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	Owari Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Owari, formally written as Owari no Kuni (尾張国) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi prefecture.
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Owari and Mikawa were combined to eventually establish Aichi prefecture in late 1872.
		Two of the most famous warlord generals of Japan's Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/o/ow/owari_province.html (104 words)

	Owari Province - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa in the western part of the province.
		Two of the most famous warlord generals of Japan's Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province, and Oda had a castle at Kiyosu.
		Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate with its castle at Nagoya and placed one of his sons in charge of the Owari Han, the largest han in the Tokugawa family holdings outside of the shogunate itself.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Owari_province (157 words)

	Owari
		Owari, formally written as Owari no Kuni (尾張国) is a province of ancient Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi prefecture.
		In 1871 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, the provinces of Owari and Mikawa[?] were combined to eventually establish Aichi prefecture in late 1872.
		Two of the most famous warlord generals of Japan's Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ow/Owari.html (81 words)

	Pottery And Porcelain - Japanese
		Owari or Seto porcelain is made at Seto, six miles from Nagoya, in the province of Owari.
		He settled in the province of Hizen, and from the first produced the different kinds of porcelain which are to-day made there, viz.
		Long experience in Hizen and Owari has enabled their artists to execute very large pieces in porcelain, such as dishes three and four feet in diameter, and vases six and seven feet high.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles15/oriental-art-16.shtml (1318 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Oda Nobunaga
		Son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province, Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest to eventually conquer most of Japan before his untimely death in 1582.
		Militarily, Nobunaga's revolutionary thinking not only changed the way war was fought in Japan, but also in turn made one of the most modernized forces in the world at that time.
		Defeats invading daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto, ruler of the Mikawa (eastern Aichi prefecture), Suruga (western Shizuoka prefecture), and Totomi (eastern Shizuoka) provinces.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/od/Oda_Nobunaga (981 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Owari Province
		Owari, formally written as Owari no Kuni (尾張国) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi prefecture.
		The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa in the western part of the province.
		Two of the most famous warlord generals of Japan's Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province, and Oda had a castle at Kiyosu.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Owari_Province (208 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Asakura clan
		Asakura is the last protecter of the Asakura line who own a small province in the centre of Japan, making him a famous daimyo of Japan he is famous for his ferocity in battle.
		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in Shobata Castle in Owari Province.
		In a political manoeuvre, Hirate Masahide sent a proposal to the Oda clan's rival daimyo in Mino province, Saito Dosan, to have Nobunaga marry Dosan's daughter, Nōhime.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Asakura-clan (320 words)

	Oda Nobuhide
		Oda Nobuhide (織田信秀 1510-1551) was a warlord and magistrate of lower Owari province during the Sengoku Period of Japan.
		Though the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide never fully united Owari province but was involved in open warfare as he was fronted to the north by Saito Dousan, daimyo of Mino province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa, Suruga, and Totomi provinces.
		From that point forward, it would take a long 7 years for Nobunaga to consolidate his power within the clan and finally unite Owari province.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/od/Oda_Nobuhide.html (223 words)

	[ Assortment ] Grouping of Tsuba, Japanese sword guard
		Owari-Zukashi-Tsuba were produced around Owari Province (=Now Aichi Prefecture) from the latter part of the Muromachi period, through the Momoyama period, to the beginning of the Edo period.
		Tanaka Kiyotoshi was born in 1804 at Aizu of Mutsu Province.
		This province was governed separately such as Saga area by the Nabeshima daimyo family (330 koku of rice), Hirato area by the Matsuura daimyo family, Karatsu area by the Doi and Mizuno daimyo families.
	tsuba.jyuluck-do.com /Assortment.html (2805 words)

	IGN: It's All History: The Story Behind Onimusha
		Nobunaga was born in 1534 as the first son of Nobuhide Oda, the warlord of Owari province (near the modern city of Nagoya).
		1534 Nobunaga Oda is born in the Owari province.
		1537 Hideyoshi Toyotomi (Toukichiro Kinoshita in Onimusha) is born in the Owari province.
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	Oda Nobunaga at AllExperts
		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in Shobata Castle in Owari Province.
		He was Nobuhide's third son; however, he was the first son not born to a concubine and so was the heir to the Oda clan and their domains in Owari province.
		In a political manoeuvre, Hirate Masahide sent a proposal to the Oda clan's rival daimyo in Mino province, Saito Dosan, to have Nobunaga marry Dosan's daughter, NÅhime.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/od/oda_nobunaga.htm (2904 words)

	Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan: VIII. A Miraculous Sword
		However, that does not very much matter to my story, which is merely the legend attached to the miraculous sword known as the Kusanagi no Tsurugi (the grass-cutting sword), which is held as one of the three sacred treasures, and is handed down from father to son in the Imperial Family.
		The sword is kept at the Atsuta Shrine, in Owari Province.
		It is important to note that there is in existence a sword, said to be this sword, in the Atsuta Shrine, Owari Province; a great festival in honour of it is held on June 21 every year.
	www.sacred-texts.com /shi/atfj/atfj10.htm (1247 words)

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		He was the son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province.
		Thus, Oda Nobutomo, being Owari's deputy shugo with the powerless Shiba as his puppet, was able to challenge Nobunaga's place as Owari's new master.
		Oda Nobunaga was the well-known lord of the Nagoya area (once called Owari Province) and an exceptional example of samurai of the Sengoku Period.
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	Findbox: owari
		This is the photo of the British analog to the Kii and Owari:.
		Owari is a Japanese word meaning "The End" and is often found at the end of Japanese...
		Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province, and Oda had a...
	www.findbox.de /owari.html (185 words)

	Owari Tsuba
		Owari tsuba are named for the old province near present day Nagoya.
		Many, particularly in Japan, consider Owari tsuba to be the finest of the iron ji sukashi tsuba, best embodying the Samurai aesthetic.
		Note that the Hoan, Yamakichibei, Kanayama, and other tusba making groups were also located in the Owari area, but are generally classified on their own, and not as part of the Owari Sukashi tradition.
	home.earthlink.net /~jggilbert/owari.htm (744 words)

	Owari Province
		Owari Province is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in the Shobata Castle.
		He was Nobuhide's third son; however, he was the first son not born to a concubine and so was the heir to the Oda clan and domain in the Owari province.
	www.experiencefestival.com /owari_province (1438 words)

	Oda Nobunaga Summary
		He was the son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meagre land holdings in Owari province.
		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in Shobata Castle in Owari Province.
		He was Nobuhide's third son; however, he was the first son not born to a concubine and so was the heir to the Oda clan and their domains in Owari province.
	www.bookrags.com /Oda_Nobunaga (4637 words)

	The Corners of History :: Japanese Historical Figures: Oda Nobunaga
		Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534 the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a regional daimyo in the province of Owari.
		In this time of establishing dominion over his family and Owari he acquired the great Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was greatly befriended by Nobunaga and became a most invaluable asset.
		Yoshimoto didn't think anything about the "peasant samurai of Owari" or the "brat Nobunaga" and had it known that they were a force of 40,000.
	www.angelfire.com /empire2/cornersofhistory/japanfigures1.htm (813 words)

	Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born in 1537 as the son of a poor farmer in a village in Owari province
		Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born in 1537 as the son of a poor farmer in a village in Owari province.
		The people in the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other arms.
		Hideyoshi’s official spin on this policy was that it was also for religious purposes since the recycled metal would ostensively be melted down and used in the construction of a monumental statue of Buddha.
	www.zenstoriesofthesamurai.com /Characters/ToyotomiHideyoshi.htm (1110 words)

	Ancient Japan - 6
		Nobunaga's father was a minor Owari daimyo, whereas Hideyoshi was the son of a peasant from the same province.
		But aside from those in the metropolitan and surrounding provinces, these lands were in many cases divided among the distant, independent tozama ("outside") daimyo, and the management of these lands was entrusted to them.
		The ancestors of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo bakufu, were the Matsudaira, a Sengoku daimyo family from the mountainous region of Mikawa province (in present Aichi prefecture) who had built up their base as daimyo by advancing into the plains of Mikawa.
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	CalendarHome.com - Oda Nobuhide - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Oda Nobuhide (織田信秀 Oda Nobuhide 1510 – April 21, 1551) was a warlord and magistrate of lower Owari Province during the Sengoku Period of Japan.
		Though the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide never fully united Owari Province but was involved in open warfare as he was fronted to the north by Saito Dosan, daimyo of Mino province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa, Suruga, and Totomi provinces.
		Almost all support of Nobunaga that would have been had from Nobuhide's retainers went to younger brother Oda Nobuyuki, leaving Nobunaga with Hirate Masahide and his father-in-law Saito Dosan, whom he had never met before.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Oda_Nobuhide (374 words)

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		At the end of the Muromachi period, a number of swordsmiths migrated from Mino province to Owari as part of the great dispersal of Mino talent across the country.
		Famous for being the birthplace of Oda Nobunaga, Owari became the fief of Tokugawa Yoshinao in 1607.
		Also in Owari, the ancient castle of Inuyama, originally built in 1435, was strengthened and commanded by Naruse Masanari and his descendants.
	www.to-ken.com /swordregister/no66.htm (395 words)

	The Asahina Battle Chronicle of early Sixteenth Century Japan
		When he was exiled, he withdrew to Futamata Castle, where freebooters from this province and Owari flew to his cause, bringing the uprising into the open.
		When Yoshitada met with calamity while returning to his home province, Nagatsura too was struck down and killed, after loosing all his arrows at the enemy in glorious defense of his lord.
		This province of Totomi and half of Owari are Imagawa lands.
	www.deremilitari.org /RESOURCES/SOURCES/asahina.htm (2352 words)

	Unification of Owari Province Post on IMEEM
		Thus, Oda Nobutomo, brother to the deceased Oda Nobuhide, and being Owari's deputy shugo with the powerless Shiba as his puppet, was able to challenge Nobunaga's place as Owari's new master.
		Taking advantage of Yoshimune's son Shiba Yoshikane's position as the rightful kanrei, Nobunaga forged an alliance with the Imagawa clan of Suruga province and the Kira clan of Mikawa province, as both clans were also kanrei and would have no excuse to decline.
		The campaign failed, however, as Dosan was killed and Yoshitatsu became the new master of Mino in 1556.
	groups.imeem.com /nqNLdGVn/blogs/2007/07/24/aO1C0ZKe/unification_of_owari_province (449 words)

	Oda Nobunaga Biography
		Son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province, Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest to eventually conquer most of Japan before his untimely death in 1582.
		Defeats the Oda Nobukata, last of the rebelling relatives in Owari province.
		Defeats invading daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto, ruler of the Mikawa (eastern Aichi prefecture), Suruga (western Shizuoka prefecture), and Totomi (eastern Shizuoka) provinces.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Oda_Nobunaga.html (995 words)

	Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya - Aichi
		After Tokugawa Ieyasu won the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and became shogun in 1603, key family members of the Tokugawa clan were placed in strategic locations to ensure the continuity of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
		During the centuries of their rule, the Owari branch of the family collected an incredible collection of art, luxury items passed through the generations as heirlooms, and many other furnishings.
		The Owari also collected, utilizing their immense wealth and prestige to purchase or commission works, while many other pieces were brought into the family as gifts or as part of the dowry of brides.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/aichi/tokugawa_artmuseum.html (2458 words)

	Oda Nobunaga information - Search.com
		He was the son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province.
		The campaign failed, however, as Dosan was killed and Yoshitatsu became the new master of Mino in 1556.
		By 1559, Nobunaga had already eliminated all opposition within the clan as well as Owari province.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Oda_Nobunaga (3358 words)

	The Wargamer - Warfare in Feudal Japan
		In the 15th century, the Ikko-ikki gained control of the Kaga province, the first non-samurai or non-courtier controlled province in Japanese history.
		After the defeat of the Mikawa Ikko-ikki, Turnbull shifts westward to Nagashima castle in the Owari province.
		Owari was the home province of Oda Nobunaga, and the shogun-maker had strong family ties to this region.
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	Owari - Qwika
		Owari Owari, writing formally like Owari Kuni (???) was not an old province of...
		Owari valve Owari valve（The end べ it is) With, Aichi prefecture west (Owari district) with you speak Japanese dialect.
		Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were natives of Owari province, and Oda had a castle...
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	Japanese Porcelain Marks
		The province of Owari with Nagoya as its commercial and indisutrial metropolis, is the greatest ceramic centre so far as the amount of products.
		Owari produces so many varieties of porcelain and stoneware that the Japanese familiarly speak of porcelain and pottery in general as "setomono" after the village of the same name in this province.
		Owari produces so many varieties of porcelain and stoneware that the Japanese speak of porcelain and pottery in general as "Setomono" after the village Seto, slightly north of Nagoya.
	www.gotheborg.com /marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml (6766 words)

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		In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in the Shobata Castle.
		He was Nobuhide's third son; however, he was the first son not born to a concubine and so was the heir to the Oda clan and domain in the Owari province.
		An obstacle in the southern Omi province, however, was the Rokkaku clan.
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