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Kōbōyama Kofun
The is a large ''kofun'' burial mound located in the Nakayama neighborhood of the city of Matsumoto, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976. Overview The Kōbōyama Kofun is located at an elevation of 650 meters on the northern end of a hill named "Kōbōyama", to the south of the urban center of Matsumoto city. It is a "two conjoined rectangles" type tumulus () and is aligned northwest along the ridgeline of the hill. The tumulus has a total length of 66 meters, with a posterior portion 33 meters square by six meters high, and an anterior front portion 22 meters square by two meters high. The presence of some ''fukiishi'' has been discovered, but there is no trace of any ''haniwa'' or a moat. The tomb is estimated to date from the middle of the 3rd century to the middle of the 4th century AD. It was long known that there was an ancient tumulus at this location, and during World War II, an anti-aircraft battery wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsumoto, Nagano
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is designated as a Core cities of Japan, core city since 1 April 2021. , the city had a population of 239,466 in 105,207 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . History Matsumoto is located in the former Shinano Province and was the kokufu, provincial capital from the Heian period onwards. The area developed as the castle town of Matsumoto Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period. Modern Matsumoto Town was established with the creation of the municipalities system on 1 April 1889. It was raised to city status on 1 May 1907. On 1 February 1925, Matsumoto absorbed the village of Matsumoto (from Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Higashichikuma District). The city expanded further by annexing the Kanda hamlet of the village of Nakayama from Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Higashichikuma District on 1 April 1943, the villages of Nakayama, Shim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsumoto City Museum Of Archaeology
opened in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1986, superseding and replacing Nakayama Kōkokan, which opened in Nakayama Elementary School in 1931. The collection and displays relate to the archaeology of the area, including Jōmon pottery and a '' doban'' from the Eriana Site and Haji pottery, weapons, bronze mirrors, and glass beads from Kōbōyama Kofun. See also * Nagano Prefectural Museum of History * Ogasawara clan castle sites * Japan Ukiyo-e Museum * Matsumoto Kaidō 260px, Shio-no-michi Shiryokan, Itoigawa, Niigata The , also known as the , the or simply as the was a secondary road in pre-modern Japan, connecting Matsumoto in Shinano Province with Itoigawa in Echigo Province. In the year 2002, a well- ... References External links *Homepage Matsumoto, Nagano Museums in Nagano Prefecture Archaeological museums in Japan Museums established in 1986 1986 establishments in Japan {{Japan-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Nagano)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Nagano Prefecture, Nagano. National Historic Sites As of 1 August 2020, thirty-eight Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance (including one *List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Historic Site); the Nakasendō spans the prefectural borders with Gifu Prefecture, Gifu. Prefectural Historic Sites As of 3 April 2020, sixty-eight Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2019, a further six hundred and eighty-one Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. See also * Cultural Properties of Japan * Shinano Province * Nagano Prefectural Museum of History * List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Nagano) * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsumoto Station
is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operator Alpico Kōtsū. Lines Matsumoto Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 13.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station. It is also a terminal station for the Ōito Line. Chūō Main Line trains using the Shinonoi Line tracks also pass through Matsumoto. Matsumoto is also a terminus for the 14.4 kilometer private Kamikōchi Line operated by Alpico Kōtsū. Station layout The JR-East station consists of a three ground-level island platforms, connected to the station building by an elevated station building. The Alpico Kōtsū portion of the station has a single island platform, connected to the JR portion of the station by a footbridge. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Platforms File:Matsumoto Station Entrance Void 201706.jpg, The station entrance inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus × Yedoensis
''Prunus'' × ''yedoensis'' (synonym ''Cerasus'' × ''yedoensis'') is a Hybrid (biology), hybrid cherry tree between ''Prunus speciosa'' (''Oshima cherry'') as father plant and Prunus itosakura, ''Prunus pendula'' f. ''ascendens'' (syn. ''Prunus itosakura'', ''Prunus subhirtella'' var. ''ascendens'', ''Edo higan'') as mother. It is a hybrid born in Japan and one of its cultivars, ''Prunus'' × ''yedoensis'' 'Somei-yoshino' or , is one of the most popular and widely planted cherry cultivars in temperate regions around the world today.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan .Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins . 'Somei-yoshino' is a Cloning, clone from a single tree, and has been propagated by grafting all over the world. 'Somei-yoshino' inherits ''Edo higan'''s quality of blooming before the leaves unfold and it growing into a large-sized tree. It also inherits the characteristics of the ''Oshima cherry'', which grows ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hida Mountains
The , or , is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture. William Gowland coined the phrase "Japanese Alps" during his time in Japan, but he was only referring to the Hida Mountains when he used that name. The Kiso and Akaishi mountains received the name in the ensuing years. Geography The layout of the Hida Mountains forms a large Y-shape. The southern peaks are the lower portion of the Y-shape, with the northern peaks forming two parallel bands separated by a deep V-shaped valley. It is one of the steepest V-shaped valleys in Japan. The Kurobe Dam, Japan's largest dam, is an arch dam located in the Kurobe Valley in the central area of the mountains. The western arm of mountains, also known as the Tateyama Peaks (立山連峰 ''Tateyama Renpō''), are dominated by Mount Tsurugi and Mount Tate. The eastern arm, known as the Ushiro Tateyama Peaks (後立山連 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwa Clan
The , also known as the Jin or Miwa clan (神氏, ''Miwa Uji (clan), uji / Miwa-shi'' or ''Jinshi'') was a Japanese ''Shake (social class), shake'' and samurai family. Originating from the area encompassing Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture), it was originally a family of priests who served at the Suwa taisha, Upper Shrine of Suwa located on the southwestern side of the lake. By the Kamakura period, it thrived as a prominent samurai clan with close ties to the Kamakura Shogunate, shogunate. Surviving the fall of both the Kamakura shogunate and the Southern Court, Southern Imperial Court which it supported, its feud with local rival clans, and frequent clashes with its neighbor in Kai Province, Kai, the Takeda clan, during the Sengoku period (which ended in the extinction of the main family), by the Edo period the clan had split into two branches: one ruling the Suwa Domain of Shinano Province, Shinano as ''daimyō'', with the other continuing to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuni No Miyatsuko
, also read as ''kokuzō'' or ''kunitsuko'', were officials in ancient Japan during the Yamato period who governed provinces called ''kuni''. Yamato period ''Kuni no miyatsuko'' governed provinces called ''kuni'' (国), although the location, names, and borders of the provinces remain unclear. ''Kuni no miyatsuko'' were appointed by and remained under the jurisdiction of the Yamato Court, but over time the position became hereditary. ''Kuni no miyatsuko'' carried ''kabane'' titles bestowed by the Yamato Court, commonly Kimi (kabane), ''kimi'' (君) or ''atae'' (直). Prestigious ''kuni no miyatsuko'' held the title of ''Omi (title), omi'' (臣). Taika Reforms The office of ''kuni no miyatsuko'' was abolished in the Taika Reforms in 645 and the former administrative ''kuni'' (provinces) were formally reorganized under the ''Ritsuryō'' system. The provinces became ruled by new officials called ''kuni no mikotomochi'', or more commonly, Kokushi (official), ''kokushi''. The ''kuni n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamatai
Yamatai or Yamatai-koku is the Sino-Japanese name of an ancient country in Wa (Japan) during the late Yayoi period The Chinese text ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' first recorded the name as ()Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in ''Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text''. Series: Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. 53 Ed. VanNess Simmons, Richard & Van Auken, Newell Ann. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. p. 255, 286 or () (using reconstructed Eastern Han Chinese pronunciations) followed by the character for "country", describing the place as the domain of Priest-Queen (died ). Generations of Japanese historians, linguists, and archeologists have debated where Yamatai was located and whether it was related to the later . Chinese texts The oldest accounts of Yamatai are found in the official Chinese dynastic Twenty-Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Records Of The Three Kingdoms
The ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' is a Chinese official history written by Chen Shou in the late 3rd century CE, covering the end of the Han dynasty (220 CE) and the subsequent Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE). It is regarded as to be the authoritative source text for these periods. Compiled following the reunification of China under the Jin dynasty (266–420), the work chronicles the political, social, and military events within rival states Cao Wei, Shu Han and Eastern Wu into a single text organized by individual biography. The ''Records'' are the primary source of information for the 14th-century historical novel '' Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', considered to be one of the four classic novels emblematic of written vernacular Chinese. While large subsections of the work have been selected and translated into English, the entire corpus has yet to receive an unabridged English translation. Origin and structure The '' Book of Han'' and ''Records of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wa (Japan)
Wa is the oldest attested name of Japan and ethnonym of the Japanese people. From Chinese and Korean scribes used the Chinese character to refer to the various inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago, although it might have been just used to transcribe the phonetic value of a Japonic ethnonym with a respectively differing semantic connotation. In the 8th century, the Japanese started using the character instead due to the offensive nature of the former. Etymology Although the etymological origins of ''Wa'' remain uncertain, Chinese historical texts recorded an ancient people residing in the Japanese archipelago (perhaps Kyūshū), named something like *''ɁWâ'', transcribed with Chinese character 倭, pronounced *''ʔuɑi'' < *''ʔwɑi'' in Eastern Han Chinese.Bentley, John [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
