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Encyclopedia > Dazaifu

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Dazaifu, Fukuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (310 words)
Dazaifu, the imperial office governing Kyūshū, was moved from present-day Fukuoka after 663.
From the Nara period through the Heian period and until the Kamakura period, Dazaifu was one of the military and administrative centers of Japan.
In the Edo period, Dazaifu was a part of Kuroda han till its abolishment in 1873.
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The city of Dazaifu is a local government that had administered the whole area of the Kyushu district over 5 centuries, from the latter half of the 7th century through the Nawa and Heian eras.
While governing the Kyushu district, Dazaifu played a very strategic role against the Continent of China and the Korean Peninsula, where the soldiers were garrisoned as a western defense.
Dazaifu Tenmangu: Dazaifu Tenmangu is a head shrine of Tenmangu's, where the God of literature or calligraphy, Michizane Sugawara, is deified all over Japan.
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