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  Encyclopedia: Hoki Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The population of the province is 1,557,968 (2002).
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hoki-Province   (1223 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Provinces of Japan
As of 1871, the number of prefectures are 304, while the number of provinces is 68, aside from Hokkaido and Ryukyu Province.
Provinces are nonetheless considered obsolete today, however, name of them are still widely used as parts of natural feature names, company names, and brands.
Provinces are classified into Kinai (in capital) and seven or eight do (routes, or circuitss).
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/pr/provinces_of_japan.html   (411 words)

  
 Bitchu Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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.
After 1600, the province was divided among a variety of fiefs, and included a number of castles.
By the time the provinces were reorganized into prefectures, the dominant city was the port, Kurashiki.
hallencyclopedia.com /Bitchu_Province   (173 words)

  
 Oki Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The capital of the province was located where the present-day city of Saigo stands, but few relics of the old capital have been found, apart from the provincial temple, which remains today in Saigo city
From the Kamakura period Oki Province was governed primarily by the shugo of Izumo province.
After they fell and the Tokugawa Shogunate arose, the Shogunate declared the province a dominion of the shogun and appointed as governor Matsue han, a daimyo belonging to the Matsudaira clan, relatives of the Shogun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oki_Province   (240 words)

  
 Nagato Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Province.
Although the ancient capital of the province was Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Hagi, Yamaguchi was usually the seat of the Han (Japan) (fief).
In 1871 with the Abolition of the han system (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Nagato and Suo province were combined to eventually establish Yamaguchi prefecture.
www.carolinahost.com /search/Choshu.html   (167 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Kuni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Provinces as part of the address system, meanwhile, were not abolished but, on the contrary, augumented.
As of 1871, the number of prefectures was 304, while the number of provinces was 68, not including Hokkaido and Ryukyu Province.
Provinces are classified into kinai (within the capital), and seven or eight do (routes, or circuits).
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Kuni   (874 words)

  
 Hoki Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The province of Jiangsu is a good example of how public disclosure of...
croquettes, surimi, bass, monkfish, swordfish, white halibut, hoki, pollock, catfish, mackerel, whiting, hake, grouper and cod...
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.
hallencyclopedia.com /Hoki_Province   (342 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Hoki Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hoki (伯耆国; Hōki-no kuni) was an old province (additional info and facts about old province) of Japan (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) in the area that is today the western part of Tottori prefecture (additional info and facts about Tottori prefecture).
Hoki bordered on Inaba (additional info and facts about Inaba), Mimasaka (additional info and facts about Mimasaka), Bitchu (additional info and facts about Bitchu), Bingo (A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards), and Izumo province (additional info and facts about Izumo province) s.
The ancient capital was in the area that is now Kurayoshi (additional info and facts about Kurayoshi), and a major castle town was at Yonago (additional info and facts about Yonago).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ho/Hoki_province.htm   (140 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Oki Province)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The capital of the province was settled in Saigo (additional info and facts about Saigo) city today, but the relics of the provincial capital have not been found.
From the Kamakura period (additional info and facts about Kamakura period) Oki Province was governed by the shugo of Izuo province mostly.
The rice production from Oki province per year was calculated at five thousand koku (additional info and facts about koku).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Ok/Oki_Province.htm   (220 words)

  
 Oki Province - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Oki (隠岐国;; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which consisted of Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, located off the coast of Izumo and Hoki provinces (today Shimane and Tottori prefectures).
The capital of province was settled in Saigo town today, but the relics of the provincial capital was unfound.
The rice production from Oki province per year was caluculated five thousand koku.
www.indopedia.org /Oki.html   (307 words)

  
 Japan Focus Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Consequently, the governor of Hoki Province and officials of the Tokugawa Shogunate granted travel authority to the two families of Otani and Murakawa in 1618.
The governor of Hoki Province found the case beyond his authority and sent them to his superior, the Kanpaku (supreme ruler) of the shogunate in Edo (Tokyo).
Jeon Hoe-il, a military official of Wolsong in Gangwon-do province, was dispatched for an inspection of Ulleungdo in the 25th year of King Sukjong (1699) and Yi Jun-myeong, a military official of Samcheok, in the 28th year of King Sukjong (1702).
japanfocus.org /article.asp?id=345   (3445 words)

  
 Rxpress - Mimasaka Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Mimasaka (美作国 -no kuni) or Sakushu (作州 sakushū) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshu that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture.
Mimasaka bordered Bitchu, Bizen, Harima, Hoki, and Inaba Provinces.
Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the daimyo in Bizen.
www.rxpresspharmacy.com /wiki/index/Mimasaka_Province   (62 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Each province koku is initial value (which can be improved by player).
Provinces with harbors may build ports for less cost.
Troop refers to type of unit which can be built at less cost or with more honor in that province.
www.wargamer.com /strategyguides/shogun_strategy/provinces.htm   (78 words)

  
 biology - Provinces of Japan
Under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the provinces as administrative units were totally replaced with daimyos' territorries.
Awaji 淡路国; (literally Path to Awa Province; the largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, located between the Kii Peninsula of Honshu to the east and the island of Shikoku to the west)
These province names are considered to be mainly of historical interest; however, there is no record that these names were ever officially abolished.
www.biologydaily.com /biology/Provinces_of_Japan   (726 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
October 1189 Yoritomo leads troops to conquer Mutsu and Dewa provinces in the north, the last non-Minamoto strongholds in the country and governed by the Fujiwara.
Yoriie is assassinated in Izu province, where he had been living in exile, by Tokimasa's men.
These offices were almost a duplicate of Bakufu offices in Kamakura and held complete control over Kyôto and all provinces west of, and including, Mikawa.
www.wilton.k12.ct.us /whs/fac/g/gilberts2/cc/kamakura.htm   (4285 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   (3443 words)

  
 Hoki Province at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
(Redirected from Hoki province) Hoki (; Hki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is...
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www.springknow.com /Hoki.html   (258 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 in the "Shogun: Total War" and "Shogun: Mongol Invasion" Games
All these provinces are controlled by the Ronin.
Bordered by Aki (Takeda), Iwami (Mori), Izumo (Mori), Hoki (Mori), and Bitchu (Takeda).
Bordered by Tajima (Ronin), Harima (Mori), Mimasaka (Mori), Hoki (Mori).
gary.appenzeller.net /ShogunProvinces.html   (447 words)

  
 Kurayoshi, Tottori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 49,041 and a density of 281.04 persons per km².
The ancient provincial government of Hoki province was located in this area, and in medieval times Uchikoshiyama (a hill) featured a castle.
Today the remnants of the provincial government and two monasteries can still be seen in the city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurayoshi,_Tottori   (203 words)

  
 Provinces in the "Shogun: Total War" and "Shogun: Mongol Invasion" Games
Bordered by Aki (), Iwami (), Izumo (), Hoki (), and Bitchu ().
Bordered by Bingo (), Hoki (), Mimasaka (), and Bizen ().
Bordered by Tajima (), Harima (), Mimasaka (), Hoki ().
gary.appenzeller.net /ShogunProvinces1530.html   (430 words)

  
 Harima Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harima (播磨国; -no kuni) or Banshu (播州 banshÅ«) was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyogo Prefecture.
Harima bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, Settsu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province.
During the Edo period of History of Japan, the Ako Han (Japan) (fief) was part of Harima.
www.carolinahost.com /search/Harima_Province.html   (90 words)

  
 Bingo Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bingo (備後国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshu in what is today Hiroshima prefecture.
Bingo bordered on Bitchu Hoki Izumo Iwami and Aki provinces.
That the man known as Bingo writes and sings more convincingly than his aspiring alt-country kin is what makes this album better than...
www.freeglossary.com /Bingo_Province   (224 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Liancourt Rocks
The Liancourt Rocks are comprised mainly of two islands; the eastern island, known as Dong-do in Korean, Higashi-jima in Japanese, and the western island, known as Seo-do in Korean, Nishi-jima in Japanese, are separated by a distance of 170 meters.
There had been no Korean residents since evacuation policy was promulgated in 1416, and Ulleung-do was sometimes occupied by Japanese fishermen who used the island as a base for pelagic fishery.
The first known wedding on the Liancourt Rocks took place on 23 April, 2005, between a pair of Korean couples, Kim Jong-Bok (aged 39), and Song Hee-Jung (aged 32).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Liancourt_Rock   (3312 words)

  
 Hiroshige / Distant View of Oyama from Ono in Hoki Province (Hoki ono oyama embo), from the series Pictures of Famous ...
Hiroshige / Distant View of Oyama from Ono in Hoki Province (Hoki ono oyama embo), from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuoshu meisho zue) / 1853
Distant View of Oyama from Ono in Hoki Province (Hoki ono oyama embo), from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuoshu meisho zue)
This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico519577-46517.html   (362 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to legend, the first true samurai sword was created by the swordsmith Amakuni, in Hoki Province around 700 A.D. Previously, all swords were based upon the straight, double-edged Chinese design, but many of these tended to break during battle.
After the next campaign, he was rewarded by the Emperor because not a single one of his swords had broken.
From Hoki Province came five major schools of sword-making: Bizen, Yamashiro, Yamato, Soshu and Mino.
www.usagiyojimbo.com /other/stories/daisho.html   (633 words)

  
 A Chronology of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yoritomo leads troops to conquer Mutsu and Dewa provinces in the north, the last non-Minamoto strongholds in the country and governed by the Fujiwara.
Taira family in Ise use the uncertain political climate in Kamakura as a chance to rise in revolt but the revolt is easily put down.
Go-Daigo awards provinces and governorships to the most senior warriors who supported his cause.
www.lac.uic.edu /~dturk/japanhistory/kamakurahistory.html   (4719 words)

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