Echizen Province (越前国, Echizen-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region...

Echizen may refer to: Echizen Province, an old province of Japan Echizen, Fukui, a city in Fukui Prefecture Echizen, Fukui (town), a town adjacent to...

Ōno Castle is located in northeastern Echizen Province on the main highway connecting Echizen with Mino Province. The castle is sited on the ridgeline...

Echizen (越前市, Echizen-shi) is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2018[update], the city had an estimated population of 83,078 in...

bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was Kashū (加州). Koshi Province (越国, Koshi...

(若州)) Echizen (Esshū) (越前国 (越州)) – broke off from Koshi Province (越国) during the end of the 7th century Kaga (Kashū) (加賀国 (加州)) – divided from Echizen Province...

The Kaientai (海援隊, Kaientai, "Maritime Support Force") was a trading and shipping company and private navy, considered to be the first corporation in modern...

"Etchū Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-9. "Kaga Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-9. "Echizen Province" at...

This is a list of daimyōs from the Sengoku period of Japan. Nanbu Nobunao Nanbu Toshinao Tsugaru Tamenobu Date Harumune Date Terumune Date Masamune Date...

Echizen Province, Hakui District, Noto District (also called Kashima District), Fugeshi District and Suzu District, were separated into Noto Province...

and established a new Hongan-ji branch temple, Yoshizaki-gobō, in Echizen Province in 1471. It was at this temple that he began to attract a significant...

The clan held influence and territory in the provinces of Echizen Province and Owari Province to which they were governors during the Sengoku period.[citation...

Hideyoshi protected the left flank. In 1576, after gaining control of Echizen, he took command of Kitanosho Castle (Hokujō) and was ordered to conquer...

theory suggests he was born in Echizen Province, but there are other plausible locations, including Hagi, Nagato Province. His father, Sugimori Nobuyoshi...

province of Mimasaka Statue of Musashi & Kojiro Battle Miyamoto Musashi kills a shark fish (Yamazame) in the mountains across the border of Echizen Province...

of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Wakasa bordered on Echizen, Ōmi, Tanba, Tango, and Yamashiro Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō...

In 996 when her father was posted to a four-year governorship in Echizen Province, Murasaki went with him, although it was uncommon for a noblewoman...

daimyō of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province. Naritsugu was born in Fukui as the third son of Matsudaira Haruyoshi...

entrusted to a Shinto priest at a Shinto Shrine in Otanosho in the Echizen province. This Chikazane became the founder of the Oda clan. According to modern...

period from 1601 to 1871. The Fukui Domain was based at Fukui Castle in Echizen Province, the core of the modern city of Fukui, located in the Chūbu region...

Sawayama went to Echizen Province, where they took refuge in Fukui City. Nagasone Okisato (長曽祢興里) was born in Nagasone-mura, Ōmi Province. The Nagasone family...

supported this claim. Moreover, when Ashikaga Yoshiaki was staying in Echizen Province, Mitsuhide served as a foot soldiers (made up of those who were not...

Eihei-ji (永平寺) is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples...

Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate...

20, 767) was a shugendō monk in Nara period Japan. He was raised in Echizen Province, which was in the southern portion of present-day Fukui Prefecture...

be Yasuke. According to Fujita, on 14 May 1581, Yasuke departed for Echizen Province with Fróis and the other Christians. They returned to Kyoto on May...

Hiuchiyama (火打ち山) was one of Minamoto no Yoshinaka's fortresses in Echizen Province, Japan. In April and May 1183, a Taira force led by Taira no Koremori...

Mino province in the Sengoku period. The clan appropriated the name of a defunct samurai clan named "Saitō" that had previously hailed from Echizen province...

Asakura had displaced the Shiba clan as the shugo military commander of Echizen Province. The same year, Asakura Toshikage (1428–1481) fortified the Ichijōdani...

Echizen (越前町, Echizen-chō) is a town located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2018[update], the town had an estimated population of 20,709 and...