Higo Province (肥後国, Higo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes...

Higo may refer to: Higo Province, old province in what is now Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Higo Ko-ryu, Japanese koryū martial art Higo Magalhães (born...

Hideyoshi, was made daimyō of half of the (old) administrative region of Higo in 1588. Afterwards, Kiyomasa built Kumamoto Castle. Due to its many innovative...

Shigeru Ishiba is Kanamori's great-grandson. Kanamori was born in Higo province, Japan, in what is now Tamana, Kumamoto prefecture on October 2, 1857...

Fukuoka and Kumamoto, and was thus seen as the northern gateway to Higo Province. It is unknown when the castle was first constructed. This area was...

sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo. The province was included in Saikaidō. It did...

swordsmiths from Higo province who produced swords in the Bizen tradition during the feudal period of Japan. The Dotanuki school evolved in Higo Province with its...

in broad daylight. He was born Komori Genjiro (小森 彦次郎) in Kumamoto, Higo Province, Japan in 1834 as the second son to Komori Sadasuke (小森 貞助), a retainer...

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

associated with the Higo clan of mountainous Higo Province of Kyushu.: 75  The system teaches naginatajutsu. The naginata of Higo Ko-ryu is unique: shaft...

武房, 1245 – March 26, 1285) was the 10th head of the Kikuchi clan of Higo Province and gained fame for himself and his clan during the defense of Japan...

mikan after the place name of Nishi-Nakajima in Amakusa District of the Higo Province (later Nagashima, Kagoshima), where the species was thought to have...

describe appearances in Higo Province, one report the Amabiko Nyūdo (尼彦入道, "the amahiko monk") in neighboring Hyuga Province (Miyazaki prefecture), another...

retainer of the Ōuchi clan and a son of Sagara Masato. Originally from Higo Province, he served the Ōuchi clan as his father had become a retainer of the...

Higo affected (島原大変肥後迷惑), (Shimabara means the central mountain of the Shimabara Peninsula) since many people were killed by this tsunami in Higo (Kumamoto...

himself simply states in The Book of Five Rings that he was born in Harima Province. Niten Ki (an early biography of Musashi) supports the assertion that Musashi...

domain in Higo Province, Kumamoto region, expanded to 515,000 koku Kuroda Nagamasa was reassigned from a 180,000-koku domain in Buzen Province, Nakatsu...

District and Amakusa District in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), as well as parts of Bungo Province (now Oita Prefecture), including...

Later, after Higo Province was confiscated from Sassa Narimasa, he was granted 250,000 koku of land in Higo (roughly half of the province), and given Kumamoto...

fudai (inside) daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate. They were given Higo Province, with an income of 540,000 koku, as their han (fief). Hosokawa Tadatoshi...

led 200,000 men to conquer Kyushu, the Shimazu army retreated to the Higo Province. The Tachibana forces were eventually forced to flee during the Kyūshū...

details Born 1139 A.D. Died 23 April 1170(1170-04-23) (aged 30–31) Higo Province, Japan Parent Minamoto no Tameyoshi (father) Unknown (mother) Military...

Takezaki Suenaga (竹崎 季長, 1246–1314) was a retainer of the Higo Province, Japan who fought in both the Battle of Bun'ei and the Battle of Kōan during the...

The Kikuchi clan (菊池氏, Kikuchi-shi) of Higo Province was a powerful daimyō family of Higo, Kyūshū. The lineage was renowned for valiant service in defense...

Hizen Province and the Kusano clan (草野氏) in Chikugo Province, and the "eight sun-rays" (八つ日足紋) of the Kikuchi clan (1070–1554 CE) in Higo Province. There...

literally means "the first shrine" of the province. In case of this town, it referred to the Aso Shrine of the Higo Province. 宋, 聖榮 (2023-09-27). 追火山: 臺灣火山群連結起的地球與宇宙紀事...

Campaign, he was given a fief in Higo Province in Kyushu. In 1588, however, due to difficulties in suppressing a Higo Province local revolt, he committed suicide...

Gyobu-tei, the former residence of the Hosokawa clan, the daimyō of Higo Province during the Edo period. This traditional wooden mansion has a noted Japanese...

called the "Taishō Democracy". Kiyoura was born Ōkubo Fujaku in Kamoto, Higo Province (part of present-day Yamaga, Kumamoto), as the fifth son of Ōkubo Ryōshi...

around Kyushu, he was invited by the Kikuchi clan in Higo Province and the Shimazu clan in Satsuma Province to give a lecture; and later, he established the...