Ōsumi Province (大隅国, Ōsumi no Kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of southeastern Kyūshū, corresponding to the eastern half of modern Kagoshima Prefecture...

(鹿児島郡) - absorbed Kitaōsumi District (北大隅郡) of Ōsumi Province and Taniyama District of Satsuma Province on March 29, 1896 Kawanabe District (川辺郡) - absorbed...

Ōsumi can stand for: Ōsumi Province, a former province of Japan Ōsumi Peninsula Ōsumi Islands, an archipelago at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands...

included what later became Satsuma Province and Ōsumi Province. In 702, Satsuma was separated from Hyūga, followed by Ōsumi in 713. However, the local Hayato...

The Ōsumi Islands (大隅諸島, Ōsumi-shotō) is an archipelago in the Ryukyu Archipelago, and are the northernmost group of the Ryukyu Islands, The chain extends...

Mimasaka Province was split from Bizen Province, Hyūga Province was sundered from Ōsumi Province, and Tanba Province was severed from Tango Province.[citation...

before the separation of Ōsumi province from Hyūga Province in 713. The history of Usa Shrine records that later, in 719, the Ōsumi and Hyūga Hayato attacked...

region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) and ancient province (kuni/-shū, roughly comparable to modern prefectures, -to/-dō/-fu/-ken)...

merged into Ōsumi Province. The Tokara Islands and the northwestern group of the Ōsumi Islands belonged to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province. The Amami...

corresponding to the extent of the former Satsuma Province. The eastern part of the prefecture, the former Ōsumi Province, is mostly rural and shows a general population...

(南西諸島, Nansei-shotō) Satsunan Islands (薩南諸島, Satsunan-shotō) Ōsumi Islands (大隅諸島, Ōsumi-shotō) with: Tanegashima, Yakushima, Kuchinoerabu, Mageshima in...

lived in Yamashiro Province, in the south of modern Kyoto. There remains an area called Ōsumi (大住) in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, where many Ōsumi Hayato lived. These...

domain led by the Shimazu clan comprising Satsuma Province, Ōsumi Province, and parts of Hyuga Province on the Kyushu island, as well as parts of Ryukyu...

situated on the island: Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, Higo, Buzen, Bungo, Hyūga, Osumi, and Satsuma. Today's Kyushu Region (九州地方, Kyūshū-chihō) is a politically...

of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 444.99 km2 (171.81 sq mi) in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands...

after the Meiji Restoration, the Amami Islands were incorporated into Ōsumi Province, and then into Kagoshima Prefecture. During World War II, more than...

were limited to the Ōsumi and Tokara Islands. However, when Shimazu Sadahisa, the head of the clan, handed over Satsuma Province to his son Morohisa in...

area since the 1200s, and covered territory in the provinces of Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga. The Satsuma Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka system and...

military governor of Satsuma Province (1205). However, the jitō of the estate in Ōsumi and the military governor of Ōsumi Province were succeeded by the Hōjō...

merged with Ōsumi District to become Naka District on March 26, 1896 Tōkaidō – connecting Edo with Kyoto Shōnan, common name for Sagami Province's Sagami Bay...

The Sata physic garden (佐多旧薬園, Sata kyu-Yakuen) was an Edo period physic garden, located in the Sata Izashiki neighborhood of the town of Minamiōsumi,...

other hand, he moved to unify Ōsumi Province and captured Takaoka Castle in 1538 to capture the majority of the province. In 1533, he had his son Kimotsuki...

1549 when forces of the Shimazu clan besieged the castle of Kajiki in Ōsumi Province. The siege succeeded and the castle was taken. Shimazu vassal, Ijuin...

The Ōsumi Kokubun-ji (大隅国分寺) was a Buddhist temple located in what is now the Kokubu neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It was one...

town: Ōsaki The district was once written "囎唹郡," and it was part of Ōsumi Province. The district broke off into Higashisoo and Nishisoo Districts in May...

Province; Mimasaka Province was divided from Bizen Province; and Hyūga Province was divided from Ōsumi Province. 713 (Wadō 6): The compilation of Fudoki was...

were the Shimazu. The Shimazu clan, which had unified Satsuma Province and Ōsumi Province under their control, began to clash with the Itō in 1570. The...

Tadatoki's son Shigetoki was attacked by Nejime Shigetake, a ruler of Ōsumi Province, and fled to Tanegashima. Shigetoki handed over Yakushima to Nejime...

allotted to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province, and then transferred to Ōshima District of Ōsumi Province in 1897. In 1908, the islands were grouped...

Nishinoomote was part of ancient Tane Province, which was abolished in 824 and incorporated into Ōsumi Province. Tanegashima became a part of Shimazu...