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Iga
Iga may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film * Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series * Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel '' The Kouga Ninja Scrolls'' Biology * ''Iga'' (beetle), a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae * IgA, Immunoglobulin A, an antibody * Iga, or iga warta, Adnyamathanha name for '' Capparis mitchelii'', the Australian native orange Cuisine * Iga babi, Indonesian pork rib dish from Bali * Iga penyet, Indonesian fried beef spare ribs dish from Java People Japan * , a Japanese physician who also practised in Hawaii * , a Japanese video game producer, known for his involvement with the ''Castlevania'' series * Japanese aerospace pioneer * , a Japanese professional ice hockey player Poland * Iga Baumgart-Witan, a Polish sprinter * Iga Cembrzyńska, a Polish actress * Iga Wyrwał (also known as Eva or Eve), a Polish glamour model * Iga Świątek, a Polish professional tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Świątek
Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Świątek is a three-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 2020 and 2022 and the US Open in 2022. She is the first player representing Poland to win a major singles title. She has won a total of 11 WTA Tour-level titles. Świątek's father Tomasz is a retired Olympic rower. As a junior, Świątek was the 2018 French Open girls' doubles champion alongside Caty McNally and the 2018 Wimbledon girls' singles champion. Świątek began playing regularly on the WTA Tour in 2019, and entered the top 50 at 18 years old after her maiden WTA final and a fourth-round appearance at the 2019 French Open. During her French Open title run in 2020, Świątek did not lose more than five games in any singles match. She entered the top ten of the WTA rankings for the first time in May 2021 after winning the Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga, Mie
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,895 in 40,620 households and a population density of 160 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Iga is located in northwestern Mie Prefecture. The northeastern part of the city is in the Suzuka Mountains, and the northwestern part is in the Shigaraki Plateau. The southwestern of the city is the Yamato Highlands, and the southeastern portion is a basin surrounded by the Nunobiki Mountains. The area is very hilly. Since it is on the upper reaches of the Kizu River, which belongs to the Yodo River system, and borders on Shiga, Nara, and Kyoto prefectures, although Mie prefecture is classified as part of the Tōkai region, the Iga region, including Nabari city, is designated as part of the Kansai region. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture * Kameyama * Tsu * Nabari Shiga Prefecture * Kōka Kyoto Prefecture * Minamiyamashiro Nara Prefecture * Nara * Yamazoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Igarashi
is a Japanese video game producer, programmer, writer, and creative director. Often credited as IGA, he began his career by joining Konami in 1990 as a programmer. Over the next ten years, he moved into a senior role within the company, working on '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' as a programmer, writer, and assistant director. He later served as the lead producer on the ''Castlevania'' series, starting with '' Castlevania Chronicles'' in 1999 and ending with '' Castlevania: Harmony of Despair'' in 2011. During his time with Konami, he was also involved in other titles, such as '' Nano Breaker'' and ''Tokimeki Memorial''. In 2014, Igarashi left Konami to later become the co-founder of Artplay who in June 2019 released '' Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night'', a spiritual successor to ''Symphony of the Night''. Early life Koji Igarashi was born in the Fukushima Prefecture on 17 March 1968. His father was a lumberjack. Igarashi had an interest in becoming a carpenter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenshō Iga War
is the name of two invasions of Iga province by the Oda clan during the Sengoku period. The province was conquered by Oda Nobunaga in 1581 after an unsuccessful attempt in 1579 by his son Oda Nobukatsu. The names of the wars are derived from the Tenshō era name (1573–1592) in which they occurred. Other names for the campaign include or . Background Geographically, the Iga region was surrounded by mountains on all sides that could be passed through only via narrow pathways. This, plus the distance of the region from major transportation routes, meant that Iga was easily defendable by a relatively small number of men and was not a priority target for outside forces. The Niki clan had served as shugo of the province for the Ashikaga shogunate, but their control had never been strong and soon weakened further as the shōgun's authority diminished. No great warlord rose to take their place, although the Rokkaku to the north and the Kitabatake to the east extended their infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ujihiro Iga
(September 6, 1886 – February 25, 1966) was an early pioneer in Japanese aviation. Born into the kazoku nobility, Iga gained an intense interest in aviation during his time in the Imperial Japanese Army. From 1910 to 1912, he engaged in intensive aviation research and ultimately produced two experimental designs. Though neither conducted a successful test flight, Iga’s second aircraft, the “Dancing Crane,” was the first aircraft to be produced entirely in Japan. Iga withdrew from aviation research in 1913, and spent the remainder of his life working in industrial management, promoting the modernization of firefighting, and researching Japanese Buddhism. Early life Iga was born on September 8, 1886, in Kōchi, Kōchi prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. His biological father was Yamauchi Hōei, the younger brother of Yamauchi Yōdō, the last daimyo of Tosa domain. While Iga Ujihiro was still an infant, he was adopted into the Iga family as the son of Iga Yotarō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga-Kambe Station
is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Iga-Kambe Station is served by the Kintetsu Osaka Line, and is located 75.5 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station. It is also served by the Iga Railway Iga Line and is 16.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Iga-Ueno Station. Station layout The station consists of three side platforms. From north to south they are numbered 5 (adjacent to the station building, and serving the Iga Line), and (either side of the Osaka Line) 1 and 2, serving, respectively, eastbound (down) trains towards Ise-Nakagawa and westbound (up) trains towards Nabari. Platform 1 was originally an island platform, but the track on its northern side was removed in 2007. At the same time, an earlier additional Iga Line track (no 6) was removed to allow improvements to be made to the station b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Province
was a province of Japan located in what is today part of western Mie Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iga" in . Its abbreviated name was . Iga is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō. Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Iga was ranked as an "inferior country" ( ''gekoku'') and a "near country" ( ''kingoku''). Iga was bordered by Ise to the east and south, Ōmi to the north, Yamato to the west and south, and Yamashiro Province to the northwest. It roughly coincides with the modern municipalities of Iga and Nabari in Mie Prefecture. Surrounded by mountains, historically, Iga Province was rather inaccessible due to extremely poor road conditions. However, the area is now relatively easy to access from nearby Nara and Kyoto, as well as the larger cities of Osaka and Nagoya. History Asuka period Iga was separated from Ise Province during the Asuka period, around 680 AD. The provincial capital was located in what is now part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga-ryū
is an umbrella term for ninjutsu traditions that come from the Iga region, according to Japanese legend. It became one of the two most well-known ninja traditions in Japan. The ''Iga-ryū'' traditions originated in the Iga Province in the area around the towns of Iga, Ueno, and Nabari (modern Iga City and Nabari City in Mie Prefecture). ''Iga-mono'' is a synonym for Iga ninja. History Since the Nara period, the Iga district had supplied lumber to jisha (寺社, temple-shrines). But in the Kamakura period, jisha declined in influence while shugo (governors) and jitō (manor administrators) grew dominant. The power of these functionaries then waned in Iga while that of bushi (warriors) rose instead. Iga was divided into local jizamurai regions locked in guerrilla war for which Iga warriors developed specialized skills and tactics. During the early Muromachi period, the people of Iga became independent of their feudal overlords and established a kind of republic—''Iga Sokok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Railway Line
The is a railway line in Iga, Mie, Japan, operated by the private railway operator . The line connects Iga-Ueno Station with Iga-Kambe Station. The track and trains are owned by Kintetsu Railway, although the trains are operated by Iga Railway. It is also referred to as the . Cars in the line have a face illustrated at their end. Stations All stations are in Iga, Mie. Rolling stock * 860 series 2-car EMUs * 200 series 2-car EMUs (ex-Tokyu 1000 series), since 24 December 2009 200 series The Iga Railway operates five two-car 200 series EMUs formed from ten former Tokyu 1000 series cars purchased between 2009 and 2012. Formations Car identities The former identities of the fleet are as shown below. File:Iga-Tetsudou200Series02.JPG, Iga Railway 200 series 2-car set 201 in December 2009, with original Tokyu cab and offset gangway door File:Iga-Tetsudou200Series05.JPG, Iga Railway 200 series 2-car set 202 in December 2010, with original Tokyu cab and central gangway door File:I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Ueno Castle
, also known as is a Japanese castle located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The castle is also called , or "White Phoenix Castle," because of its beautiful architecture and floor plan. The castle has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1967. Overview Iga Ueno Castle is located on a hill at the northwestern corner of plateau formed by the Kizu River and Tsuge River, in the center of the city of Iga. The city itself is located in a mountainous basin on an important route connecting the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto with the Ise Grand Shrine and provinces of eastern Japan. Iga Province was a small province separated from neighboring provinces on all sides by mountains, and its inhabitants maintained autonomy from outside control through reliance on asymmetric warfare tactics, which later came to known as ''ninjutsu''. History In 1581, Oda Nobunaga invaded and conquered Iga. Construction on Iga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Kokubun-ji
The was a Buddhist temple in located in the Saimyōji neighborhood of the city of Iga, Mie, in the Kansai region of Japan. It was the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Iga Province. Its location is now an archaeological site, which has been preserved as a National Historic Site since 1923. Overview The ''Shoku Nihongi'' records that in 741, as the country recovered from a major smallpox epidemic, Emperor Shōmu ordered that a monastery and nunnery be established in every province, the . These temples were built to a semi-standardized template, and served both to spread Buddhist orthodoxy to the provinces, and to emphasize the power of the Nara period centralized government under the ''Ritsuryō'' system. The site of the Iga Kokubun-ji is on a plateau with an elevation of 170 meters, southeast of the modern city center of Iga. About 200 meters to the east of this site is the trace of another Buddhist temple, the Chōrakuzan temple ruins, which is believed to have origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Ware
is a style of Japanese pottery traditionally produced in Iga, Mie, former Iga Province, central Japan. History Iga ware's origins are believed to date to the second half of the 7th century and 8th century CE. The area has long produced a clay known for its high resistance to fire. In the early phase it did not differ from nearby Shigaraki ware. The kilns are thought to have been established during the Keichō era (1596-1615) under the rule of Lords Tsutsui Sadatsugu (1562–1615) and later Tōdō Takatora (1556–1630) and Tōdō Takatsugu (1602–1676) of Iga Province. The most well-known kilns were at Makiyama and Marubashira, in the Ayama district of Iga city. Historically, in a Japanese tea ceremony room, vases used to be made out of cut bamboo in order to match the ambiance of the room. Precious vases were offered as gifts to feudal ''daimyō'' lords. Starting in the late 16th century Momoyama period, Iga ware water vases with characteristic "ear" lugs appeared. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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