Dewa (出羽国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes Yamagata prefecture and Akita prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka.
Dewa was split from Echigo in 708, and slowly stretched north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshu.
Dewa was divided into Uzen and Ugo in the Meiji Period before being reorganized into prefectures.
The first section of this scenario, DewaProvince, gives the geographical and political background to the scenario; the second, Katsumushi-o-tera – The Dragonfly Temple, describes the location of the adventure; and the third, The Adventure, introduces the action.
Dewaprovince is situated on the eastern coast of northern Honshu island.
Its presence in the territory of the Kawaguchi Clan and that clan’s patronage of the Temple have greatly contributed to the prestige of the Kawaguchi.
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DEWA is at the "bottom of the watershed" (the park straddles the mainstem of the Delaware River) so we must work with outside groups to protect park values.
DEWA is in an urbanizing area and many actions that occur outside of our boundaries have an impact "inside" the Recreation Area.
In this 40 mile reach through the Ridge and Valley Province, the river is confined in a narrow valley surrounded by high hills and mountains.
This article is about the former province in Japan.
Dewa was split from Echigo in 708, and slowly stretched north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshū.
In the Sengoku period the southern region around Yamagata was held by the Mogami clan and the northern part by the Akita clan, both of which fought for Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara.
Dewa (???; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes Yamagata prefecture and Akita prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka.
In the first year of the Wado era (708), the land of Dewa-no kuni was administratively separated from Echigo; and the ambit of the province was gradually extended to the north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshu.
In the Sengoku period the southern region around Yamagata was held by the Mogami clan and the northern part by the Akita clan, both of which fought for Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara.
Kojiro was retained by the lord of the province, Hosokawa Tadaoki.
The Hosokawa house had been entrusted with the command of the hot seat of Higoprovince, Kumamoto castle, and the new lord of Bunzen was an Ogasawara.
The lords of the southern provinces had always been antagonistic to the Tokugawas and were the instigators of intrigue with foreign powers and the Japanese Christians.
Once part of DewaProvince, it assumed its present name and borders in 1876.
The prefecture's capital is Yamagata city, which flourished during the Edo period (1600/1603–1868) as a castle town and post station known for producing beni, a precious crimson safflower dye used to color handspun silk fabric.
Yamagata, with Akita Prefecture, composed DewaProvince until the Meiji Restoration.
The Moji of DewaProvince were descended from Nakahara Chikayoshi, a bureaucratic official for Minamoto Yoritomo, and founded by his grandson Chikafusa.
The Môri of AkiProvince were descended from Ôe Hiromoto (1148-1225), a noted Minamoto retainer, and lived in Koriyama Castle (Yoshida) in Akiprovince from 1336 until Mori Terumoto moved to Hiroshima in 1593.
One branch of the Murakami was well-established in coastal IyoProvince and was connected to the Kôno family.
Koh Chang is situated some 330 km East of Bangkok in the province of Trat and is some 40 kilometres long and 16 kilometres wide.
It has only recently been discovered by non-Thais as ferry, road and now air access has made the island increasingly accessible (regular flights are now available from Bangkok to Trat).
Situated to the east of the country in the province of Trat on the Cambodian border, it's Thailand's second largest island after Phuket.
The breed we know today as Akita derived from ancient hunting or matagi dogs found in the northern area of Honshu Island, which is the main island of Japan.
Formerly known as DewaProvince, today, it is Akita Prefecture, the area which gives the breed its name.
It is a mountainous, sparsely settled area, and the dogs hunted large game such as boar, elk and fierce Yezo bear.
One of the areas most frequented by the yamabushi, or mountain practitioners, of Shugendo Buddhism were the three sacred mountains of Dewa Sanzan in the Yamagata prefecture of northern Honshu.
While on a beach in the Dewaprovince, he saw an enormous fl bird with three legs that led him first to Mt. Haguro and then to the other two holy peaks.
Kokai stayed the rest of his years upon Haguro, where his imperial grave is maintained to this day.
In a constant, bloody free-for-all, the lords of the different fiefs schemed against and attacked one another in order to grab as much land as they could.
One victim of such plotting is Mitsuharu Yuki, lord of Fushikage in the northern Dewaprovince, whose murder could be traced to a treacherous servant named Shuzen Sakagami.
With the help of some faithful retainers, his son Jutaro escapes.
Sokaku traveled around visiting dojos throughout Japan, testing and polishing his martial skills wherever he went.
He also deepened his spiritual connections through constant visits for prayer, devotions, and ascetic training to sacred places such as Udomyojin in Kyushu, Mt. Futara in Nikko, and Mt. Haguro in DewaProvince (now Akita and Yamagata prefectures).
His sword skills were unparalleled and he was feared as "the Little Tengu of Aizu" (a tengu is a type of long-nosed demon; they are renowned for their martial arts skills).
Koh Chang Thailand is a Leisure Island least known to foreigners, the largest among the 52 islands of Trat, is also the nation's second largest island, after Phuket.
The Dewa Resort and Spa at Koh Chang is located on the finest Klong Prao beachfront, and approximately 23 kilometers from Trat Airport.
Traveling time by flight from Bangkok International Airport to Trat Airport is just 40 minutes.
