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Nagashima Castle
, is a ''hirashiro''-style Japanese castle located in northern part of the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was the administrative center of Nagashima Domain during the Edo period. History Nagashima is an alluvial island between the Nagara River and the Kiso River at the head of Ise Bay. A fortification was first built here by the Regent Kujō Michiie in 1245 to protect the extensive estates he had in this region. In 1482, the castle was rebuilt by Ito Shigeharu, head of one of the 48 ''samurai'' clans of northern Ise. However, the Ito clan was expelled by Shōi the chief priest of Gansho-ji and became a stronghold of the Ikkō-ikki movement. It was later infamous as the location of a massacre of 20,000 Ikkō followers by the forces of Oda Nobunaga in 1574. The castle was later rebuilt by Takigawa Kazumasu and after the Battle of Shizugatake was assigned to Oda Nobukatsu. After a large earthquake in 1586 which caused the collapse of its ''tenshu'', Oda Nobukatsu relocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwana, Mie
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 141,045 in 60,301 households and a population density of 1000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kuwana is located in northern Mie Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located at the mouth of Kiso Three Rivers dividing Mie and Aichi Prefectures, the city has functioned as a regional center of fishing, industry, business, and culture. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture *Yokkaichi *Inabe, Mie, Inabe *Kisosaki, Mie, Kisosaki *Tōin, Mie, Tōin *Asahi, Mie, Asahi *Kawagoe, Mie, Kawagoe Aichi Prefecture *Aisai *Yatomi Gifu Prefecture *Kaizu Climate Kuwana has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kuwana is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period. This battle was fought by the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu against a coalition of Toyotomi loyalist clans under Ishida Mitsunari, several of which defected before or during the battle, leading to a Tokugawa victory. The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest battle of Japanese feudal history and is often regarded as the most important. Toyotomi's defeat led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Tokugawa Ieyasu took three more years to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the various ''daimyō'', but the Battle of Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for another two and a half centuries until 1868. Background Toyotomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie. The section from Kamo Station west to JR Namba Station is electrified and a part of the JR West "Urban Network", and is nicknamed the Yamatoji Line. The JR Central section from Nagoya to Kameyama is also electrified. Despite its name, for much of its length it is a very local line with mainly single track sections and no regular express services. The line was originally built in the 1890s by Kansai Railway (later under the Japanese Government Railways and Japanese National Railways) as an alternate route from south Osaka to Nara and Nagoya, but competition from the Kintetsu lines and declining ridership forced the line to operationally become two electric suburban lines for Osaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being JR Central and JR West. History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002. Following the breakup, JR East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagashima Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Nagashima Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is 19.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station. Station layout The station consists of one island platform, with no station building. The station is unattended. Platform Adjacent stations , - !colspan=5, Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Station history Nagashima Station was opened on November 11, 1899 as a station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station has been unattended since October 1, 1970. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kintetsu Nagashima Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Kintetsu-Nagashima Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 19.5 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station. Station layout The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by a level crossing. Platforms Adjacent stations History Kintetsu-Nagashima station opened on June 26, 1938 as on the Kansai Express Electric Railway. On January 1, 1940, the Sangu Express Electric Railway and the Kansai Express Electric Railway merged, and the station was renamed . After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Nagoya Line, and the station was again renamed back to its original name. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinus Thunbergii
''Pinus thunbergii'' (syn: ''Pinus thunbergiana''), also called black pine, Japanese black pine, and Japanese pine, is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū) and South Korea. It is called () in Korean, () in Chinese, and () in Japanese. Description Black pines can reach the height of , but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range. The needles are in fascicles of two with a white sheath at the base, long; female cones are in length, scaled, with small points on the tips of the scales, taking two years to mature. Male cones are long borne in clumps of 12–20 on the tips of the spring growth. The bark is gray on young trees and small branches, changing to black and plated on larger branches and the trunk; becoming quite thick on older trunks. It is a widely adapted plant with attractive dark green foliage. Ecology In North America this tree is subject to widespread mortality by the native American pinewood nematode, ''Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Government
The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government was the early government of the Empire of Japan. Politicians of the Meiji government were known as the Meiji oligarchy, who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate. Early developments After the Meiji Restoration, the leaders of the ''samurai'' who overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate had no clear agenda or pre-developed plan on how to run Japan. They did have a number of things in common; according to Andrew Gordon, “It was precisely their intermediate status and their insecure salaried position, coupled with their sense of frustrated ambition and entitlement to rule, that account for the revolutionary energy of the Meiji insurgents and their far-reaching program of reform”. most were in their mid-40s, and most were from the four '' tozama'' domains of western Japan (Chōshū, Satsuma, Tosa and Hizen). Although from lower-ranked ''samurai'' families, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical abilities and consolidated the political system under the Emperor of Japan. The goals of the restored government were expressed by the new emperor in the Charter Oath. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly Industrialisation, industrialized and adopted Western culture, Western ideas and production methods. Foreign influence The Japanese knew they were behind the Western powers when US Commodore (United States), Commodore Matthew C. Perry came to Japan in 1853 in Black Ships, large warshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitachi Province
was an old provinces of Japan, old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Hitachi fudoki''" in . It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Shimōsa Province, Shimōsa (Lower Fusa Province, Fusa), Shimotsuke Province, Shimotsuke, and Mutsu Province, Mutsu (Iwase Province, Iwase -1718-, Iwashiro Province, Iwashiro -1869-, Iwaki Province (718), Iwaki -1718- and Iwaki Province (1868), -1869-) Provinces. Generally, its northern border was with Mutsu. History The ancient provincial capital (Hitachi Kokufu) and temple (Hitachi Kokubun-ji) were located near modern Ishioka, Ibaraki, Ishioka and have been excavated, while the chief shrine was further east at Kashima, Ibaraki, Kashima (Kashima Shrine). The province was established in the 7th century. In the Sengoku period the area was divided among several ''daimyōs'', but the chief castle was usually in the Mito Castle of the modern city of Mito, Ibar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimodate Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Shimodate Castle in what is now the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by a junior branch of the Ishikawa clan. History During the Sengoku period, the area around Shimodate was controlled by the Yūki clan, through one of the closest retainers, the Mizunoya clan. The Mizunoya later became independent under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and although under strong pressure from Ishida Mitsunari and the western daimyō, pledged allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara, and were reconfirmed in their 31,000 ''koku'' holdings under the Tokugawa shogunate. Mizutani Katsutaka laid out the foundations of the castle town and built a number of temples before the clan was transferred to Nariwa Domain in Bitchu Province. The domain was then awarded to the eldest son of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Ietsuna
was the fourth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan who was in office from 1651 to 1680. He is considered the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, which makes him the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Early life (1641–1651) Tokugawa Ietsuna was born in 1641, allegedly the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu with his concubine, Oraku no Kata later Houjuin. Later Ietsuna was raised with his sister, Chiyohime (born by Ofuri) by Iemitsu's concubine, Oman no kata (later Eikoin) and Iemitsu's wife, Takatsukasa Takako later Honriin. After Eikoin retired, Senhime (also called Tenjuin) raised him with Honriin.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tokugawa, Ietsuna''" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is a pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File. At that time his father was shogun in his own right and had enacted several anti-Christian measures after the bloody Shimabara Rebellion of 1637. Though the suppr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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