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	Izumo Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Izumo (Japanese: 出雲国; Izumo no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.
		The origin of the word Izumo is from the name of the goddess Izanami.She is the mother of Japan and buried on Mt. Hiba, at the border of the old provinces of Izumo and Hoki, near modern-day Yasugi of Shimane Prefecture.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izumo_Province (236 words)

	Izumo Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Izumo (出雲国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.
		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 Ôkuninushi (Opo-kuni-nusi-nö-mikötö), mythical progenitor of Susano-o and all the clans of Izumo.
		Cenozoic geology of the Huzina-Kimati District, Izumo Province, Japan;: A contribution to the igneous geology of the Eas...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Izumo_Province (1230 words)

	Encyclopedia: Izumo Province
		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.
		The Battle of Sekigahara or popularly known as the Realm Divide was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		Izumo Taisha, a famous Shinto shrine in Izumo.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Izumo-Province (1757 words)

	Provinces of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 circuitss).
	hallencyclopedia.com /Provinces_of_Japan (1018 words)

	Izumo Province: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 Japanese (A native or inhabitant of Japan).
		By the middle of the twentieth century, most historians and archeologists were skeptical of the notion that Izumo, in present-day Shimane prefecture (additional info and facts about Shimane prefecture) (Yamato (additional info and facts about Yamato) is in present-day Nara prefecture (additional info and facts about Nara prefecture)), had ever been a locus of power.
		It was dominated before the Battle of Sekigahara (additional info and facts about Battle of Sekigahara) by the Mori clan (additional info and facts about Mori clan), and after Sekighara was an independent fief with a castle town at modern Matsue (additional info and facts about Matsue).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/I/Iz/Izumo_Province.htm (921 words)

	izumo province
		Anciently the powerful clan of Izumo (or Idumo, second the ancient Japanese reading) constituted one be independent but during IV the century d.C. it was absorbed from the expansion of the state of Yamato, to whose inside assumed the chaste role of sacerdotal.
		Still today the Great Sanctuary of Izumo constitutes (together to the sanctuary of Ise) one of the more important sacred places of the shintoismo : it is dedicated to kami the Ôkuninushi (Opo-kuni-nusi-nö-mikötö), mythical progenitore of Susanô and all the clan of Izumo.
		IT is recorded in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712) and Nihonshoki (Chronicle of Japan, 720), that Susano-o, progenitor of the Izumo line, engaged Amaterasu Omikami (his sister), progenitor of the Yamato (Imperial) line, in a heavenly struggle for power on Earth.
	www.fact-library.com /izumo_province.html (1187 words)

	Oki Province - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		The capital of province was settled in Saigo town today, but the relics of the provincial capital was unfound.
		From the Kamakura period Oki Province was governed by the shugo of Izuo province mostly.
		After they declined and the Tokugawa Shogunate arose, the Shogunate determined the province the dominion of the shogun and have Matsue han, a daimyo belonging to Matsudaira clan, relatives of the Shogun govern it.
	www.indopedia.org /Oki.html (307 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Iki is an island between Hizen Province and the island of Tsushima.
		Iki was invaded and overrun by the Mongols in 1274 and 1281.
		A province in the area that is today part of ōsaka Prefecture.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/i.html (1110 words)

	Society Fresh:Category Top/Society/Politics/By Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His first government amended the province's labour code to prevent courts from issuing injunctions to prevent picketing in labour disputes, and the office of the provincial ombudsman was established.
		Japan_prov_map_izumo.PNG Map of Japanese provinces with province highlighted Izumo (出雲国 ;; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major policital powers arose.
		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 ýkuninushi (Opo- kuni-nusi-ný-mikýtý), mythical progenitor of Susano-o and all the clans of Izumo.
	www.society-fresh.net /Category847875.html (1058 words)

	Abe - Aochi
		The Akakagawa of Aki Province were descended from the Kobayakawa family and came to serve the Môri in the 16th Century.
		Kagetsura was a son of Amano Hidefuji and served the Imagawa of Suruga Province.
		Koretsuna was the son of Anegakoji (Mitsugi) Yoshiyori and resided at Takayama Castle in Hida Province.
	www.samurai-archives.com /dictionary/A1.html (5515 words)

	Critical Hit - Nippon: Land of the Rising Sun: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On its borders lies the provinces of the martial governors who are tied to the shogun through blood and/or oath and these are known as the Exalted-daimyo.
		Further still from the provinces of the Exalted-daimyo come the provinces of the outer-daimyo; warlords the shogun would rather have as far away from him as possible, or those who are of little use to him.
		Its southern peaks overlooks the wealthy provinces of the Shogun and the Exalted-daimyo.
	www.criticalhit.co.uk /content/view/101/52/1/4 (2235 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Hiroshige - Stewart Guide to Japanese Prints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	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)

	Mori Clan Timeline
		1497 - March 14 - Motonari is born the 2nd son of Mori Hiromoto at Yoshida in Aki province.
		Ouchi Yoshitaka and Môri Motonari invade the Amako's territory in Iwami and Izumo.
		The Ôuchi attack Iyo Province but are repulsed at Ômishima.
	www.samurai-archives.com /moritime.html (924 words)

	Ouchi_Yoshitaka - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ouchi Yoshitaka(????; December 18, 1507-September 30, 1551) was a daimyo of Suo province and a son of Ouchi Yoshioki.
		In 1522, he fought the Amago clan along with his father, Yoshioki, to win the control of Aki province.
		However, in 1542, an invasion into Izumo province ended in a disaster, with Yoshitaka losing his adopted son Ouchi Harumochi along with large number of troops against Amago Haruhisa.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Ouchi_Yoshitaka (265 words)

	Blue Seed: Kushinada Legend
		The story of Susano-oh's birth and arrival in Izumo are told in the Kojiki.
		Susano-oh is the god of storms and of the sea; he is called the Brave-Swift-Impetuous Male and he was known for his highly volatile temper and impetuous ways before he came to earth.
		Upon his arrival, he proceeded to the river Hi in the province of Izumo where he heard the sound of weeping.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/beyondblue/kushinada_legend.htm (547 words)

	What Does What in Book I of the Kojiki
		The Pï, incidentally, seems to be today’s Izumo river Hii-kawa, which flows from Mt. Sentsu down into Lake Shinji, on whose shore the town of Matsue is situated.
		Kusa-nagi, the mighty sword that Susa-nö-wo extracted from within the dragon’s middle tail, and then presented to Ama-terasu, who later conferred it upon Ninigi, along with the august mirror and the maga-tama beads, as another component of the three sacred regalia.
		The “many-fenced palace” that Susa-nö-wo built at Suga, the place in Izumo of which Susa-nö-wo, now cleansed of his pollution, could feel, “here, my heart is refreshed.” It is here that Susa-nö-wo begets Ya-sima-zinumi of Kusi-nada-pime, as well as other children by other wives.
	home.att.net /~b.mikolajewska/booknook/koj-app3.htm (1548 words)

	Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
		Farmers of the Izumo area used such bowls to drink a special type of tea known as bote-bote.
		It was made of a mixture of tea leaves and dried tea flowers over which hot water was poured and whipped to a froth with a whisk.
		This style of drinking tea, peculiar to Izumo Province, was encouraged by the Lord of that domain.
	hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu /exhibitions/cent/gallery4_3_3_3.html (97 words)

	The Serene Dragon : Japan - Serpent of Koshi / Yamata-no-Orochi / Susa-no-wo / Dragon of Izumo / Susan-o-no-o-no Mikoto
		On each of these platforms, the warrier placed a barrel of pears, and when the serpent came to drink, he fell asleep in the trap and the warrior cut off all his heads.
		The Hero Susano was traveling through Izumo province in Japan when he came across a weeping couple.
		They said that their daughter, Kushinada, was to be sacrificed to the dragon with eight heads that filled the whole valley.
	www.theserenedragon.net /Tales/japan-koshi.html (457 words)

	The Kami of Shinto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was impressed by their cunning and not only allowed the marriage but allowed them to keep the treasures.
		In order to get to Izumo he made bet with a crocodile that there were more Hares on Izumo then there were crocodiles in the sea.
		The princess married Oh-kuni-nushi and became the ruler of Izumo.
	quasisemi.com /myth/o.htm (414 words)

	Hoki Province - TheBestLinks.com - Hoki province, Japan, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, TheBestLinks.com:Perfect ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hoki Province - TheBestLinks.com - Hoki province, Japan, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, TheBestLinks.com:Perfect stub article,...
		Hoki province, Hoki Province, Japan, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub...
		Hoki (伯耆国;; Hōki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Tottori prefecture.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Hoki_province.html (108 words)

	Hiroshige - 60 Odd Provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Pine Grove at Mio in Suruga Province
		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)

	Blue Seed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the legend goes, while the young, impetuous god Susano-oh was wandering the earth in exile from the heavens, he came upon an elderly couple and their daughter in the Izumo province of Japan.
		A bumbling, good-natured high school student in Izumo, Momiji is completely unaware of her sister or her heritage until an odd young man, Kusanagi, confronts her before school one day, threatening to kill her.
		That very same day one of the newly awakened Aragami attacks her school, actually attempting to kill her.
	www.greenmanreview.com /blueseed.html (772 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Using a curious stratagem, the assembly of the gods induced Amaterasu to come out of the cave.
		To prevent another similar accident, the gods banished Susanowo in the province of Izumo and confiscated his possessions.
		However, using a curious stratagem, the assembly of the gods induced Amaterasu to come out of the cave.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /mythology/incoming.98.09.12/susanow.txt (522 words)

	Kodo Arts Antiques Directory
		Nambu iron-ware originated 200 years ago in Nambu-Han (Nambu Province), a province named after the ruling lord or `Daimyo` of the time.
		Eiun was the chief painter for the Izumo-Han (province) daimyo, Lord Matsudaira.
		The waves and the way the waterfall falls with a slight rise and separate fall on the left are Kano school trademarks.
	www.trocadero.com /kodoarts/catalog/Antiques.html (1142 words)

	Kimachi Ishi
		Matsudaira Fumai, an important figure in the world of the tea ceremony, lived here as he governed Izumo Province, now Shimane Prefecture.
		Usually refered to as Izumo ishidourou, these lanterns are made of the sandstone native to this area.
		You can tell that the material is different from the granite lanterns more usually seen in the U.S. even from a distance.
	www.geocities.com /chris_haan/kimachi (710 words)

	Izumo Taisha - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Izumo Taisha (出雲大社; also Izumo no Ōyashiro) is one of the most ancient and important of the Shinto shrines in Japan.
		Its name means "The Grand Shrine of Izumo." No record gives the date of establishment.
		Located in Taisha, Shimane Prefecture, it is home to two major festivals.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Izumo_Taisha (157 words)

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