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Encyclopedia > Matsumae District, Hokkaido

Matsumae (松前郡; -gun) is a district located in southwestern Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. A district (郡; gun) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, which is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, and was ranked at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. ... Hokkaido Prefecture have branch offices called 支庁 (shicho) in Japanese, which can be translated in English as subprefectures. ... Hokkaido  listen (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ...


As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 16,068 and a density of 33.45 persons per km². The total area is 480.32 km². 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


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History

  • 1869 With the establishment of provinces and Districts in Hokkaido, Tsugaru District (identical to modern Matsumae Town) and Fukushima District (identical to modern Fukushima Town and Shiriuchi in Kamiiso District) were set up
  • 1871 - 1872 Placed under Hirosaki Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture.
  • 1881 Shiriuchi Village and Shōkokuishi?? Village (小谷石村) (split off from Fukushima Village) transfered to Kamiiso District. The remaining area of Fukushima District and Tsugaru District were merged to form Matsumae District
  • 1897 Matsumae Subprefecture established containing only Matsumae District
  • 1903 Matsumae Subprefecture merged with Hakodate Subprefecture (later renamed Oshima Subprefecture)
  Hokkaido Prefecture
Subprefectures
Abashiri | Hidaka | Hiyama | Iburi | Ishikari | Kamikawa | Kushiro | Nemuro | Oshima | Rumoi | Shiribeshi | Sorachi | Soya | Tokachi
Cities
Abashiri | Akabira | Asahikawa | Ashibetsu | Bibai | Chitose | Date | Ebetsu | Eniwa | Fukagawa | Furano | Hakodate | Ishikari | Iwamizawa | Kitahiroshima | Kitami | Kushiro | Mikasa | Monbetsu | Muroran | Nayoro | Nemuro | Noboribetsu | Obihiro | Otaru | Rumoi | Sapporo | Shibetsu | Sunagawa | Takikawa | Tomakomai | Utashinai | Wakkanai | Yubari
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Matsumae Castle and town, Hokkaido Japan. (2286 words)
Matsumae played a key role in the trade and warfare with the Ainu tribes of the island, and in the subsequent conquest of Ainu territories that led to the aggressive colonization of the rest of Hokkaido when the Kaitakushi was established.
Matsumae is located at the southern end of the Oshima-hanto peninsula facing the Tsugaru strait separating Hokkaido from Aomori.
The people of Matsumae were neither consulted nor participants in the rushed "elections" held to confirm the leadership of the Ezo Republic, and under the guidance or direction of the Matsumae daimyo, the castle and town resisted the demands of the forces of the "Ezo Republic" and war ensued.
Hokkaido - The Encyclopedia (1651 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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