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	Mino Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mino (美濃国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes nearly the southern part of Gifu prefecture.
		Mino bordered on Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Omi, Owari, and Shinano provinces.
		Mino was one of the original provinces controlled by Oda Nobunaga, and his heirs controlled it even after Nobunaga died and Toyotomi Hideyoshi took power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mino_province (121 words)

	Mino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mino is an alternate spelling of Minoo, a city in Osaka Prefecture
		Mino was an old province of Japan, which today composes nearly the southern part of Gifu Prefecture.
		Mino District, Hyogo is a district in Hyogo Prefecture
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mino (144 words)

	Mino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mino is a city in Gifu prefecture, Japan
		Mino is an alternate spelling of Minoo, Osaka prefecture, Japan
		Mino was also an old province of Japan, which today composes nearly the southern part of Gifu prefecture.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Mino (105 words)

	saito dosan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dosan eventually succeeded in becoming the magistrate of Mino and settled in Inabayama castle.
		Exploiting his power and wealth, he drove Toki Yorinari out of Mino province in a Coup d'etat in 1542 and claimed the fief as his own, becoming a daimyo in his own right.
		Afterwards, Toki Yorinari allied with Oda Nobuhide of Owari province just south of Mino to avenge Dosan, but their defeat at the battle of Kanoguchi in 1547 solidified Dosan's domination of Mino and also made a name for himself throughout Japan.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /saito_dosan.html (252 words)

	Kato Toyohisa -- Japanese Mino Potter, Shin Gallery in Tokyo
		An area called Mino in Gifu Prefecture is one of the oldest pottery centers in Japan, and also one of its most prosperous.
		His challenging pursuit of Mino ceramics is evident in both his contemporary pieces and his traditional ones.
		Tsukamoto Haruhiko was born in Mino in 1959.
	www.yufuku.net /e/shin/html/kato-toyohisa.html (187 words)

	Sights and feelings
		This formerly private land was donated to Gifu city in 1948 and, with improvement, was turned into a city park.
		The riverside in Gifu is fringed with light pink blossom from early April.
		Gifu Park, extending from the base of Mt.Kinka and flourishing with natural beauty, is a great place to appreciate the subtle hues of autumn.
	www.city.gifu.gifu.jp /kankou/08_eng_03.html (1288 words)

	Japan
		Mino City is one of the main centers of traditional papermaking in Japan and has abundant kozo fiber.
		Mino is in a scenic mountainous area with the Nagara River famous for using cormorant birds for fishing.
		Mino is also known for its excellent examples of traditional Udatsu architecture as well as Mino Paper, recognized by the Japanese government as an Important Intangible Cultural Heritage.
	www.janeingramallen.com /Japan/japan.htm (2180 words)

	Gifu's Industries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gifu is landlocked, but the diverse landscape (ranging from zero to 3,000m in altitude) is rich with lush green mountains, crystal clear rivers, flowing streams and beautiful seasonal flowers.
		Gifu Castle is located at the summit of Mount Kinka and was built over 800 years ago.
		Gifu's Flower Festival Commemorative Park was the official site for "Flower Festival '95." "Japan's largest Rose Garden" is one of the main attractions, and features 41,000 blooming roses in 1,603 different varieties.
	www.pref.gifu.lg.jp /pref/s11337/sangyo_web/english/tourism.html (772 words)

	Japanese Pottery - Mino Ware (Momoyama)
		A sweeping look at some of the best of these Momoyama Mino wares (and some contemporary work as well) is at Nihonbashi Takashimaya until Aug. 29, 2000, and will appear in Mishima Sano Museum between Oct. 6 and Nov. 6, 2000.
		The four Mino styles relate exclusively to the tea ceremony, and we see all sorts of serving and drinking vessels here.
		There is so much to know about Mino wares: the introduction of new kiln technologies, hybrid styles and the spread of the tradition.
	www.e-yakimono.net /html/mino-momoyama-jt.html (1071 words)

	Mino, Gifu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mino, Gifu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Mino (美濃市; -shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (additional info and facts about Gifu) Gifu, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 24,032 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 205.31 persons per (additional info and facts about km²) km².
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mino,_gifu.htm (105 words)

	Ikuhiko Shibata - Gifu, Japan
		Mino is the old name for Gifu Prefecture in Japan.
		Gifu City is famous for its paper goods.
		Gifu makes traditional Japanese umbrellas and lanterns and also the modern lamps of sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
	www.rdpslides.com /ccf/FAQ00002.htm (1076 words)

	Akechi Mitsuhide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was a general under Daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku.
		Born in Mino province (now Gifu prefecture) as a descendant of the shugo Toki clan, Mitsuhide began serving Nobunaga after Nobunaga's conquest of Mino province in 1566 and received Sakamoto (in Omi, 100,000 koku) in 1571.
		Although Nobunaga rarely put too much trust in his retainers, he particularly trusted Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Hashiba and Mitsuhide Akechi.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akechi_Mitsuhide (276 words)

	Gifu -Historic Sites 'Mino'- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mino is well known for its 'Udatsu' lined old street.
		One of the houses representing Mino is the old Imai family residence built in the middle of the Edo period.
		The Imai house is famous for the Japanese fountain `Suikinkutsu' which drips water into an inverted cave-shaped, clay bowl in the garden.
	www.kankou-gifu.or.jp /en/02/02.html (232 words)

	Promotion of Science and Technology in Gifu Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gifu Prefecture has been promoting scientific and technological activities under the leadership of Governor Kajiwara, in order to utilize science and technology to provide a better life for the citizens of Gifu people, and to create new industries.
		Gifu Prefecture has been realizing these policies in collaboration with other local governments such as Ogaki City and Kakamigahara City.
		Gifu Prefecture aims to create a Jo-Jo or advanced information technopolis, a conglomeration composed of national and international IT and contents related industries.
	www.stp.pref.gifu.jp /htmlstpc/english/promotion_e.html (686 words)

	Ceramics Park MINO
		The region around Tajimi - in Gifu Prefecture - is one of the most important for clay and ceramics in the country, particularly in the tea ceremony.
		Ceramics Park MINO is a facility aiding in extending this traditional craft, as well as a place to view ceramic artwork, attend conventions, and experience nature.
		Comprising the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, exhibition and convention spaces, a restaurant, a shop and gallery, an atelier, a tea ceremony house, and an observation tower with nature trails, the Ceramics Park is definitely a destination place, its design by Arata Isozaki befitting its programmatic aspirations and beautiful site.
	www.archidose.org /Sep04/092704.html (123 words)

	General Information on Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
		At this time, the University was renamed Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University in English and "Gifu Shotoku Gakuen Daigaku" in Japanese.
		Because of its readily available land and the proximity to the central city, Yanaizu also serves Gifu City by hosting a large distribution canter with a number of transport companies and warehouses.
		Gifu City, which is located in the southern part of the prefecture, is the
	ibuki.ha.shotoku.ac.jp /english/general.html (704 words)

	Gifu's Industries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gifu Prefecture's paper industry is located along the Kiso, Nagara and Itadori Rivers.
		Gifu's paper manufacturing industry meets demand for various products including processed paper, pulp products, industrial material and paper containers.
		Hand-made "Mino Paper" (Mino Washi) has been listed as a "Traditional Handicraft" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
	www.pref.gifu.lg.jp /pref/s11337/sangyo_web/english/paper.html (158 words)

	Encounters with history
		Subsequently, the castle became the seat of the head of the Saito family, who was at that time the highest-ranking vassal of Constable Toki of Mino.
		For the next decade, until Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle near Kyoto, Gifu Castle served as the base for the military unification of Japan.In 1600, as forces massed for a decisive battle to be fought nearby at Sekigahara, Nobunaga's grandson Nobuhide was unable to hold his outpost against assault by eastern army and Gifu Castle.
		Gifu City has played a major role at the heart of the history of Japan.
	www.city.gifu.gifu.jp /kankou/08_eng_02.html (496 words)

	Oda Nobunaga - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1549 Marries daughter of Saito Dosan, daimyo of Mino province (Gifu prefecture).
		Defeats younger brother Nobuyuki and Shibata Katsuie to become undisputed head of the Oda clan.
		1556 Father-in-law Saito Dousan killed in coup in Mino province.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Oda_Nobunaga (1028 words)

	mino paper village project
		The Mino Paper Village project since 1998 have invited artist to the city of Mino, a rural town in Japan’s Gifu prefecture historically known for its handmade paper, Washi
		Washi is a strong translucent paper with a history traced to the eighth century.
		The oldest remaining actual samples of Washi are in Mino, Gifu Chikuzen and Buzen family register paper 702.
	www.geocities.com /richardbolai/mino.html (315 words)

	Japan Atlas: Gifu Japanese Umbrella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The feudal lord who was transferred in to rule the feudal domain around Gifu had to contend with a local economy that was devastated by floods.
		In addition to the usual type of rain umbrella, Gifu Wagasa also come in various other types including large red outdoor parasols that are used to provide shade on outdoor occasions, such as tea ceremonies.
		Gifu Wagasa are an indispensable part of traditional Japanese art and culture.
	web-japan.org /atlas/crafts/cra16.html (405 words)

	Ninja
		This is somewhat supported in that Oda Nobunaga seemed to rarely employ ninja or a group skilled in intelligence gathering.
		The only fact that is well established is that Hachisuka Koroku who served under him had a position of leader among semi-samurai groups skilled in guerilla tactics in Mino and Owari.
		Tokugawa Ieyasu used ninja well, controlling both Iga and Kaga in unifying and ultimately rising to the rank of Shogun.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/ninja.html (2387 words)

	GIFU PREFECTURAL MUSEUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gifu Prefectural Museum was established in 1976 in Gifu Pref Centennial Park (Hyakunen Koen) in Seki City.
		Gifu Prefecture is located inland in Japan,and has played an important role in the political,cultural and geographical development of japan.
		The museum aims to have easy-to-understand exhibitions describing Gifu Prefecture and also provides the public with comprehensive information regarding the history and natural features connected with Gifu Prefecture.
	www.museum.pref.gifu.jp /english/index.htm (65 words)

	Mino Terrane (Gifu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Central part of the Japanese Islands is underlain by basement rock-formations, consisting of limestone, greenstone, chert, shale, sandstone and sporadically conglomerate, which have been believed to be mostly late Paleozoic in age up to the 1960's, and, after the finding of Triassic conodonts in chert, to be mostly late Paleozoic to Triassic in the 1970's.
		The Mino terrane is a late Jurassic to early Cretaceous melange terrane composed chiefly of Permian limestone-greenstone complex, Triassic bedded chert and shale, Jurassic siliceous tuffaceous shale, shale, sandstone and conglomerate.
		The geological investigations and biostratigraphic works along with the paleontological studies have been done by dealing with rocks collected in the Mino terrane mainly in Nagoya University; therefore, most of the materials contained in this database are the data obtained in the Mino terrane of Central Japan.
	www.num.nagoya-u.ac.jp /database/palaeont/rad1/Rad_pt_3/T_m_gf.htm (133 words)

	Gifu -Experiences 'Paper'- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is the museum of paper at Mino, the paper making district, which is proud of its tradition dating from 1300.
		Mino paper is created in the outstanding environment of the clear stream Nagara-gawa river.
		Take a bus from Mino station on Nagaragawa railway and get off at Washino-sato Koen.
	www.kankou-gifu.or.jp /en/05/01.html (110 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The finely crafted Chinese wares contrast markedly with the tea ceramics produced in Japan at the end of Rikyu's lifetime at kilns in Mino (modern-day Gifu Prefecture), Furuta Oribe's native province, which reflect the tastes of the emerging aficionados of tea among the newly powerful merchant class in the capital Kyoto, southwest of Mino.
		Other Oribe ceramics display clearly Western influences, as seen in the carracks depicted on a lidded dish and the set of five dishes in the shape of stemmed glassware, which were included in the exhibition.
		A featured selection of Oribe-type ceramics produced in the Seto area, south of Mino in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries illustrated the renewed energy of Mino potters who attempted a revival of this singularly innovative era in the history of Japan's ceramic industry.
	www.metmuseum.org /special/Oribe/turning_more.htm (1779 words)

	Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau -Gifu Park Chrysanthemum Exhibition-
		The chrysanthemum of about 3,000 bowls carefully cultivated by fanciers, such as the "Mino chrysanthemum" of the Gifu origin, whose color of the face and back is different, "Yamagiku"and "Ogiku" are exhibited.
		Take a bus from JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station to "Gifu Park Historical Museum"(15 min).
		Gifu City Office, Park Maintenance Division TEL 058-265-4141(main)
	www.gifucvb.or.jp /en/kankou/shiki/kikukaten.shtml (122 words)

	JAPANESE SWORDSMITH KANEFUSA
		The Kanefusa lineage of swordsmiths of Mino Province dates back to the Muromachi era in the 1400's.
		The 23rd generation Kanefusa worked during the WW II era and was a direct descendant of this famous line of swordsmiths.
		During the war years he made many blades for the military, both army and navy, and for civil officials.
	home.earthlink.net /~steinrl/kanefusa.htm (441 words)

	History
		The talented and courageous Lord Nobuhide began the pacification of Owari by establishing himself as the head of the Oda clan, whose two branches had engaged in endless bickering.
		Lord Nobuhide gradually acquired a reputation as a man of strength and purpose and the discord in the Oda clan subsided.
		However, both warlords had left their rear areas unprotected so that Dosan was threatened by the Asakura clan and Nobuhide was open to attack from the east by the Imagawa clan.
	www.banshoji.or.jp /english/historye2.html (699 words)

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