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	Province - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Province is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries.
		In France, the expression en province means "outside of the region of Paris".
		There are also provinces in New Zealand, but the country is not seen as a "federal" country.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /province.htm (427 words)

	Higo Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The castle town of Higo was usually at Kumamoto city.
		During the Muromachi period, Higo was held by the Kikuchi clan, but they were dispossessed during the Sengoku period, and the province was occupied by neighboring lords, including the Shimadzu of Satsuma, until Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Kyushu and gave Higo to his retainers, first Sasa Narimasa and later Kato Kiyomasu.
		During the Sengoku period, Higo was a major center for Christianity in Japan, and it is also the location where Musashi Miyamoto stayed at the daimyo's invitation while completing his Book of Five Rings.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Higo (153 words)

	Sagara Taketo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally of Higo province, he served the Ouchi clan as his father had became a retainer of the clan.
		From around 1543 with the support of Ouchi Yoshitaka, he led a faction of retainers who preached a softer approach against the faction led by Sue Harukata that preached a hard line stance.
		On 1550, facing an impeding clash with Harukata, he tried to flee to Chikuzen province, but was captured and placed under a house arrest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sagara_Taketo (174 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Satsuma bordered on Higo, Hyūga, and Ōsumi Provinces.
		Hideyoshi defeated the later Hojo clan of Sagami province in the conquest and siege of Odawara (Odawara Seibatsu).
		Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/s.html (1855 words)

	Sannomiya-Shonyo
		Ujihiro held Mochibune Castle in Suruga Province and was a brother-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto.
		The Shibata of Echigo Province were descended from Sasaki Moritsuna, a supporter of Minamoto Yoritomo and a son of Sasaki Hideyoshi (1112-1184).
		Sadataka was a retainer of Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province and held Shôda Castle.
	www.samurai-archives.com /dictionary/s2.html (6022 words)

	KOSHIRAE: Mountings of Japanese Swords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Echizen province tsuba were dominated by the families Akao, Nagasone and Kinai; the Kinai had from their second generation on a special relationship with Echizen Yasutsugu, the Shogun's favorite smith.
		In Higo province the tosogushi were encouraged by the Hosokawa Daimyo, and worked in iron, copper, brass and cloisonne.
		The characteristics of Higo koshirae are the rounded kashira and kojiri; the same' is often fl, and the saya in samenuri - the "valleys" in the same' filled with lacquer, and the "mountains" polished flush.
	home.earthlink.net /~steinrl/koshirae/koshirae.htm (2965 words)

	Jinbo - Kawazoe
		The Jinbo family of Etchû Province, at one time possible retainers of the Hatakeyama, were almost constantly at war with local rivals such as the Shiina and the ikko-ikki.
		Yûsho was the son of Kaihô Tsunachika, a senior retainer of the Asai of Ômi Province.
		Kagemune was born in Kii Province and came to serve the Hôjô of Sagami Province.
	www.samurai-archives.com /dictionary/jk.html (3844 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A province on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.
		A province on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today Okayama Prefecture.
		A province in eastern Kyūshū, which bordered on Buzen, Hyūga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen Provinces.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/b.html (808 words)

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		Katô Kiyomasa came first to Higo province in 1587, under the invasion of Kyûshû.
		Higo province was then divided between Konishi Yukinaga (?-1600) and Katô Kiyomasa, the latter received land worth 250,000 koku.
		After the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 the present lord, Iesada, moved to Bitchû province, and Ikeda Terumasa became the new lord of Himeji.
	www.sagaofthesamurai.com /gallery_page_2.htm (1940 words)

	Tsuki Kage dojo - Kobori ryu Tosuijutsu
		When Izanagi no Mikoto came down to the province of Hyuga 700 years before the accession of the Emperor Jimmu to the throne, it is said that he bathed in water.
		Kobori ryu was used in the province of Higo, and specialized in methods of crossing rapid streams.
		It was the year after the third generation of the Hosokawa family Tadatoshi Hosokawa moved from the Kokura to the Higo province in Kumamoto, 1633, that the Koshu ronin Kawai Hanbei Tomoaki moved down from Edo, present day Tokyo, to instruct in swimming arts.
	www.tsuki-kage.com /kobori_ryu.html (1406 words)

	A Book of Five Rings - Concerning the life of Miyamoto Musashi
		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 Higo province, 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.
	www.samurai.com /5rings/transintro/life.html (2712 words)

	Chikugo Province - MindSharer Article Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chikugo (筑後国; Chikugo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka prefecture, on Kyushu.
		Chikugo bordered on Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.
		The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka; in the Edo period the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held a western fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held an eastern fief at Kurume.
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Chikugo_Province (104 words)

	Kiyomasa_Kato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The son of a flsmith, and a native of Owari Province, he joined rising military warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to whom his mother was related.
		In 1586, when Sassa Narimasa was removed from his fief in Higo Province, Kiyomasa received half the province, together with Konishi Yukinaga, and entered Kumamoto Castle.
		He cooperated with Tokugawa Ieyasu, who after winning, awarded him the former territories of Konishi Yukinaga in Higo Province, increasing his fief to 520,000 koku.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Kiyomasa_Kato (176 words)

	Echigo province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Echigo (越後国; -no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side.
		It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kozuke, Shinano, and Etchu provinces.
		Today the area is known as Niigata prefecture combined with Sado province.
	portaljuice.com /echigo_province.html (52 words)

	Higo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a province mainly covered by low foothills, with an eastern forest and larger hills to the west.
		The attacking general should be wary of tiring his troops as he traverses the many hills between the start point and his opponent.
		Defenders should seek a wide slope that combines a good field of fire with an all important height advantage.
	iserit.greennet.gl /ignatius/stw/Province/higo.htm (61 words)

	ikkyudo Welcome - Antique Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings and Asian Antiques
		Hayashi Matashichi is regarded as the foremost Higo tsuba-ko.
		In Kan'ei 9 (1632) the province of Higo (540,000 koku) was granted to the
		It was at the joka machi (castle town) in Kumamoto, Higo,
	www.ikkyudo.com /ikkyudo/site/templates/index.php?content=galleries/kodogu-kansho.html (422 words)

	math lessons - Hyuga Province
		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.mathdaily.com /lessons/Hyuga_Province (95 words)

	Nisei Week 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There, he became the personal sword smith of Katô Kiyomasa (1562 - 1611), daimyo (ruler) of half of the province of Higo [Kiyomasa was a relative of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, ruler of Japan at the time].
		The fuchi-kashira was made by an artisan of Mito city in Hitachi province who was active around 1800, the subject is the paulownia mon (family crest) on a background design of arabesque.
		Artisans: Rai Eisen (Kinmichi II) was the grandson of Kanemichi, founder of the Mishina school of Yamashiro Province.
	members.cox.net /jkk/niseiw95.htm (2781 words)

	Hiroshige - 60 Odd Provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 Cave Temple of Kannon in the Iwai Valley in Tajima Province
		The Weir in the Shallows at Yanase in Chikugo Province
	www.hiroshige.org.uk /hiroshige/60_odd_provinces/60_odd_provinces.htm (368 words)

	Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Iai-Do - Ohgokai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sekiguchiryu Iaijutsu, is widely practised in Higo Kumamato area, and goes back to the Sekiguchiryu Jujutsu in Wakayama.
		A Higo province vassal, Izawa Banryu Osahide under-took the training in these arts from Yamazaki Ansai.
		Osahide was an excellent swordsman and took the style back home to Higo and taught it there, here it has been handed down as Higoryu Iai and is still widely practised.
	txc.net.au /~hokushin/sekiguch.htm (292 words)

	Higo Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Higo Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Higo bordered on (Click link for more info and facts about Chikugo) Chikugo, (Click link for more info and facts about Bungo) Bungo, (Click link for more info and facts about Hyuga) Hyuga, (Click link for more info and facts about Osumi) Osumi, and (Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin) Satsuma.
		The castle town of Higo was usually at (Click link for more info and facts about Kumamoto city) Kumamoto city.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/higo_province.htm (82 words)

	Higo Province - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Higo Province - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 05:41, 3 Feb 2005.
		The article about Higo Province contains information related to Higo Province.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Higo (179 words)

	Tokutomi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in Minamata, Higo Province (now Kumamoto) He was educated in Western subjects at the Kumamoto Yogakko and the Doshisha in Kyoto.
		In 1887, Soho founded a publishing house, the Min'yusha (Society of Peoples' Friends), which from 1887 to 1898 put out Kokumin no Tomo (The Nations Friend) This review was Japans first general magazine and the most influential of the 19th century.
		After World War II, because of his prominence as a nationalist, he was held under house arrest by the Allied occupation from December 1945 until August 1947.
	www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/mypage/tokutomi.htm (247 words)

	Dragon Dance Japanese Antiques Directory
		This is a one piece, all steel implement of triangular cross-section and found mostly on Higo mountings in place of a kogai.
		Although the blade is sharp all along two edges, the weapon was designed as a stabbing weapon with a tip that could punch through the armor of the Japanese samurai or the skull of a wounded horse.
		Its main use was in the province of Higo, but it was carried elsewhere as time progressed.
	www.trocadero.com /dragondance/catalog90.html (1308 words)

	Bungo Province - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Kyushu, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, TheBestLinks.com:Stub, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bungo Province - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Kyushu, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, TheBestLinks.com:Stub,...
		Bungo, Bungo Province, Japan, Kyushu, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub...
		Bungo (豊後国; Bungo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in eastern Kyushu, which bordered on Buzen, Hyuga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen provinces.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Bungo.html (103 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - My Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		History about Miyamoto Musahi: The famed swordsman Miyamoto Musashi was born Shinmen Takezo in Harima Province and may have fought at Sekigahara under the Ukita as a common soldier.
		Following his duel with Sasaki, he seems to have focused his energies on perfecting his style of swordsmanship, spending much time in travel and reflection - thus epitomizing the much-beloved image of the brooding wanderer samurai.
		In 1640 Musashi accepted service with the Hosokawa clan, and three years later, in Higo Province, began work on his great book, Gorin no shô (The Book of Five Rings).
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=350813 (908 words)

	AMADOU - LoveToKnow Article on AMADOU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		AMAKUSA, an island belonging to Japan, 265 m.
		long and 13^ in extreme width, situated about 32 20' N., and 130 E. long., on the west of the province of Higo (island of Kiushiu), from which it is separated by the Yatsushiro-kai.
		It has no high mountains, but its surface being very hillyfour of the peaks rise to a height over 1500 ft.the natives resort to the terrace system of cultivation with remarkable success.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AM/AMADOU.htm (224 words)

	province - Auctions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PROVINCE OF PROSE KEAST and STREETER 1959 - $2.97
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		Province of Middlesex Masonic Bowlers Enamel Badge - $1.15
	www.cereva.com /s/province/index.html (1591 words)

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