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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Satsuma Province
Satsuma was one of the main provinces that rose in opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate in the mid 19th century.
Satsuma was one of the main provinces that rose in opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868.
The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka; in the Edo period the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held a western fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held an eastern fief at Kurume.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Satsuma-Province   (1332 words)

  
 Tango Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tango (丹後国; -no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan.
Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa Provinces.
At various times both Maizuru and Miyazu were the capital and chief town of the province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tango_province   (78 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1970   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
September 3-6 - Israeli forces fight Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon.
September 5 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins - The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (operation ends in October 1971).
September 7 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /1970   (4046 words)

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