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• Takatsuki castle
  *[[Takatsuki castle (Settsu)]] in modern-day Osaka prefecture.
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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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• Katayama Hokkai
  ...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
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• Konpira
  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.
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• Kombu
  ...hern reaches of the archipelago, people in [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] gained a taste for ''kombu'', and from [[1799]] onwards, boiled "
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• Fujii Kogen
  ...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.
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• Sumiyoshi Shrine
  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
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• Hyogo no tsu
  ...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
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• Tatsuno Kingo
  ...J201601280044 End of the line for 109-year-old railway station building in Osaka]," ''Asahi Shimbun'', 28 Jan 2016.</ref>
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• Kishu Sokaku
  ...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
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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]]. ...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
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• Osaka
  ...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
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• Sagara clan
  ...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.
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• Toyohira Ryoken
  ...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
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• Shibushi
  ...iary point for commercial shipping between [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] and [[Osaka]].
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• Hoki Ryu
  ...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
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• Jishibai
  ...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.
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• Furuichi
  ...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
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• Dotaku
  ...there, many show signs of having been produced in [[Kawachi province]] ([[Osaka]]).<ref>Gallery labels, "Izumo and Yamato," special exhibit, Tokyo National
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• Hirata Yukie
  ...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.
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• Iso cotton mill
  ...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
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• Diana
  ...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
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• Korean-style fortresses
  ...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
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• Nanma Uho
  .... 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]],
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• Ikeda Yoson
  ...oving frequently, living for short periods in Osaka, Fukuyama ([[Hiroshima prefecture]]), and [[Shanghai]], as his father was a textile worker and his job requir
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• 1903
  *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
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• Hotta Masayoshi
  ...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
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• Indigo
  ...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]].
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• Takegawa Chikusai
  ...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
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• Kofun
  ...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]
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• Obama han
  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
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• Satsuma wares
  ...be produced not only in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], but also in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Yokohama]], and [[Tokyo]] as well, though they continued to be called
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• Ota Chofu
  ...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
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• Kochi castle
  ...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
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• Japanese archipelago
  ...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
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• Shichiri no watashi
  ...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
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• Famous Samurai Swords
  ...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]," '
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• 1850
  *[[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]].
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• Important Cultural Properties
  ===Miyagi Prefecture=== ===Ishikawa Prefecture===
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• Nagoya castle
  ::''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
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• Yokohama
  ...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.
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• 1876
  *Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. *The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]].
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• Iroha-maru
  ...]], 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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• Sugar
  ...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
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• 1882
  *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.
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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 *A regular [[steamship]] line linking [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and [[Osaka]] via [[Kagoshima]] is established.
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• Fuzhou
  ...ufactured/processed goods for ''kombu'', textiles, and canned goods from [[Osaka]]. Thus trade between Fuzhou and Okinawa enjoyed a brief revival, but ended
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• Dogugaeshi
  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,
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• Kanazawa
  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
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• Niigata
  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
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