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	Bitchu Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For much of the Muromachi period, the province was dominated by the Hosokawa clan, who resided on Shikoku and allowed the province a degree of independence.
		By the Sengoku period, other clans fought over Bitchu, and Oda Nobunaga and Mori Terumoto were fighting in the province when Oda died, leading to a division of the province.
		After 1600, the province was divided among a variety of han (fiefs), and included a number of castles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bitchu_Province (163 words)

	Provinces of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The provinces remained as a geographical units and people referred often a certain place with a couple of province and han.
		Provinces as part of the address system, meanwhile, were not abolished but, on the contrary, augumented.
		These province names are considered to be mainly of historical interest; however, there is no record that these names were ever officially abolished.
	nobeoka-jump.tripod.com /id15.html (565 words)

	Iga Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iga bordered on Ise, Omi, Yamato, and Yamashiro provinces.
		Iga province was rather inaccessible due to extremely poor road conditions.
		The castle town of the province was at Ueno.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iga_Province (180 words)

	Ujiie-Yusa
		Shigenari was from Shinano province and served Takeda Shingen at the battles at Kawanakajima and the Siege of Minowa (1566).
		Kazutoyo was from Owari province and was the son of Yamouchi Moritoyo.
		Naomitsu was a son of Yugawa (Yukawa) Mitsuharu and resided in the Hidaka District of Kii Province.
	www.samurai-archives.com /dictionary/uy.html (4949 words)

	The Exhibition
		The Pine Grove at Mio in Suruga Province
		The Cave Temple of Kannon in the Iwai Valley in Tajima Province
		Wier in the Shallows at Yanase in Chikugo Province
	www.cottontown.org /page.cfm?pageid=3299&language=eng (364 words)

	Provinces of Japan - Gurupedia
		Edo Era, the function of provinces as administrative units was effectively and gradually supplanted by the Han territories.
		Meanwhile, provinces as the address system were not abolished but, on the contrary, augumented.
		Provinces are classified into Kinai (in capital) and seven or eight do (routes, or circuits).
	www.gurupedia.com /o/ol/old_provinces_of_japan.htm (630 words)

	Bitchu_Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bitchu, åä¸å½ -no kuni, was a province 0f Japan on teh Inland Sea side 0f western Honshu - inside what's today western Okayama Prefecture.
		Bitchu bordered Hoki - Mimasaka - Bizen - & Bingo provinces.
		After 1600 - teh province was divided among a variety 0f han, fiefs, - & included a number 0f castles.
	www.demandtwinother.info /Bitchu_Province (516 words)

	Oda Nobunaga Biography
		Son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province, Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest to eventually conquer most of Japan before his untimely death in 1582.
		Militarily, Nobunaga's revolutionary dreaming not only changed the way war was fought in Japan, but also in turn made one of the most modernized forces in the world at that time.
		Defeats invading daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto, ruler of the Mikawa (eastern Aichi prefecture), Suruga (western Shizuoka prefecture), and Totomi (eastern Shizuoka) provinces.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Oda_Nobunaga.html (995 words)

	Oda Nobunaga (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in the Shobata Castle.
		In a political manoeuvre, Hirate Masahide sent a proposal to the Oda clan's rival daimyo in Mino province, Saito Dosan, to have Nobunaga marry Dosan daughter, Nohime.
		In 1578, the Azuchi Castle in the Omi province was completed, an impressive and extravagantly decorated castle that shocked European missionaries and ordinary courtiers alike.
	oda-nobunaga.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (2564 words)

	New Page 1
		The plan was that if AI Takeda decides to put all forces into Bitchu, we will call off the attack from Bitchu while occupy Bingo with ease.
		For attacking a bridge province, the difference between 600 and 900 men are not that high.
		The western Takeda is left with the hilly Bingo and the flat, rich port province of Aki.
	www.totalwar.org /hosted/maltz/01_Oda/oda4.htm (1255 words)

	Hyuga Province - encyclopedia article about Hyuga Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hyuga (日向国; Hyūga no kuni) was an old province of Japan on the east coast of Kyushu, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki prefecture.
		Hyuga bordered on Bungo, Higo, Osumi, and Satsuma Provinces.
		During the Sengoku period, the area was often divided into a northern fief around Agata castle (near modern Nobeoka), and a southern fief around Obi castle, near modern Nichinan.
	www.dr-science.org /wiki/Hyuga_province (125 words)

	Hiroshige - Stewart Guide to Japanese Prints
		Hiroshige's very ambitious set of "Views in different Provinces," being exceeded in number only by his "Hundred Famous Views in Yedo," is entitled Roku-ju-yo Shio Meisho Dzu-ye (literally "Views of the more-than-sixty Provinces"), and consists of sixty-nine plates and a title-page with list of contents.
		Another very good plate is that showing the Kintai Bridge, Province of Suwo, on its four massive stone piers, in a heavy snowfall, a raft in the stream in the distance.
		The great rock cavern known as the "Dragon's Mouth," Province of Bizen, and a peasant hurrying along against the storm by the edge of the river under trees which bend before the gale.
	www.hiroshige.org.uk /hiroshige/stewart/chapter_18.htm (3451 words)

	Provinces in the "Shogun: Total War" and "Shogun: Mongol Invasion" Games
		Bordered by Aki (), Iwami (), Izumo (), Hoki (), and Bitchu ().
		Bordered by Bitchu (), Mimasaka (), and Harima ().
		Bordered by Inaba (), Mimasaka (), Bitchu (), Bingo (), Izumo ().
	gary.appenzeller.net /ShogunProvinces1550.html (430 words)

	Provinces in the "Shogun: Total War" and "Shogun: Mongol Invasion" Games
		Provinces in the "Shogun: Total War" and "Shogun: Mongol Invasion" Games
		Silver mine can be built which results in 400 Koku per year.
		Due to the presence of the Emperor's Palace, all units trained in Yamashiro will have higher honor.
	gary.appenzeller.net /ShogunProvincesMI.html (430 words)

	Hôjô Clan Timeline
		is born, possibly in Kyoto or Bitchu Province.
		Satomi Sanetaka of Awa Province lands troops at Kamakura.
		This is the first of many Nagao/Uesugi efforts to drive the Hôjô from that province.
	www.samurai-archives.com /hojotime.html (1335 words)

	Myoan Eisai (Senko Kokushi 1141-1215) presented in Religion section
		Eisai was born in 1141 into the Kaya family in Bitchu province (modern Okayama).
		For almost ten years Eisai studied and taught in his native province, a period when the mighty Taira family, based in Kyushu, controlled the imperial capital.
		While in China, he sent a bodhi tree to the Kashii shrine in Chikuzen province, and when back in Japan, he sent lumber and building materials to the Chinese temples he had helped to restore.
	www.newsfinder.org /comments.php?id=366_0_1_0_C (2673 words)

	Terukazu - Chapter 6: The Renewed Influence of Chinese Art and the Development of Monochrome Painting (13th to 16th ...
		Born in the Bitchu province of western Honshu, he entered the Sokoku-ji monastery at Kyoto as a novice.
		From his western province, in a letter of I500 to his favorite disciple Soen, he complained of having to live on in a troubled world.
		Of all the various tendencies which in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries attempted to assimilate the new wash technique, the Kano school is the one whose historical impact was strongest.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /studypages/internal/japan682/Ch6.htm (5475 words)

	Furinkazan
		One might say that the northern three provinces form a good barrier between Takeda and Uesugi – but these provinces are also among the richest in Japan.
		Since Bitchu was taken by Mori at the same time, all they could do was to withdraw to Aki –; which was good.
		With no kill and 102 net loss, the province of Bitchu was reclaimed by the loyalists.
	www.totalwar.org /hosted/maltz/05_Takeda/Takeda02.htm (1456 words)

	Hôjô Soun
		Historical records differ, some seem to show evidence that he was a native of Kyoto, namely the Ise Keizu, where others give evidence that he was from Bitchu Province (The Bitchu Heiranki), and yet others point to his coming from Ise province.
		Conditions in Kamakura and its environs were so unfavorable, however, that Masatomo elected to take up in Izu Province at Horikoshi Castle (he was thusly known as the Horikoshi Kubo.) In 1491, Masatomo died.
		By 1493 Izu Province was descending into civil war, with outside lords taking an active interest in the proceedings.
	www.samurai-archives.com /soun.html (1227 words)

	Hiroshige - 60 Odd Provinces
		This series consists of sixty-nine different designs of each of the sixty-six provinces of Japan, the two major islands, the city of Edo and a title page.
		The Back-view Waterfall in the Nikko Mountains in Shimozuke Province
		The Weir in the Shallows at Yanase in Chikugo Province
	www.hiroshige.org.uk /hiroshige/60_odd_provinces/60_odd_provinces.htm (385 words)

	The Ultimate Hoki Province - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Hoki (伯耆国;; Hōki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori prefecture.
		Hoki bordered on Inaba, Mimasaka, Bitchu, Bingo, and Izumo provinces.
		The ancient capital was in the area that is now Kurayoshi, and a major castle town was at Yonago.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Hoki (73 words)

	Toyotomi Hideyoshi (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In April 1582 Hideyoshi entered Bitchu province and besieged Takamatsu castle, a fortress the Môri considered absolutely imperative to the defense of their home provinces.
		Four provinces had fallen under his sway within a month and a half, with the Môri, one of Japan's most powerful families, acting as Hideyoshi's spearhead.
		Hideyoshi, whose forces still controlled some territory in Korea's southern-most province (Kyongsang), could boast to Luis Frois later that year that "he had already conquered the kingdom of Korea." and that the Chinese "had sent him their submission".4 He further demanded that Luzon show him obedience, threatening to invade if this was not done.
	www.samurai-archives.com.cob-web.org:8888 /hideyoshi.html (8027 words)

	Okayama Prefecture (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Okayama Prefecture was formerly divided into Bitchu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province until the Meiji Restoration.
		The city of Takahashi and the Towns of Ukan, Nariwa, Kawakami, and Bitchu were merged to form the new city of Takahashi.
		As a result of this merger, Kawakami District went defunct.
	okayama-prefecture.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (517 words)

	Okayama Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the population is concentrated around Kurashiki and Okayama, and the northern mountains are declining in population.
		On October 1, 2004, the city of Takahashi and the towns of Ukan, Nariwa, Kawakami, and Bitchu merged to form the new city of Takahashi.
		As a result of this merger, Kawakami District was dissolved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okayama_Prefecture (819 words)

	Sample Chapter for Tanabe, G.J., Jr., ed.: Religions of Japan in Practice.
		That the story has a person from the provinces commit this act reflects the usual Japanese attitude of the time that people from areas outside the capital are unrefined or, as the story says of the soldier, lack "either compassion or understanding."
		When Prime Minister Moronaga (1137-1192) was in Owari Province [modern Gifu Prefecture], he made his way to the Atsuta Shrine night after night.
		He is located in the countryside, in a province far from access to any man versed in Buddhist ways, and his heart was unable to resist the call of filial piety.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /chapters/s6649.html (5200 words)

	Summary Of The Series
		It will start with a messenger arriving at Gifu to tell Nobunaga that Toyotomi Hideyoshi wo invaded the Bitchu province laying siege to Takamatsu castle needed reinforcements.
		Toyotomi Hideyoshi who learned of Oda's death got the Mori at Takamatsu to surrender to terms so he could deal with Akechi Mitsuhide.
		Akechi Mitsuhide road with his army to the Omi province and attcked Oda's castle which was built in 1578 and was Japan's greatest castles.
	homepage.mac.com /cmneir/iblog/B1398751896/C2144338985/E20060111190843/index.html (609 words)

	DEMONS ON THE GARDEN - New York Times
		None of the Japanese recorders thought of his stories as high art - perhaps they didn't consider them art at all - and as with other kinds of primitive and ''found'' art, something essential is lost when they are made more immediately agreeable.
		Tyler has invented his own titles for the stories, generally clever ones, to replace the deadpan originals (for instance, ''Touched in the Head'' for ''How Kaya no Yoshifuji, of Bitchu Province, Became the Husband of a Fox''); perhaps no one but myself will prefer the latter.
		The Japanese compilers either tossed down their stories higgledy-piggledy or fussed endlessly over their order; none would recognize Mr.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDD173BF93BA15755C0A961948260 (867 words)

	IN SEARCH OF OUR ANCESTORS
		His direct family members passed down the art since that time.
		The ryu eventually split into two lines, through two branches of the Takeuchi family, in Mimasaka province (central Okayama Prefecture).
		One strain also arose and developed in Bitchu province (southern Okayama), and it was called Bitchu den Takeuchi-ryu.
	www.angelfire.com /sports/miyamaryuoftexas/ancestors.html (1617 words)

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