was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Futami District,
Hiroshima Prefecture,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 4,918 and a
density
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of 58.50 persons per km
2. The total area was 84.07 km
2.
On April 1, 2004, Kisa, along with the towns of
Mirasaka and
Miwa, the villages of
Funo,
Kimita and
Sakugi (all from
Futami District), and the town of
Kōnu (from
Kōnu District), was merged with the expanded city of
Miyoshi and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
.
It was located 65 miles north-east of
Hiroshima City. The town was divided into about a half dozen village level units, each with its own elementary and nursery schools.
Okuda Genzo, a famous Japanese
painter
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, was born in a small farmhouse in Kisa in the first half of the 20th century.
The town had a legend that it received its name when
Emperor Go-Toba
was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198.
This 12th-century sovereign was named after Emperor Toba, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "later"; ...
stopped off in Kisa on the way to an island in the
Sea of Japan
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after he was sent there by the government for instigating a rebellion. Another theory is that it comes from ''kisaibe'' (Empress's estimate).
References
External links
Official website of Miyoshiin Japanese
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220620072959/http://www.geocities.com/yacha928/kisa.htm cultural activities
Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture
Miyoshi, Hiroshima
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