu on May 12<r ...re. There is also an annual festival in his honor, held in Itô, [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], called ''Anjin Matsuri''.

...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

...he shogunate, as ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' (Town Magistrates) did in Osaka, Edo, and elsewhere, and also monitored the Imperial family and court arist ...roy the Toyotomi. The castle served as the Tokugawa headquarters for the [[Osaka Campaign]] of [[1614]]-[[1615]], during which Ieyasu succeeded in eradicati

...ently developed instrument central to a folk musical tradition of [[Aomori prefecture]]). These differ mainly in the length and thickness of the neck, size of th ...believed to have been introduced to the Japanese port of [[Sakai]] (near [[Osaka]]) sometime around [[1558]]-[[1567]]; according to some tales it was a blin

...In Edo, gold was more widely circulated, while in [[Kamigata]] (the Kyoto-Osaka area), silver was more commonly the mode of exchange. Gold was exchanged in ...the country, particularly the active commercial centers of [[Kyoto]] and [[Osaka]], and other areas at a considerable distance from Edo, currency continued

...of Kukishin Ryū, was born to Dōyu Shirōhōgan at Kumano-Hongu in [[Wakayama prefecture]] on January 1st, [[1318]]. He was born into one of the most influential cl ...onspirators at Kuragari-Tōge, a mountain pass situated on the borders of [[Osaka]] and [[Nara]] prefectures. It was here that they made a stand against the

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 Along with [[Osaka]], [[Kyoto]], and a handful of other cities, Nagasaki was controlled direct

...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 ...rgely contiguous with today's Kagoshima prefecture, plus parts of Miyazaki prefecture. As one of only ten ''daimyô'' clans to control (at least) an entire provi

The [[Iwami Ginzan]] in [[Iwami province]] ([[Shimane prefecture]]) was the largest silver mine ever to operate in Japan, and was named a [[ ...ve rights to such activity, and establishing mints (''[[ginza]]'') in Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

...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

...in [[Tokyo]], and the remaining six sightseeing in [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], traveling across the [[Inland Sea]], and in [[Nagasaki]]. After a stay o ...hi then boarded the king's ship along with the vice governor of [[Kanagawa prefecture]] and an admiral of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], presenting a formal inv

...ht|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'' (国家), or, "The State."]] ...this. Many [[daimyo yashiki|domain mansions]] in [[Edo]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]], though not seized by the government, were abandoned or sold. The existen

...y afterwards secured a position for Seihô to teach formally at the [[Kyoto Prefecture Painting School]] which Bairei helped establish in [[1880]]. Bairei also he ...Takashimaya first prize at the [[1903]] [[Fifth Domestic Exposition]] in [[Osaka]]. These were an embroidered wall hanging depiction a lion, and a design of

...fecture), Yamato (Nara), Settsu (Osaka and Hyogo), Kawachi (Osaka), Izumi (Osaka).Sanyo Do: Harima (Hyogo), Bizen (Okayama), Mimasaka (Okayama), Bitchu (Oka ...to be conspicuous. Especially Fukuoka-Ichimonji school in Bizen ( Okayama prefecture ) made the so-called Obusa-Choji or Juka-Choji and they became to be popula

*''Jôruri Premiere: [[1747]]/11 [[Takemoto-za]], [[Osaka]]'' ...re in [[Edo]] was held at the [[Nakamura-za]] in May the same year, and in Osaka at the [[Naka no Shibai]] just a few months later in August.

...ip with China, until it was formally annexed by Japan in 1879 as [[Okinawa Prefecture]]. ...name and journeyed alongside Shimazu clan warriors to fight in the 1615 [[Osaka Summer Campaign]], but did not arrive before the fighting ended. He was per

...[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] and annexed its territory as [[Okinawa prefecture]] in March to May that year, as a preemptive measure against Chinese action ...had originally intended to visit a number of other areas, including Hyôgo, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, but despite elaborate and expensive receptions prepared f

...erhaps be seen today only at the [[Kanamaru-za]] in [[Kotohira]], [[Kagawa prefecture]], the oldest kabuki theater still in operation today. ...only applied directly in Edo, with the shogunate authorities in Kyoto and Osaka often implementing policies only many months later, or not at all.

...d venues. At a [[1903]] [[Fifth Domestic Exposition|domestic exposition in Osaka]], mirroring the [[St. Louis World's Fair]] which would take place the next ...y, and that there are likely more Ainu outside of Hokkaidô than within the prefecture. Mark Watson estimates that only about forty Ainu individuals are particula