The term has at least two different meanings, and has been used in several contexts.
People
* – a clan of ''kuge'' (court nobles) prominent in the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
* – a clan of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) prominent in the Muromachi, Sengoku and Edo periods (1333–1868)
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Tachibana (surname)
Tachibana (written: 橘 or 立花) is a Japanese surname.
Classical period
* Tachibana Dōsetsu (立花 道雪, 1513–1585), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period
* Tachibana Ginchiyo (立花 誾千代, 1569–1602), head of the Tachibana clan ...
Other
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Tachibana-class destroyer, a class Japanese warships during World War II
*, two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Tachibana, Fukuoka was a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Squar ...
, a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Tachibana Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Tachibana Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located ...
, a railway station in Hyogo Prefecture
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Tachibana castle
was a Japanese castle in Chikuzen Province, in the north of Kyūshū. It was at the peak of Mount Tachibana, extending in part into the Higashi-ku in Fukuoka. The castle is also known as Rikka-jō, Tachibana-jō, or Rikkasan-jō.
History
The ...
, a castle which formerly stood atop Tachibana Mountain
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Tachibana orange
The tachibana orange (''Citrus'' × ''tachibana'', or ''Citrus reticulata'' subsp. ''tachibana'') is a variety of mandarin orange, a citrus fruit. They grow wild in the forests of Japan and are referred to in the poetry of the early Japanese and ...
, a wild citrus fruit native to Japan
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