was a
village
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located in
Nishitsugaru District in western
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...
,
Japan
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.
Kashiwa Village was located in the central portion of
Tsugaru Peninsula
The is a peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, at the northern end of Honshū island, Japan. The peninsula projects north into the Tsugaru Strait separating Honshū from Hokkaidō. The western coast is on the Sea of Japan, while on its eastern coast ...
. The area was part of
Hirosaki Domain
Hirosaki Castle, the seat of the Hirosaki Domain
, also known as , was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period JapanRavina, Mark. (1998) ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222 It is located in Mutsu Province, in northern Honshū ...
during the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
. After the
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 ...
, Kashiwa Village was created on 1 April 1889.
On 11 February 2005, Kashiwa, along with the town of
Kizukuri, and the villages of
Inagaki is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Inagaki Chusei (1897–1922), Japanese painter
*Goro Inagaki (born 1973), Japanese singer and musician
*Hiroshi Inagaki (1905–1980), Japanese filmmaker
*Jitsuo Inagaki (1928–200 ...
,
Morita and
Shariki
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(all from
Nishitsugaru District), was
merged
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to create the city of
Tsugaru Tsugaru (津軽) may refer to:
* Tsugaru, Aomori, a city of Aomori Prefecture, Japan
* Tsugaru Peninsula
* Tsugaru Strait, between Honshū and Hokkaidō
** Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry, a ferry crossing this strait
* Tsugaru-jamisen, a traditional style of ...
, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.
At the time of its merger, Kashiwa had an estimated
population
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of 5,158 and a
density
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of 360.2 persons per km². The total area was 14.32 km². The village economy was dominated by agriculture.
References
External links
Official website of Tsugaru
Local business and sightseeing guide
Dissolved municipalities of Aomori Prefecture
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