Horikawa may refer to:
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Horikawa (surname), a Japanese surname
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Emperor Horikawa
was the 73rd emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 堀河天皇 (73)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Horikawa's reign spanned the years from 1087 through 1107.
Biography
Before his ascension to the ...
, emperor of Japan
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Horikawa, Kyoto
Horikawa Street (堀川通 ほりかわどおり ''Horikawa dōri'') is one of the mayor streets running from north to south in the city of Kyoto, Japan. It extends about 8 km from the Misono-bashi bridge near the Kamigamo Shrine (north) to Ha ...
, one of main streets in
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
, whereupon lie the Horikawa Mansion of both Emperor Horikawa, and later,
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles which toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo conso ...
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Hori River (Nagoya)
The flows north to south through Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Shōnai River system.
History
The river is a man-made canal excavated in 1610 by order of Fukushima Masanori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Seng ...
, known as Horikawa in Japanese
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