The 1611 Aizu earthquake (Japanese: 会津地震) occurred on September 27, 1611, in the Aizu Basin in present-day Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. According to the...

Japanese Earthquakes. Following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee was superseded by the Earthquake Research...

Tsuruga Castle (鶴ヶ城, Tsuru-ga-jō), also known as Aizuwakamatsu Castle (会津若松城 Aizu-Wakamatsu-jō) is a Japanese castle in northern Japan, at the center of the...

thousand. Some castles, such as the ones at Matsue and Kōchi, both built in 1611, have main keeps or other buildings that remain extant in their historical...

Kishihime (1807–1811) Motohime (1808–1821) married Matsudaira Katahiro of Aizu Domain by Oyachi Ayahime (1809–1837) married Matsudaira Yoritane of Takamatsu...

Nankaidō earthquakes and tsunamis killed 80,000 people. This was followed by the 1854 Tōkai earthquake on 23 December 1854. The earthquake struck primarily...

branch Tokugawa Munetake of the Tayasu branch. Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu branch. Matsudaira Sadanobu, born into the Tayasu branch, adopted into the...

Hideyoshi's appointed regents, defied Ieyasu by building up his military at Aizu. When Ieyasu officially condemned him and demanded that he come to Kyoto...

Hidetada. 1607: Korean Joseon dynasty sends an embassy to Tokugawa shogunate. 1611: Ryūkyū Islands become a vassal state of Satsuma Domain. 1614: Tokugawa Ieyasu...

(Kōka 3): Kōmei becomes 121st Emperor of Japan. 1847 (Kōka 4): Zenkoji earthquake causes major damage in Shinano Province and surrounding areas 1848 (Kaei...

1810); 26,936 (chōnin, in 1841). Kumamoto: 12,841 (samurai included, in 1611); 24,735 (chōnin, in ca. 1680); 19,939 (chōnin, in 1734); 20,881 (chōnin...

branch Tokugawa Munetake of the Tayasu branch. Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu branch. Matsudaira Sadanobu, born into the Tayasu branch, adopted into the...