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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Choshu
		Choshu (長州) is the commonly used abbreviation for the Nagato province of ancient Japan.
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Nagato and Suo were combined to eventually establish Yamaguchi prefecture.
		Historically, the oligarchy that came into power after the "Meiji Restoration" of 1868 had a strong representation from the Choshu province, as Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Koin[?] were from there.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ch/Choshu (142 words)

	Choshu
		Choshu (長州) is the commonly used abbreviation for the Nagato province of ancient Japan.
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Nagato and Suo were combined to eventually establish Yamaguchi prefecture.
		Historically, the oligarchy that came into power after the "Meiji Restoration" of 1868 had a strong representation from the Choshu province, as Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Koin[?] were from there.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Choshu.html (117 words)

	Top Literature - Nagato Province
		Although the ancient capital of the province was Shimonoseki, Hagi was usually the seat of the han (fief).
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Nagato and Suō were combined to eventually establish Yamaguchi prefecture.
		Historically, the oligarchy that came into power after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 had a strong representation from the Chōshū province, as Itō Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Koin (as known as Katsura Kogoro) were from there.
	encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Nagato_Province (178 words)

	Satsuma@Everything2.com
		Of all its various roles in Japanese history, Satsuma is most famous as the domain that, along with Choshu, initiated the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu and the Meiji Restoration which putatively restored the emperor as ruler of Japan, but in reality, created Japan's modern bureaucratic democracy.
		Shimazu Hisamitsu was one of the leaders in the push for the creation of such a council, and was aided in his efforts by the able politicking of his two advisors Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi.
		Starting in 1871, the domain system was abolished, daimyo were stripped of their titles, and the old provinces were reorganized into the modern prefectures.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node=Satsuma (2791 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tokugawa Yoshinobu
		Upon the assassination of Ii Naosuke in 1860, to save the Tokugawa shogunate from self-destruction, Tokugawa Keiki was nominated in 1862 to be a member of the 5-man council of elders (advisers), the Roju.
		In 1864, Keiki successfully defeated the Choshu forces in their attempt to capture the imperial gates in Hamaguri, allying with forces from Satsuma and others.
		Fearing the renewed strengthening of the Tokugawas under a strong and wise ruler, daimyos from Satsuma, Choshu and Tosa formed an alliance to counter the bakufu.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tokugawa-Yoshinobu (2123 words)

	Birthplaces of Japan prime minister
		The town of Hagi in south western Japan (population,50,000) on the North coast of the Yamaguchi prefecture, formerly Choshu.
		The province is the south western tip of the main island of Japan, Honshu Island.
		A province on the central southern coast of the south of Honushu Island.
	www.lonympics.co.uk /new/birthplaceofJapanesePM.htm (1104 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Meiji restoration
		The Meiji Restoration (明治維新;; Meiji Isshin) describes a chain of events that led to a change in political power and the social structure of Japan; it occurred from 1866 to 1869, a period of 4 years that transverses both the late Edo (often called Late Tokugawa shogunate) and beginning Meiji Era.
		The formation in 1866 of the Satcho Alliance[?] between Saigo Takamori[?], the leader of the Satsuma domain, and Kido Takayoshi, the leader of the Choshu domain, marks the beginning of the Meiji restoration.
		These oligarchs were mostly from the Satsuma province (Okubo Toshimichi and Saigo Takamori[?]), and the Choshu province (Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Koin[?].)
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/me/Meiji_restoration (474 words)

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	www.britannica.co.kr /boltitles/s/s5.html (1515 words)

	Ito Hirobumi
		Japanese statesman, born in 1841, being the son of Ito Juzo, and (like his father) began life as a retainer of the lord of Choshu, one of the most powerful nobles of Japan.
		Choshu, in common with many of his fellow Daimyos, was bitterly opposed to the rule of the shogun, and when this rule resulted in the conclusion of the treaty with Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854, the smouldering discontent broke out into open hostility against both parties to the compact.
		As a result he persuaded Choshu to remodel his army, and to exchange the bows and arrows of his men for guns and rifles.
	www.nndb.com /people/516/000097225 (798 words)

	Yamaguchi History
		During this time the official capitol of the Choshu feif was moved to the city of Hagi and its newly built castle.
		While having relinquished feudal power, the Choshu nobles and the Yoshida school went on to be the driving force in the new restoration government.
		As well, the leaders from this Yoshida school who originally were weary of Western encroachment were key founders of the system of government that maintained a strangle hold on the Japanese population and forced rapid modernization in the face of Western dominance.
	www.ajet.net /yamaguchi/yamhis.html (1528 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Satsuma han
		Satsuma is the name of a town in Japan, Satsuma, Kagoshima, the surrounding district, Satsuma District, Kagoshima, the former province, Satsuma Province, which is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, a revolt, the Satsuma Rebellion.
		The Shimazu family controlled Satsuma province for roughly four centuries prior to the beginning of the Edo period and the establishment of the han, and towards the end of the 16th century, controlled nearly all of Kyûshû.
		Satsuma was granted an exception to the shogunate's limit of one castle per domain, a policy which was meant to restrict the military strength of the domains; the Shimazu then formed sub-fiefs within their domain, and doled out castles to their vassals, administering the domain in a manner not unlike a mini-shogunate.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Satsuma-han (573 words)

	Meiji Restoration Information
		These two leaders supported the emperor and were brought together by Sakamoto Ryoma for the purpose of challenging the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate (bakufu) and restoring the emperor to power.
		Shortly thereafter in January 1868, the Boshin War (War of the Year of the Dragon) started with the Battle of Toba Fushimi in which an army led by forces from Choshu and Satsuma defeated the ex-shogun's army and forced the Emperor to strip Yoshinobu of all power.
		In 1869, the daimyos of the Tosa han, Hizen han, Satsuma han and Choshu han domains, who were pushing most fiercely against the shogunate, were persuaded to return their domains to the Emperor.
	www.bookrags.com /Meiji_Restoration (1147 words)

	[ Assortment ] Grouping of Tsuba, Japanese sword guard
		Tanaka Kiyotoshi was born in 1804 at Aizu of Mutsu Province.
		This province was governed separately such as Saga area by the Nabeshima daimyo family (330 koku of rice), Hirato area by the Matsuura daimyo family, Karatsu area by the Doi and Mizuno daimyo families.
		Satsuma Province (=Now Kagoshima Pref.) which yields 770 thousand koku of rice was governed by the Shimazu daimyo family from age to age.
	tsuba.jyuluck-do.com /Assortment.html (2805 words)

	UK Sword Register, No. 60
		The overall impression is of a wide and active hamon but on closer inspection it seems somewhat rough and coarse and lacks depth, although this may have something to do with the quality of the polish as well.
		During the koto period, the main school was that of Sa Yasuyoshi who went to Choshu from Chikuzen province.
		They played a large part in the Meiji Restoration and it was from the ex-samurai of the Choshu clan, that the officer corps of the Imperial Japanese Army, was largely formed.
	www.to-ken.com /swordregister/no60.htm (622 words)

	Familiar Studies of Men and Books - CHAPTER V
		Yoshida-Torajiro was son to the hereditary military instructor of the house of Choshu.
		Among the Samurai of Choshu, and in particular among the councillors of the Daimio, his general culture, his views, which the enlightened were eager to accept, and, above all, the prophetic charm, the radiant persuasion of the man, had gained him many and sincere disciples.
		His way lay through his own province of Choshu; but, as the highroad to the south lay apart from the capital, he was able to avoid arrest.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/literarystudies/FamiliarStudiesofMenandBooks/chap5.html (3932 words)

	Nagato Province (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		Nagato (長門国; -no kuni), often called Choshu (長州 Chōshū), was an old province of Japan.
		The ore deposits in the environs of Hanano-Yama, near the town of Oda, province of Nagato, Japan
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Choshu (181 words)

	Original Sin
		The last hurrah of original samurai was in 1867 when samurai from Choshu and Satsuma provinces defeated the shogunate forces in favor of the rule of the emperor.
		The two provinces were the lands of the daimyo that submitted to Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara (1600).
		Some resisted, believing this was a coup d'état by Choshu and Satsuma and that the government was in their hands.
	www.original-sin.net /requiem/htm/edo.htm (607 words)

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	dvd-web.universalis.fr /eb/s/s4.html (1358 words)

	Sokaku Takeda Biography (2)
		By the morning of February 6, 1868, some 22 clans including the Satsuma, Choshu and Owari clans raised an army to cover three roads: the Tokai, Tozan and Hokuriku and Arisugawanomiya.
		His sense of justice manifests itself everywhere and his unique, dauntless spirit was evident in his acts and these qualities inspired the youth of later generations.
		Learning of this, the Satsuma and Choshu clans raised an army against this union and marched along the Shirakawa and Echigo roads.
	www.aikidojournal.com /article.php?articleID=231 (1033 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for ITO
		As a young SAMURAI of the Choshu clan, he opposed Westernization before becoming aware of the benefits offered by modernization.
		As a young Choshu samurai, he was a xenophobe.
		(born Oct. 14, 1841, Suo province, Japan—died Oct. 26, 1909, Harbin, China) Japanese statesman, prime minister, and writer of the Meiji Constitution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=ITO (1423 words)

	Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Headquarters
		As a child, Minamoto Yoshimitsu lived in a place called Daito in Omi province (modern Shiga prefecture), and therefore was also called Daito Saburo.
		The art of Daito-ryu continued to be transmitted within the Takeda family together with the time-honored family banner and armor.
		In particular, he entrusted the teachings of oshikiuchi to those Aizu domain senior councilors bearing the surname of Saigo, a family that originated with the Saigo family of Mikawa Province (modern Aichi prefecture).
	www.daito-ryu.org /history1_eng.html (1494 words)

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	The Sword and the Chrysanthemum
		The parallel careers of Maebara and Kido diverged in 1868 at the time of the Meiji restoration, when Maebara assumed a military command in Echigo province, while Kido became a statesman in the capital.
		Abruptly in 1872 Maebara resigned from office, in protest at the centralizing policies of the new regime, to return to his native Hagi.
		He articulated the outrage which many felt towards a central government which was depriving them of their hereditary prerogatives and stipends.
	red-bird.org /meiji/maebara.htm (184 words)

	Daimyo
		After the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600 that marked the beginning of the Edo period, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu reorganized the clans and their territories, formerly provinces (kuni), into the han, based on their production of rice.
		Tozama daimyo held large fiefs, with the Kaga han of Ishikawa Prefecture, headed by the Maeda clan, assessed at 1,000,000 koku.
		Other famous tozama clans included the Mori of Nagato Province (Choshu), the Shimazu of Satsuma, the Date of Sendai, the Uesugi of Yonezawa, and the Hachisuka of Awa.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/daimyo (612 words)

	Shimonoseki Bombardment (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Bakufu reneged on its agreement to expel foreigners by June of 1863, the Choshu domain, in response to a general order to repulse foreigners that was forced upon the Edo government by the conservative court in Kyoto, attacked Western ships.
		Satsuma allied with Choshu to this end in 1866 The Choshu domain was a large samurai domain in western Honshu.
		The Choshu samurai displayed an immensely practical ability to rethink their course of action: they reversed their isolationist sentiments and, as did the Kyushu province of Satsuma, began studying Western military technology.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/shimonoseki.htm (118 words)

	The Sword and the Chrysanthemum
		Kido Takayoshi/Katsura Kogoro was born August 11, 1833 (died May 26, 1877) in Hagi castletown in the Choshu province.
		In 1852 he left Choshu for the first time to study swordsmanship in Edo with Saito Yakuro – one of the three great swordsmasters of the capital.
		In 1853-1854 he was moved to study coastal fortification and artillery with Bakfu military reformer Egawa Tarozeamon; observed Russians building a schooner at Shimoda, and arranged for Choshu to construct its western-style vessel in 1856, using some of the same workmen for the project.
	red-bird.org /meiji/katsura/earlylife.htm (258 words)

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