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    Mimasaka Province (美作国, Mimasaka-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is northern Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of western Japan...
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  • Mimasaka can refer to: Mimasaka, Okayama, city in Japan Mimasaka Province, former province of Japan This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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    (1600-1871) Koshima (1648-1649) Tsuyama (1603-1871) Tsuyamashinden (1676-1697) Mimasaka-Katsuyama (1764-1871) Niwase (1600-1679/16831683/1693-1697/1699-1871) Ashimori...
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    closest to the capital. Bizen Province at this time included the territory of what would later become Mimasaka Province, Tsurashima (Torago, Kojima County)...
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    Mimasaka (美作市, Mimasaka-shi) is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 25...
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    character in the name of Kibi Province, whose ambit also included the area that would be divided off as Mimasaka Province in the early 8th century CE....
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    father ... he lived in Miyamoto village, in the Yoshino district [of Mimasaka Province]. Musashi was most probably born here." Musashi gives his full name...
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    Bingo (備後) Provinces in the late 7th century, and Mimasaka Province was separated from Bizen Province in the 8th century. The first three provinces took...
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    Mimasaka Province was split from Bizen Province, Hyūga Province was sundered from Ōsumi Province, and Tanba Province was severed from Tango Province.[citation...
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    Hideyoshi, and for five generations headed the Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province as tozama daimyō. Nagayoshi had lost his life in the Battle of Komaki...
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    included, although only Bitchū Province was considered a "middle country" (中国); Mimasaka Province and Bizen Province, the other two components of modern-day...
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    Mimasaka Kokubun-ji (美作国分寺) is a Tendai sect Buddhist temple in the Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Its honzon is a hibutsu...
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    Sugawara clan. Mimasaka Kan clan; a samurai family from Mimasaka Province. Maeda clan; descended from the Harada clan, a branch of the Mimasaka Kan clan, or...
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    since 1950. Tsuyama was the center of ancient Mimasaka Province and the location of its kokufu and the Mimasaka Kokubun-ji. It was also on the pilgrimage...
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  • Iga no Kami, the lord of Takayama Castle in the Yoshino district of Mimasaka Province. Munisai was relied upon by Lord Shinmen Sokan, the head of the Shinmen...
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    victory, was bestowed a domain which covered parts of Bizen Province and Mimasaka Province and which was worth 520,000 koku. Perhaps surprisingly, Ieyasu...
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    Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji. During the Edo period of Japanese history...
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    Prefecture in the San'in region of Japan. Inaba was bordered by Hōki, Mimasaka, Harima and Tajima Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Inshū (因州)...
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    Nakayama Shrine (category Mimasaka Province)
    Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mimasaka Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 29. Although...
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    Mutsu Province was separated from Dewa Province. 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month): Tanba Province was separated from Tango Province; Mimasaka Province was divided...
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    Ōhara-chō province of Mimasaka. During the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Higo Province were reformed...
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    Prefecture, as the son of a low-ranking samurai from the Tsuyama Domain of Mimasaka Province. His upbringing and early education was steeped in bushido and the...
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  • Izumi Province, Mimasaka Province, Echizen Province, Bitchū Province, Nara Province, Tosa Province, Izumo Province, Owari Province, Higo Province, Aki...
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    steadily declining since the 1950s Nishiawakura is part of ancient Mimasaka Province. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into Nishiawakura...
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    the population of Shōō has been as follows. Shōō is part of ancient Mimasaka Province. Katsurada flourished in the Edo Period as a shukuba on the main pilgrimage...
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    Tsuyama Castle (category Mimasaka Province)
    Tsuyama Castle is located in the center of Tsuyama Basin in former Mimasaka Province. It was an important junction of roads connecting Himeji and Okayama...
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  • (Japan, March 11, 2011), and was inaugurated under the auspices of Mimasaka Province (Mayor Seiji Hagiwara) and in the presence of Senator Élisabeth Lamure...
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    been steadily declining since the 1950s Shinjō is part of ancient Mimasaka Province. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into Shinjō village...
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    position of personal physician to the Matsudaira daimyōs of Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province (modern-day Okayama Prefecture) who took their name from Mitsukuri...
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    Nagi being referred to as a ‘miracle town’. Nagi is part of ancient Mimasaka Province. After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Kitayoshino, Toyota...
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