Hirado (平戸市, Hirado-shi) is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2024[update], the city had an estimated population of 28,172, and...
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Híradó (or often M1 Híradó for clarity, means News Station or M1 News) is the main news program of MTVA, the Hungarian public broadcaster. It was broadcast...
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Hirado Castle (平戸城, Hirado-jō) was the seat of the Matsura clan, the daimyō of Hirado Domain, of Hizen Province, Kyūshū. It is located in present-day...
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Dutch erected their factory at Hirado, Nagasaki, on 20 September. They preserved the "trade pass" (Dutch: handelspas) in Hirado and then Dejima for next two...
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Hirado is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Hirado may also refer to: Híradó, a Hungarian news program Hirado Island, the island in Nagasaki Prefecture...
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The Hirado Bridge (平戸大橋, Hirado Ō-hashi) is a suspension bridge in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It connects the islands of Hirado and Kitamatsuura Peninsula...
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Hirado Domain (平戸藩, Hirado-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was centered around Hirado Castle in what is now the city of Hirado, Nagasaki...
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Hirado Island (平戸島, Hiradoshima) (also previously named Hiranoshima and Firando Island) is the 4th largest island in Nagasaki Prefecture, located in the...
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Dejima (section Notable opperhoofden at Hirado)
allowed to trade relatively freely. At its maximum, the Hirado trading post (平戸オランダ商館, Hirado Oranda Shōkan) covered a large area. In 1637 and 1639 stone...
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Hirado ware (Japanese: 平戸焼, Hepburn: hirado-yaki) is a type of Japanese porcelain mostly made at kilns at Mikawachi, Sasebo, Nagasaki, and it is therefore...
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JS Hirado (MSO-305) is the second ship of the Awaji-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Awaji was laid down on 10 April...
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Matsuura, was a medieval and early modern Japanese samurai family who ruled Hirado Domain in Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu. They started as a group...
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have been named Hirado: Japanese cruiser Hirado was a Chikuma-class cruiser launched in 1911 and struck in 1940 Japanese escort ship Hirado was an Etorofu-class...
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Shinchi Chinatown Ōura Church Sōfuku-ji Suwa Shrine Urakami Cathedral Hirado Hirado Castle Sakikata Park Sasebo Huis Ten Bosch Kujūku Islands Tenkaihō Takayuki...
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The Hirado Dutch Trading Post (平戸和蘭商館, Hirado Oranda shōkan ato) was a trading base of the Dutch East India Company on the island of Hirado, Nagasaki...
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Hirado (平戸) was the third and final vessel built of the Chikuma-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Hirado had two sister ships, Chikuma...
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Nakaenoshima (redirect from Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region: Kasuga Village and Sacred Places in Hirado (Nakaenoshima Island))
Nakaenoshima (中江ノ島) is an uninhabited island 2 km off the coast of Hirado, Japan. It is located in the East China Sea. During Japan's ban on Christianity...
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Matsura Seizan (section Lord of Hirado)
transmission of the Shingyōtō ryu school. Seizan was born in Edo, at the Hirado-han (Hirado domain) residence, as the oldest son of Matsura Masanobu (1735–1771)...
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Shichizaemon (田川七左衛門), a vassal of Hirado Domain. She was a Japanese who lived most of her life in the coastal town of Hirado, then later migrated to China...
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Kishū Tokugawa. Hirado Castle Hirado Castle : Observation tower Hirado Castle : Jizosaka tower Hirado Castle : North Tiger Gate Hirado Castle stands on...
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VOC chief traders in Japan (section Hirado, 1609–1639)
competitors. The first VOC trading outpost in Japan was on the island of Hirado off the coast of Kyūshū. Permission for establishing this permanent facility...
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Ikitsuki Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that connects Ikitsuki to Hirado Island. Completed in 1991, it has a main span of 400 meters (1,300 feet)...
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attacked two Portuguese trade vessels that had shunned Matsura's port in Hirado and had gone instead to trade at Fukuda (now within Nagasaki), a port belonging...
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mother was Matsura Aiko (1818–1906), the 11th daughter of the daimyō of the Hirado domain, Matsura Seizan. She was born in Kyoto and entered service of the...
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(1565–1624) was the head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan, between 1613 and 1623, from its creation until its bankruptcy and...
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within the borders of the Saikai National Park. Nagasaki Prefecture Hasami Hirado Kawatana Matsuura Ojika Saikai Saza Saga Prefecture Arita Imari The climate...
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Retrieved 29 July 2014. Delakorda Kawashima, Tinka (2017). "Landscape in Hirado revealing the secrets of Hidden Christians' life-world: National and global...
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able to gain permission from the ruler to establish a commercial house in Hirado on the Japanese island of Kyushu: We give free license to the subjects of...
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Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (category Hirado, Nagasaki)
access was available through bridges connecting Hirado Island with the mainland and Ikitsuki Island to Hirado. The dialect of Ikitsuki can be difficult to...
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chief factor of the East India Company missions in Bantam, Indonesia and Hirado, Japan. Saris was born to a family in South Yorkshire in 1579 or 1580. His...
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