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  Ise Monogatari - Izutsu
After many such poems had passed between them, their wishes were realized and they became man and wife.
Some years later the wife's father died, leaving her without support, and the husband, tired of living with her in poverty, took to visiting a woman in the Takayasu District of Kawachi Province.
Watching her seize the rice ladle and heap her bowl to overflowing, he felt so disenchanted that he finally severed the connection althogether.
www.classical-japanese.net /Poetry/narihira.html   (635 words)

  
  Samurai
Some intermarry [with people from outer provinces], and others engage in agriculture or commerce and are no different from the people in the provinc'es.
When a newly appointed governor travels to the province to which he is assigned, some of his roto and other followers either rob things from other persons or engage in quarrels among themselves.
Following the distruction of the Ichinotani fortification in Settsu Province in the Second Month, members of the Heike have been plundering the various provinces in the west, and Genji troops have been sent into the region to check the Heike.
www.sp.uconn.edu /~gwang/id112.htm   (1822 words)

  
  Province
The population of the province is 1,557,968 (2002).
Kandahar province Kandahar province is one of the thirty-four Kandahar.
Oulu (province) The Province of Oulu is a Gulf of Bothnia.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/province.html   (4723 words)

  
 Kawachi Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kawachi (河内国; -no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today composes the south-eastern part of Osaka Prefecture.
Kawachi's ancient capital is believed to have been near Fujiidera, Osaka, but this is not known for certain.
Kawachi was a relatively small province and was usually dominated by whoever ruled Osaka Castle and Settsu Province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kawachi_Province   (92 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Kawachi Province'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kawachi (河内国; -no kuni) was a province (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) of Japan (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building), which today composes the south-eastern part of Osaka Prefecture (additional info and facts about Osaka Prefecture).
Kawachi's ancient capital is believed to have been near Fujiidera, Osaka (additional info and facts about Fujiidera, Osaka), but this is not known for certain.
Kawachi was a relatively small province and was usually dominated by whoever ruled Osaka Castle (additional info and facts about Osaka Castle) and Settsu Province (additional info and facts about Settsu Province).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kawachi_province.htm   (108 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Kawachi Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shimo-Usa province (下総国 -no kuni) was a province of Japan located in and around the northern part of modern Chiba Prefecture on the island of Honshu.
Teshio (天塩国;, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido, corresponding to all of modern-day Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture History August 15, 1869 Teshio Province established with 6 districts 1872 Census finds a population of 1,576 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaido...
Tsushima (対馬;, Korean Daema) was a province of Japan until the abolition of provinces and establishment of prefectures.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kawachi-Province   (770 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kawachi bordered on Izumi, Kii, Settsu, Yamashiro, and Yamato Provinces.
A province in the area that is today a part of Mie and Wakayama Prefectures.
Kii bordered on Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/k.html   (3250 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Kawachi Province
Kawachi (河内国; -no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today composes the south-eastern part of Osaka Prefecture.
Kawachi's ancient capital is believed to have been near Fujiidera, Osaka, but this is not known for certain.
Kawachi was a relatively small province and was usually dominated by whoever ruled Osaka Castle and Settsu Province.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Kawachi_Province   (109 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?language=eng&pageID=3299   (364 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After that, Harumoto ruled the whole area of Kinai (Yamashiro Province, Yamato Province, Kawachi Province, Izumi Province and Settsu Province) and took hold of the Ashikaga shogunate as the Kanrei.
In 1543, Hosokawa Ujitsuna who was the foster son of Takakuni, raised his armies, and in 1549, Miyoshi Nagayoshi who was a dominant retainer and the first son of Motonaga betrayed Motoharu and took side with Ujitsuna.
Harumoto, Ashikaga Yoshiteru who was the 13th shogun and Ashikaga Yoshiharu who was the father of Yoshiteru were purged to Omi Province.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Hosokawa_Harumoto   (339 words)

  
 Rennyo the Restorer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The move is significant, for the province is where Rennyo would establish his first group of loyal followers among the people of Kanegamori, and it was here that he first began to develop his particular style of propagation.
Leaving Yoshizaki, he took a skiff to Obama, in Wakasa province, and then by way of Tamba and Settsu entered into Kawachi province, where he began construction of the Kozen-ji temple at Deguchi in Matsuda ward.
Among the temples he established are: Kozen-ji, Deguchi, Kawachi province, installing Kojun (1474-1497) as resident minister; Kyogyo-ji; Shinsho-in,* Kai-no-ura, Izumi, with Shinsho-ji Joson as resident minister.
www.shindharmanet.com /writings/restorer.htm   (2608 words)

  
 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.
It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major political powers arose.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izumo_Province   (237 words)

  
 Japanese battleship Kawachi at AllExperts
The Kawachi was a modified version of the IJN Aki initially designed with six dual 12 inch / 50 caliber guns, but completed as a "semi-dreadnought" with a mixed main battery of 12" / 50 caliber and 12" / 45 caliber guns due to worldwide shortages of 12" / 50 caliber guns.
The Kawachi participated WW-1, patrolling the sea lanes south of Japan, in the South China Sea and the Yellow Sea, and assisting at the Battle of Tsingtao.
The Kawachi was sunk by an explosion caused by spontaneous ignition of instable cordite in its ammunition magazine on 12 July 1918, in Tokuyama Bay, with the loss of 621 officers and crew out of a complement of 1059 men.
en.allexperts.com /e/j/ja/japanese_battleship_kawachi.htm   (372 words)

  
 Tale of Genji
One was Minamoto no Mitsuyuki (died 1244), whose work was completed in 1255 by his son Chikayuki (died 1277).
Since Mits-u-yuki served as Governor of the province of Kawachi, his recension is known as the Kawachi-bon ("Kawachi text").
The great poet and man of letters Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) began a similar project at about the same time.
us.penguingroup.com /static/packages/us/taleofgenji/introduction5.html   (263 words)

  
 A Chronology of Japanese History
As the power of the landed and wealthy families in the provinces continues to grow, and the central government continues to lose its power to govern outside of the capital, rebellions arise.
Yoshinaka succeeds in retaking the province of Echizen and defeats Koremori at the Battle of Tonamiyama in Etchû province (sometimes called the Battle of Kurikara Pass).
He also sends troops to Ishikawa in Kawachi province to attack troops of Yukiie who had set up a garrison there and was threatening the capital.
www.shikokuhenrotrail.com /japanhistory/heianhistory.html   (3042 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enemy generals typically decline battle and relinquish a province against an overwhelming force but will take on a comparable one on the field: either a retreat, castle siege, or a battle can result in comparable degrees of province damage and capture of existing infrastructure.
One full-up Shimazu army in the river province Kawachi prepares to face a mass onslaught of Hojo armies from Yamato.
Another friendly army may come through that province and may be able to affect a recombination of the garrison unit with one of its own which has suffered losses.
www.wargamer.com /strategyguides/shogun_strategy/page3.asp   (1381 words)

  
 FLYING CRANE
However, in the time of Hoshina Masanao, the Takeda were destroyed, and the Hoshina, with their landholdings at Takato, in Shinano Province, pledged loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun.
Masamitsu took part in the Osaka Campaign, and was quietly granted Yukimatsumaru (later known as Hoshina Masayuki), the illegitimate son of the aforementioned Tokugawa Hidetada, as his adopted heir.
Oshizu was the daughter of Kan'o Sakayoshi, a former retainer of the Odawara-Hojo clan (whose heirs were the ruling family of the Sayama domain in Kawachi Province), and had been taken on as the servant to Hidetada's wetnurse.
thebakumatsu.tripod.com /AizuDuringEdo.html   (833 words)

  
 Hiroshige - 60 Odd Provinces
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   (385 words)

  
 Imagawa's Struggle
Our explanation was that some of the armies retreated from adjacent province did not get well with the local Yamashiro soldiers; therefore, they split the 900 army into two.
Taking this important river province, we not only secured the west (from Shimazu) and the north (from Mori), but also we are now able to visualize the army of Mori right beside us.
The last ronin province on central Japan area was waiting to be conqurered.
www.totalwar.org /hosted/maltz/02_Imagawa/Imagawa06.htm   (1826 words)

  
 The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
These two houses were south and north of the Yodo River, one in a town in Kawachi Province and the other in a mountain village in Settsu Province.
About a week later, I was in Kawachi when I received a telephone call from my elder cousin in Settsu.
It is true that since childhood I have attended more funerals than I can count; not only have I met with the deaths of my closest relatives, but I have also often represented my family in the country villages where everyone diligently attends each other's funerals.
partners.nytimes.com /books/first/k/kawabata-dancing.html   (3004 words)

  
 Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
Later governor of Kawachi, he renews his attention to Utsusemi after his father's death (chapter 16); she is not happy with this.
She goes off to the provinces with her husband but they come back in the capital in chapter 16.
Her husband dies and she is also receiving advances from one of her stepsons, the former governor of Kii, now governor of Kawachi, a less tempting suitor altogether.
uwp.edu /~canary/genjicha.htm   (3791 words)

  
 eng01-072.htm[Great Prince Yamato Takeru no Mikoto][The Story of Japan]「GLN(GREEN & LUCKY ...
In Owari Province (Aichi Prefecture), he stayed at the house of Princess Miyazu Hime, the daughter of the Owari Clan leader.
Light-headed from this, as though he had too mach to drink, he drank the water from a spring at the foot of the mountain and it awakened him.
Kyuushuu and the Eastern Province had to be subjugated, an imperative and important enterprise.
www2u.biglobe.ne.jp /~gln/english/eng01/eng01-072.htm   (922 words)

  
 Dewa Province Information
This article is about the former province in Japan.
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.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Dewa_Province   (120 words)

  
 Kusunoki Masahige   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Japanese warrior and hero of the cause of imperial resistance to rule by shoguns.
He came from an obscure warrior family in Kawachi province and may have been a bandit.
When the plot led by Emperor Go-Daigo to overthrow the Hojo shoguns was discovered in 1331, the Emperor fled to Kawachi, where (according to the chronicle Taiheiki, The Chronicle of Great Peace) a dream inspired him to call Masahige.
www.ox.compsoc.net /~gemini/simons/historyweb/masahige.html   (191 words)

  
 MYOKONIN STORIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
One day the feudal lord of Hagi in Nagato Province (present Yamaguchi Prefecture), was on his homeward journey from Edo (Tokyo), when the horse of one of his retainers fell ill, and so a tame one was chosen from among many station horses.
Master Gyokutan of Jokoji Temple was formerly a resident priest of Myokakuji Temple at Myogahara in Etchu Province.
When he was assigned to the master's manor in Yamato Province as a chief magistrate, there was a lawsuit lasting for three years between a Shingon temple and the farmers.
shin-westhartford.tripod.com /id18.html   (13465 words)

  
 Ikuno-ku/Spot
The deity of the Tatsumi Shrine is the 15th Emperor Ojin.
It was known as the Hachiman Shrine in Oji Village (the old name of Tatsumi) in Kawachi Province.
Although the date of the erection of this shrine is unknown, the village name of Oji or Ochi appears in Wamyo Ruijusho (a 10th century dictionary) and in 10th century literature along with the names of neighboring villages.
www.city.osaka.jp /ikuno/english/spot/04.html   (573 words)

  
 Japanese Navy, World War 1
'Kawachi' sank in 4 minutes with the loss of over 500 men killed; 25 officers and 312 ratings were saved.
After the Anglo-German Battle of Coronel, she prepared to move to the South Central Pacific where sister ship 'Ikoma' was to join the Squadron
The fore magazine exploded killing 200 men and setting 'Tsukuba' on fire as she was at anchor in the Bay.
www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyJapanese.htm   (2249 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Personalities : Shikida Toshiharu
Born on the twentieth day of the seventh month of 1817 in the village of Shikida in Buzen Province's Usa District (present-day Usa City, Oita Prefecture), he was the second son of the Shinto priest Miyamoto Kanetsugu of the shrine Futabayama Jinja.
In his five years of itinerant studies in several provinces, he became a student of Hoashi Banri and Watanabe Tsunaaki.
After the dismantling of the domain-based ruling system and the establishment of the Prefecture-based national government, Shikida retired to the village of Kadoma in Kawachi Province's Matta District (present-day Osaka Prefecture).
eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp /modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=539   (362 words)

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