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Mikawa (三河国, Mikawa no kuni) is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Totomi provinces. Image File history File links Japan_prov_map_mikawa. ...
Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ...
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県 Aichi-ken) is located in the Chubu region of Japan. ...
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Shinano (信濃国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano prefecture. ...
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Even today, Mikawa is used to refer to the eastern portion of Aichi, including such cities as Toyohashi, Okazaki, and Toyota. Toyohashi (豊橋市; -shi) is a city located in Aichi, Japan. ...
Okazaki (岡崎市; -shi) is a city located in the Mikawa region of Aichi, Japan. ...
Toyota (豊田市; -shi), or Toyota City, is a city located in the Mikawa region of Aichi, Japan, ESE of Nagoya. ...
Mikawa was the original fief of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu before he gained control of Kanto. Okazaki was the principal castle town of Mikawa, although Yoshida Castle, near Toyohashi, was also a major fief at times. Mikawa is famous in Japan for its fireworks, manufacturing most of Japan's fireworks. So the shogun could maintain security, Mikawa was the only area allowed to produce gunpowder which lead to the fireworks industry. The annual Okazaki fireworks are some of the best in Japan. Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ...
In Japanese history, a shogun (å°†è» shÅgun) was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. ...
Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); å¾³å· å®¶åº· (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa bakufu of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. ...
Kanto can mean: The Kanto region of Japan. ...
The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 A fireworks event (also called a fireworks display or fireworks show) is a spectacular display of the effects produced by firework devices on various occasions. ...
The word Okazaki can refer to several things: Okazaki, Aichi – a city in Japan. ...
| Former provinces of Japan | | Aki | Awa(Kanto) | Awa(Shikoku) | Awaji | Bingo | Bitchu | Bizen | Bungo | Buzen | Chikugo | Chikuzen | Chishima | Dewa | Echigo | Echizen | Etchu | Harima | Hida | Higo | Hitachi | Hidaka | Hizen | Hoki | Hyuga | Iburi | Iga | Iki | Inaba | Ise | Ishikari | Iwami | Iyo | Izu | Izumi | Izumo | Kaga | Kai | Kawachi | Kazusa | Kii | Kitami | Kozuke | Kushiro | Mikawa | Mimasaka | Mino | Musashi | Mutsu | Nagato | Nemuro | Noto | Oki | Omi | Oshima | Osumi | Owari | Sado | Sagami | Sanuki | Satsuma | Settsu | Shima | Shimosa | Shimotsuke | Shinano | Shiribeshi | Suo | Suruga | Tajima | Tamba | Tango | Teshio | Tokachi | Tosa | Totomi | Tsushima | Wakasa | Yamashiro | Yamato Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ...
Aki (安芸国; -no kuni) was an old province in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. ...
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Bungo (豊後国; Bungo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in eastern Kyushu, which bordered on Buzen, Hyuga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen provinces. ...
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Chikuzen (筑前国; Chikuzen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu, but without the southern and eastern parts of Fukuoka. ...
Chishima (千島国, -no kuni) was a province of Japan created during the Meiji Era. ...
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Echizen (越前国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture. ...
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Hidaka (日高国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. ...
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Iburi (胆振国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. ...
Iga Province (伊賀国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today western Mie prefecture. ...
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Ishikari (石狩国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. ...
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Izumo (出雲国; Izumo no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region. ...
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Kai province (甲斐国; -no kuni) is an old province in Japan that corresponds to Yamanashi prefecture today. ...
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Kitami (北見国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. ...
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Kushiro (釧路国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province in Hokkaido. ...
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Nemuro (根室国, -no kuni) was an old province in Japan in what is today Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido. ...
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Oki (隠岐国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which consisted of Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, located off the coast of Izumo and Hoki provinces. ...
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Oshima (渡島国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. ...
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Shimo-Usa province (下ç·å›½ -no kuni) was a province of Japan located in and around the northern part of modern Chiba Prefecture on the island of Honshu. ...
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Shinano (信濃国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano prefecture. ...
Shiribeshi (後志国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province in Hokkaido Prefecture. ...
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Teshio (天塩国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido, corresponding to all of modern-day Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture History August 15, 1869 Teshio Province established with 6 districts 1872 Census finds a population of 1,576 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaido...
Tokachi (十勝国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province in Hokkaido. ...
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Tsushima (対馬, Korean Daema) was a province of Japan until the abolition of provinces and establishment of prefectures. ...
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Yamato (大和) is a province of Japan, which covers area of present Nara Prefecture. ...
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