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*[[Miyako City]] 宮古市, [[Iwate prefecture]] *[[Miyako Islands]] 宮古列島, [[Okinawa prefecture]]

[[File:Kyotofu-office.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The gates to the Kyoto Prefectural Headquarters complex, with the former headquarters in the backg ...Shinmachi-Shimotachiuri intersection in Kyoto, a few blocks west of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]]. Built in [[1904]], it is the oldest government administr

...chizuki Gyokusen]]. It formed the foundation of what is today known as the Kyoto City University of Arts (''Kyôto shiritsu geijutsu daigaku''). Bairei, Beisen, Gyokusen and the others began petitioning the [[Kyoto prefecture]] government to authorize and fund such a school two years prior.

...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

Present-day southern [[Kyoto prefecture]]. ...med the imperial capital on [[794]]/10/28.<ref>Gallery labels, Kyoto Asny, Kyoto City Central Library.</ref>

...ushimi]], Gokô-no-miya was once the chief shrine in the [[Kyoto prefecture|prefecture]]. It is unknown when it was first established, but there are records that

[[Image:Kyotonatlmuseum.jpg|right|thumb|240px|The main hall of the Kyoto National Museum.]] The Kyoto National Museum is one of four [[National Museums]] in Japan, along with on

*[[Ryozen Gokoku Shrine|Ryôzen Gokoku Shrine]] (Kyoto) *[[Nohi Gokoku Shrine]] ([[Ogaki|Ôgaki]], [[Gifu prefecture]])

Myôden-ji is a [[Nichiren]] [[Buddhist temple]] in [[Kyoto]]. ...was too far and too difficult, he should establish a Mt. Minobu temple in Kyoto. Nichii therefore took some of Nichiren's bones (i.e. relics) from Minobu-s

Nakamura Josuke was an Imperial　[[shishi|loyalist]], originally from [[Akita prefecture]], who turned against the [[Meiji government]], and died in the [[Satsuma R ...owever, he applied to join the rebel army, and was released by [[Kagoshima prefecture]] governor [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi]].

...from what is today [[Niigata prefecture]], Hokkai studied for a time in [[Kyoto]], and then moved to [[Osaka]]. There, he formed a poetry circle together w

...yôgo prefecture]], his birth name was Mitsumaro. After dropping out of the Kyoto City Painting School (''Kyôto shiritsu kaiga senmon gakkô''), Shûsei stu

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

Kaiin was a [[Zen]] monk from [[Kyoto|Kyoto's]] [[Nanzen-ji]] who played a prominent role in the expansion of [[Buddhis Kaiin was a high-ranking monk at Nanzen-ji, one of Kyoto's ''Gozan'' (Five Mountains) head Zen temples, when he was invited to Ryûk

...ing his concern for the people. On half of these tours, he also stopped in Kyoto to pay respects at the tomb of his father, [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] ...of [[Yamanashi prefecture|Yamanashi]], [[Mie prefecture|Mie]] and [[Kyoto prefecture]]s, including visits to [[Ise Shrine]].

...ord of [[Fukuyama han|Fukuyama domain]] (located in modern-day [[Hiroshima prefecture]]). He was appointed [[Kyoto shoshidai]] in [[1760]]/12, and was named to the ''gan-no-ma'' of [[Edo cas

Zuikô-in was a temple in Kyoto associated with the [[Asano clan]] of [[Ako han|Akô han]] in [[Harima prov ...Samanosuke Iemori]], lord of [[Wakasa castle]] (in what is today [[Tottori prefecture]]), along with [[Takuho Sorin Osho|Takuho Sôrin Oshô]] of [[Daitoku-ji]],

...], he became the ninth abbot of Kongô-in in Takefu, in what is now [[Fukui prefecture]]. He also founded a temple called Ryûkai-ji in [[Osaka]]. In [[1599]], he *"[http://www.kyotofukoh.jp/report357.html Gekkyô-in]," Kyoto fukoh 京都風光.

Lake Biwa, located within [[Shiga prefecture]], is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, covering some 670 square kilome ...ke, Oki Island, was at times used to home courtiers and others exiled from Kyoto. [[Imamairi no Tsubone]], wet-nurse to the first child of [[Hino Tomiko]],

...-ashi'' ("four-legged") ''torii'' at [[Itsukushima Shrine]] in [[Hiroshima prefecture]], which is said to appear to float on the water when the tide is in]] ...rmed by the thousands of ''torii'' lined up at [[Fushimi Inari Shrine]] in Kyoto]]

Originally from [[Yamanashi prefecture]], he was studying in [[Kyoto]] when he joined up with the [[Meiji government]] military. Later adopted b

Ichiki is a port-town in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], which historically was a significant port for [[Satsuma han]]. ...e]] at one time, and in [[1575]] when [[Shimazu Toshihisa]] departed for [[Kyoto]], he departed from Ichiki. [[Konoe Sakihisa]] arrived at Ichiki the follow

Tômyô-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kamo-chô, in [[Kyoto prefecture]]'s Soraku District, first established in [[735]], during the reign of [[Em

...born on September 16, [[1884]], in Honjô village, Oku district, [[Okayama prefecture]], as Takehisa Shigejirô. In [[1901]], he left home for [[Tokyo]], and enr ...tiny credit under newspaper or magazine illustrations. In [[1912]], the [[Kyoto Prefectural Library]] held the first exhibition dedicated to his artworks.

...ple's main gate, at the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] in [[Chiba prefecture]]]] Tôfuku-ji is a major [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple in eastern [[Kyoto]], founded in [[1236]] by the [[Kujo family|Kujô family]].

...has only been in the Kantô since 1914, when it was moved to Sankeien from Kyoto. The ''hondô'', meanwhile, after being damaged in a storm in 1947, was dis ...It was originally built in [[1649]], in what is now Iwade City, [[Wakayama prefecture]], as a summer home for Kishû Tokugawa family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]].

Born in Tira-chô, [[Shuri]], [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]], he attended [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]], g ...the [[Kyoto]] ''Okinawa kenjinkai'' (association of people from [[Okinawa prefecture]]), leading efforts to promote development in Okinawa. He later became head

...ite of [[Yodo castle]], in what is today part of [[Fushimi|Fushimi-ku]], [[Kyoto]] City. The shrine was long associated with guardian deities for safe trans ...yôjin from a shrine in Kawakami village, [[Hizen province]] (today, [[Saga prefecture]]).

...in a brush mound (''fudetsuka'') at [[Rosanji]], on [[Teramachi]]-dôri in Kyoto.]] ...oving frequently, living for short periods in Osaka, Fukuyama ([[Hiroshima prefecture]]), and [[Shanghai]], as his father was a textile worker and his job requir

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

...ing with the Tôkaidô for the last three stations including the terminus at Kyoto. The 67 stations of the Nakasendô were spaced an average of 5.2 km apart, ...inoji'') split off from the Nakasendô at [[Tarui-juku]] (modern-day [[Gifu prefecture]]), to join the Tôkaidô at [[Miya-juku]] ([[Nagoya]] City).

...("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians!") faction were expelled from [[Kyoto]] after being discovered plotting against the ''[[kobu gattai|kôbu gattai] ...d along the way are [[Tomo no ura]] (modern-day Fukuyama City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]])<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuy

*Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ([[Kyoto]], [[Uji]] and [[Otsu]] Cities) **Hashino iron smelting site ([[Kamaishi]], [[Iwate prefecture]])

Hamada began his study of ceramics in Kyoto. In 1938, he accompanied [[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]], [[Kawai Kanjiro| ...ork in the style of [[Mashiko wares]], a pottery style native to [[Tochigi prefecture]].

...-ryu (一貫流）, later Hoki-ryu (was a Kansai based [[budo]] that had dojo in [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], [[Hiroshima]] and eventually spread down to [[Kumamoto]], in Hoki-ryu iaijutsu is taught today in Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kanagawa and in Kumamoto. Although originating from the

...ed-light district) after the [[Yoshiwara]] in Edo and the [[Shimabara]] in Kyoto. ..."if you can't make it in Ise, you'll never tread on the cypress stages of Kyoto and Osaka." Many plays were also debuted and tested out in Ise before openi

...he polluted, corrupt world, Ômoto's home, the city of [[Ayabe]] in [[Kyoto prefecture]], would become the new capital (''miyako'') of peace and purity.

...ated as [[National Treasures]]; only [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto]] and [[Nara prefecture]]s claimed a greater number of National Treasures.<ref>Yasuyuki Uezu, "The

...:Izumookuni.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Okuni at Shijô-Kawaramachi, in Kyoto.]] ...temporary stages on the shores or dry riverbed of the [[Kamo River]] in [[Kyoto]].

...is father's mountain villa, or in the [[Horikawa-in|Horikawa mansion]] (in Kyoto) of his older half-brother [[Minamoto no Michitomo]], who had adopted him. ...mple in a remote, mountainous area in [[Echizen province]] (today, [[Fukui prefecture]]); as a result, Dôgen's impact during his lifetime was minimal. However,

...e to serve as shogunal guards accompanying the shogun on his journeys to [[Kyoto]], [[Nikko|Nikkô]], and elsewhere, as well as helping to guard [[Edo castl ...are today the outskirts of [[Kanagawa prefecture|Kanagawa]] and [[Saitama prefecture]]s.

...special credentials from the shogunate and regularly dispatched from the [[Kyoto Five Mountains]] (''Gozan'') temples to serve in Tsushima for one-year stin ...Ⅰ 以酊庵 special exhibit, Tsushima Museum (Izuhara, Tsushima Island, Nagasaki prefecture), Apr-Jun 2022.

...owing the [[Meiji Restoration]], Nanma became head of education in [[Kyoto prefecture]], then later worked for the [[Dajokan]] and the [[Ministry of Education]],

...g Kômoku-ten, wooden sculpture, [[Heian period]], [[Joruri-ji|Jôruri-ji]], Kyoto]] ...re was a 7th century wooden Buddha statue held at [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] in Kyoto.<ref>This sculpture has traditionally been identified as a depiction of Mai

...a recording of a [[kabuki]] performance, the first film to be produced in Kyoto. *Local administrative reforms take place in [[Okinawa prefecture]].

Taking up an interest in ''haikai'', Kurita studied under Kyoto-based poet [[Kato Kyotai|Katô Kyôtai]]<!--加藤暁台 aka 久村暁台-- ...to the port town of [[Mitarai]] (today part of [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]), which lies roughly halfway between his home province of Iyo and the Hon

...ting many of the most famous and treasured Buddhist sculptures of Nara and Kyoto. ...lars announced that they now suspect a stone carving at Jishô-in in [[Nara prefecture]], dated to early 1189, to also be a work of Kaikei's; if this identificati

...iddle School<!--沖縄中学（現：首里高校）--> students who learned the game at the Third Kyoto High School<!--京都三高（現：京大）--> while on a field trip. *[[Kodama Kihachi]], head of Dept of Education in [[Okinawa prefecture]], removes English from the subjects taught in middle schools, declaring th

.../3/8 Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by [[Taiwanese aborigines]]. They are rescu ...o Exposition]] of art is held; it is organized for the first time at the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]].

...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 ...were abolished, and Obama became a prefecture. It was absorbed into Shiga Prefecture in 1876, and into Fukui in 1881.

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

...e people, and cultures, came from the same origin, and that with [[Okinawa prefecture]] now being a part of Japan, assimilation was the best path. ...traveled to [[Kyoto]], where he attended Kyoto Third High School (today, [[Kyoto University]]). He entered [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]]

Kôrin was born and raised in Kyoto. His father, Ogata Sôken, died in [[1687]], leaving the family home to Kô ...]], he was living in the Ginza neighborhood of [[Edo]], but he returned to Kyoto, and to more direct collaborations with Kenzan, in [[1709]].

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

...g|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Kiyomori at Ondo, [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]]] ...lso involved in the construction of the [[Sanjusangendo|Sanjûsangendô]] in Kyoto, which was completed in [[1164]].

...ths, and relocated the Môri from their base in Aki (modern-day [[Hiroshima prefecture]]) to the somewhat more distant [[jokamachi|castle town]] of Hagi. ...involved the domain sheltering a number of [[kuge|court nobles]] who fled Kyoto in the [[1863]] [[Fall of Seven Nobles Incident]].<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp

The Tsûen Teashop is a long-standing teashop in [[Uji]], near [[Kyoto]]. Its location allowed it to serve many travelers journeying to or from th ...today was built in [[1672]], and has been officially recognized by [[Kyoto prefecture]] as a Cultural Property, and surviving example of ''[[machiya]]'' architec

...-il Pai, AAS Roundtable, "Who Moved My Masterpiece?...Cultural Heritage of Kyoto," Association for Asian Studies annual conference, San Diego, March 23 2013 ===Miyagi Prefecture===

...n founded by [[Taira no Kiyomori]] when, caught in a storm on his way to [[Kyoto]], he came ashore there. Images enshrined there include one of the [[bodhis

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

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

...rker at the former site of the Mito domain's [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] in Kyoto.]] ...tance north of the shogunal capital of [[Edo]], in what is today [[Ibaraki prefecture]]. The domain is famous primarily for its development of a nativist and iso

...lity of political designations, [[Tokyo]] is a "metropolitan [[prefectures|prefecture]]" and not a "city."</ref> ...astride the [[Yodo River]], providing shipping & transportation access to Kyoto, and allowing for considerable access and influence in the Inland Sea.

...head of [[Shimadzu Corporation]] mining operations in Nagano, [[Kagoshima prefecture]].

...Islands]], it remains the foremost institution of higher education in the prefecture. ...sity was made a "national university" (''kokuritsu daigaku''), alongside [[Kyoto University]], the [[University of Tokyo]], [[Hokkaido University]], [[Kyush

*''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,

...[[Okitsu]]<ref>Now part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]], in [[Shizuoka prefecture]].</ref>. The town, dominated by [[Seiken-ji|Seiken-ji temple]]　清見寺 ...Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû]]. The shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on his way to Kyoto in [[1863]], and [[Meiji Emperor|Emperor Meiji]] on his way to the new capi

*1877/1/24-7/30 The [[Meiji Emperor]] travels to Kyoto and Nara to pay respects at the mausolea of [[Emperor Komei|Emperors Kômei *Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail.

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

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

'''Kyoto''' was the Imperial capital of Japan from [[794]] to [[1869]], though the a ...as [[988]] refer to the city in that way,<ref>Gallery labels, Kyoto Asny, Kyoto City Central Library.</ref> the city was historically far more commonly cal

...Hoan, Okinawa Archives, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (trans.). ''Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia'' 3 (March 2003). 15 pages.</ref> ...oted by the [[Meiji government|Japanese government]] in order to boost the prefecture's economy. [[Maruichi shoten]], a trading company supported by investments

...[[Meiji Emperor]] begins an Imperial tour of the provinces in [[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]], visiting [[Tsurumaru castle]] and the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shûsei *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

...ko and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters *1893/12/5 ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]'' [[Matsudaira Katamori]] dies (b. 1836).

*1887/1/25-2/24 The [[Meiji Emperor]] travels to Kyoto to pay his respects at his father's tomb, on the 20th anniversary of [[Empe ...] undertake an official inspection tour of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture]], accompanied by ''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôs

...[[Ogasawara Islands]], are also administered as part of Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture; both consist of small, sparsely populated islands, many of which are uninh ...tively. He also suggested establishing imperial mausolea in both Tokyo and Kyoto, while the national legislature (the Kôgisho) similarly discussed in 1869

...ga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of ...re was a 7th century statue of [[Miroku]] held at [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] in Kyoto.

...e [[Inland Sea]] port town of [[Tomonoura]], in [[Kure]] City, [[Hiroshima prefecture]]. The temple, which traces its origins to the 12th century, is notable for ...ra for a time as well, beginning in [[1575]], after being forced to flee [[Kyoto]] in [[1573]]. While there, he met with [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] for peace ne

...t|thumb|300px|Grave of Hotta Masayoshi at [[Jindai-ji]] in Sakura, [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]].]] ...is Treaty would bring, Hotta took the unprecedented step of traveling to [[Kyoto]], prior to the signing of the treaty, and formally requesting the [[Empero

Kanazawa is the capital city of [[Ishikawa prefecture]], and was previously the central [[castletown]] of [[Kaga han]]. ...]] and [[Edo]]. Though provincial, and not as prominently influential as [[Kyoto]] or even [[Nagoya]], Kanazawa was nevertheless a bustling and significant

...of [[Ichinose castle]] in Mimasaka (美作国), which is now modern day Okayama Prefecture. The castle later fell to an offensive by [[Ukita Ienao|Ukita Ienao's]] (On ...as an instructor for the garrisoned Bichū Ikusaka-han (modern day Okayama Prefecture.)

Takeuchi Seihô was a prominent Kyoto [[Nihonga]] painter, perhaps most famous for his monochrome ink landscapes ...tudents in his private studio for roughly forty years, and taught at the [[Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts]] for roughly thirty; his students incl

...ref> many of the most famous and treasured Buddhist sculptures of Nara and Kyoto. ...eveloped a style which is often described words typical of descriptions of Kyoto area art, such as "elegant" and "refined", it is perhaps interesting to not

...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 ...l audience with [[Emperor Nakamikado]] and Retired [[Emperor Reigen]] in [[Kyoto]], being bestowed the Fourth [[Court Rank]] in order to do so. A diary by [

Kamakura is a small city in [[Kanagawa prefecture]] (formerly, [[Sagami province]]), to the west of [[Tokyo]] and [[Yokohama] ...|Sensô-ji]] in Asakusa serve a similar spiritual purpose for the cities of Kyoto and [[Edo]]/[[Tokyo]] respectively.

..., but from the 1630s onwards served chiefly as the headquarters of the ''[[Kyoto shoshidai]]'', the chief shogunal administrator in the city. The castle was ...ply at Nijô castle for authorization to leave a certain central portion of Kyoto, to which they were otherwise restricted.

...ince]], just east of [[Sunpu]], now part of [[Shizuoka City]] of Shizuoka prefecture. It dominates an important point on the [[Tokaido Highway]], and so has bee ...kugawa Iemochi]], who stayed there briefly in [[1862]] while on his way to Kyoto, and of [[Emperor Meiji]], who stayed there [[1869|seven years later]] whil

...ef>Shinzato, Keiji, et al. ''Okinawa-ken no rekishi'' ("History of Okinawa Prefecture"). Tokyo: Yamakawa Publishing, 1996. p53.</ref>, and had some 23 bronze bel

..., roughly 90% of silk processing in the archipelago was done in and around Kyoto.<ref>Kaplan, Edward The Cultures of East Asia: Political-Material Aspects. ...roughly one-quarter of the silk production in the country was in [[Nagano prefecture]].<ref>William Coaldrake, "Unno: Edo Period Post Town of the Central Japan

...jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of [[Murasaki Shikibu]] (d. c. 1014?) in [[Kyoto]]]] ...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

...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 ...o]] (mountaineering asceticism) from his father Dōyu, Ryushin then went to Kyoto where he learned esoteric [[Buddhism]] from the Buddhist monk Joukai at San

...da Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari’s]] [[Sawayama castle]] in present day Shiga prefecture (in the former [[Omi province]]). After Mitsunari’s defeat by [[Tokugawa ...tyle of the [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden]] and [[Ginkaku-ji|Silver Pavilions]] in [[Kyoto]]. The ''tenshu'' features cusped windows known as ''kato mado'' and an upp

...s later, [[Murakami Nobukuni]] served [[Kiso Yoshinaka]] in his defense of Kyoto, while [[Murakami Motokuni]], according to the ''[[Heike Monogatari]]'', fo ...he attacked and defeated [[Hojo Tokinao|Hôjô Tokinao]], and then moved on Kyoto, where he launched an attack on the [[Rokuhara Tandai]].

...a during the era called ''Sho-o''. (now present day [[Oita]] and [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]]). Masaaki, was a practitioner of his family martial art Futagami- ...the hombu (本部) dōjō (home dōjō) of the ryu and it is located in [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], Japan. It is headed by the current hereditary [[shihan]] (head t

...Mikawa province]], within what is today the city of [[Toyohashi]], [[Aichi prefecture]], Futagawa was a small [[post-town]], home to some 1,468 residents in 328 ...o far more than typical. [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] also journeyed to Kyoto himself in 1863, the first such visit by a shogun in over two hundred years

.... [[Ataka-no-seki]] in what is today the city of [[Komatsu]] in [[Ishikawa prefecture]], famous as the setting of the [[Noh]] play ''[[Ataka]]'', and the [[kabuk

...first king of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] (today [[Okinawa Prefecture]]), having united the islands' three kingdoms of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], [[Hoku ...to ask for investiture, to the Japanese [[Ashikaga shogunate|Shogun]] in [[Kyoto]] and to the courts of a number of other kingdoms, as diplomatic missions.

...aku danki]]'' 「琉客談記」 1796, reprinted in ''Shiseki shûran'' 「史籍集覧」, vol 16, Kyoto: Rinsen shoten (1996), 625.</ref> Its dormitories were one of three places ...m's territory was annexed by the [[Meiji period|Meiji state]] as [[Okinawa Prefecture]]. For a brief period in the early decades of the 20th century, a group of

...ated on the Kii peninsula in central [[Honshu|Honshû]],<ref>[[Ise]], [[Mie prefecture]].</ref> is the most sacred shrine in [[Shinto|Shintô]]. Associated with t ...aisho.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A ''yôhaisho'' at [[Goo Shrine|Goô Shrine]] in Kyoto, for worshiping "at" Ise, from afar]]While the Shrine has retained a strong

...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 ...d at least one record notes a shamisen player from [[Yamashiro province]] (Kyoto) as early as [[1580]].<ref>Henry Johnson, ''The Shamisen: Tradition and Div

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

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 directly by the s

...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 [[ ...o such activity, and establishing mints (''[[ginza]]'') in Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

...thumb|400px|A tearoom at Shôtôen in [[Kamagari|Shimo-Kamagari]], Hiroshima prefecture]] The [[1872 Kyoto Exposition]] saw the introduction of ''ryûrei'', a form of tea ceremony pe

...ama, twelve in [[Tokyo]], and the remaining six sightseeing in [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], traveling across the [[Inland Sea]], and in [[Nagasaki]]. Aft ...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

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

...[Kagoshima Prefecture]] while the rest of the Ryûkyûs constitute [[Okinawa Prefecture]]. ...rmly established and widespread. Shô Taikyû invited [[Kaiin]], a monk from Kyoto's [[Nanzen-ji]], to come and found a number of new temples, and to oversee

*Kinai: Yamashiro (Today's Kyoto prefecture), Yamato (Nara), Settsu (Osaka and Hyogo), Kawachi (Osaka), Izumi (Osaka).S *San-in Do: Tanba (Kyoto and Hyogo), Tajima (Hyogo), Inaba (Tottori), Hoki (Tottori), Izumo (Shimane

...[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 ...tended to visit a number of other areas, including Hyôgo, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, but despite elaborate and expensive receptions prepared for them in these

...emperors.<ref name=shillony>Ben-Ami Shillony, "Restoration, Emperor, Diet, Prefecture, or: How Japanese Concepts were Mistranslated into Western Languages," ''Co ...esiastical."<ref name=shillony/> Thus, he does refer to the ''tennô'' in [[Kyoto]] as the "Ecclesiastical Hereditary Emperor," though more frequently his us

...erhaps be seen today only at the [[Kanamaru-za]] in [[Kotohira]], [[Kagawa prefecture]], the oldest kabuki theater still in operation today. ...G|right|thumb|320px|A statue of [[Izumo no Okuni]] at Shijô-Kawaramachi in Kyoto]]