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Encyclopedia > Matsumae, Hokkaido
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Matsumae (松前町; -chou) is a town located in Matsumae District, Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. The former home of the Matsumae Han, it has an Edo period castle, Matsumae Castle, unusual for Hokkaido. A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Matsumae (松前郡; -gun) is a district located in southwestern Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Hokkaido   listen? (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ... The Han (è—©) were the fiefs of feudal clans of Japan that existed during all the Edo period and for a few years after the Meiji Restoration. ... The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1600 to 1867. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Categories: Stub | Castles in Japan ...


As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 9,917 and a density of 33.84 persons per km². The total area is 293.09 km². Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


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HOKKAIDO HISTORY (567 words)
Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae Han, which ruled the south of Ezochi until the end of the Edo period.
The Matsumae family was granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods.
Hokkaido was known as Ezochi until the Meiji Restoration.
Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1468 words)
Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae Han, which ruled the south of Ezochi until the end of the Edo period.
The Matsumae family was granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods.
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
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