was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Katori District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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.
During the
Edo period
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, the area of present-day Shimofusa was part of
Takaoka Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Takaoka ''jin'ya'' in what is now the city of Narita, Chiba and town of Shimofusa, Chiba.
Histo ...
, a minor
feudal domain
A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept or ...
of the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
. Modern Namekawa Village was established on April 1, 1889. On February 11, 1955, it merged with the villages of Takaoka and Komikado to form the town of Shimofusa.
On March 27, 2006, Shimofusa, along with the town of
Taiei
, also known as Taiei or Dai-ei, was a after '' Eishō'' and before ''Kyōroku.'' This period spanned the years from August 1521 through August 1528. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1521 : The era name was changed because of ...
(also from
Katori District),
was merged into the expanded city of
Narita, and thus no longer exists as an independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
In February 2006, the last data available before its merger into Narita, the town had an estimated
population
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of 7,868 and a
population density
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of . Its total area was .
Education
Shimofusa High School (
千葉県立下総高等学校) is located in the former town.
アクセス
. Shimofusa High School. June 26, 2004. Retrieved on May 5, 2016. "〒２８９−０１１６ 千葉県香取郡下総町名古屋２４７"
References
External links
Town of Shimofusa
(Archive)
Narita official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Narita, Chiba
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