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	Encyclopedia: Izumo Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Izumo can refer to: Izumo province, one of the old provinces of Japan Izumo, a city in Shimane Prefecture The armored cruiser Izumo, which sailed in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1900 through the end of World War II The Izumo class battleships in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.
		A powerful clan of Izumo (Idumo is an obsolete Romanization) constituted an independent polity, but during the fourth century BC it was absorbed due to the expansion of the state of Yamato, within which it assumed the role of a sacerdotal domain.
		Even today the Izumo Shrine constitutes (as does the Ise Shrine) one of the more important sacred places of Shinto: it is dedicated to kami, especially to Åkuninushi (Å-kuni-nushi-no-mikoto), mythical progenitor of Susanoo and all the clans of Izumo.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Izumo-Province (2068 words)

	Izumo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Misleading name of Izumo Shrine station to be changed
		Huge column proves Izumo Shrine used to be Japan's tallest
		Obit Senge 4 18 0161 Senge, chief priest of Izumo Shrine
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Izumo.asp (377 words)

	Izumo Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amaterasu prevailed, but the myth of the Izumo gods' challenge to central authority, and the awe that this inspired, means that Izumo holds a special historical and spiritual significance for (A native or inhabitant of Japan) Japanese.
		Archeologists believe that they may have been modeled after full-sized swords and used in ceremonies to ward off evil spirits.
		By the (Click link for more info and facts about Sengoku) Sengoku period, Izumo had lost much of its importance.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/iz/izumo_province.htm (842 words)

	ipedia.com: Kabuki Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The individual characters, from left to right, mean song, dance, and skill.
		The history of kabuki begins in 1603, when Okuni, an attendant from Izumo...
		The history of kabuki begins in 1603, when Okuni, an attendant from Izumo Shrine, began performing a new style of dance in the dry river beds of Kyoto.
	www.ipedia.com /kabuki.html (559 words)

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