Bungo Province (豊後国, Bungo-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of eastern Kyūshū, corresponding to most of modern Ōita Prefecture, except what...

Look up bungo or buŋo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bungo may refer to: Bungo, Angola, a town in Uíge Province, Angola Bungo, Luanda, a borough (bairro)...

bordered on Bungo to the south, and Chikuzen to the north and west. Its abbreviated form name was Hōshū (豊州) (a name which it shared with Bungo Province), although...

after. Born with the childhood name of Akitsura, in Yoroigatake Castle, Bungo Province, Dōsetsu hailed from the Bekki clan. He fought his first battle leading...

He was the eldest son and successor of Otomo Sōrin as lord of the Bungo Province. His mother was an anti-Christian, known today only for the Jesuit epithet...

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

represented by Bungo Yukihira from Bungo Province, the Miike school active in Chikugo Province and the Naminohira school of Satsuma Province. Two old blades...

used in the Fudoki of Mutsu Province, Echigo Province, Hitachi Province, Settsu Province, Bungo Province and Hizen Province as well as others. The name...

Ōtomo clan in these two provinces. The clan would expand their power in Bungo Province along with the Shiga clan, founded by Yoshinao's eighth son Shiga Yoshisato...

to Usa City, is the border between the former Bungo Province and Buzen Province. Ōita Prefecture Bungo-Takada Hiji Kunisaki Usa Kitsuki has a humid subtropical...

withdrawing a great portion of their forces back to Higo province, while the rest stayed in Bungo province. There, they seized Funai Castle from the Ōtomo clan...

nunnery with the assistance of Fujiwara no Yoshifuchi, the governor of Bungo Province in accordance with Emperor Shōmu's edict. As this was the same year...

Bungo-Ōno (豊後大野市, Bungo-Ōno-shi) is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of...

– Kai Province, Aki province, Wakasa Province Ōtomo clan – Bungo Province, Buzen Province Toki clan – Mino Province Rokkaku clan – Ōmi Province Ogasawara...

declined in recent decades. The area of Tsukumi was part of ancient Bungo Province. According to legend Emperor Jimmu climbed Mount Suisho in Tsukumi and...

Toyo Province (豊国, Toyo-no kuni) was an ancient province of Japan, in the area of Buzen and Bungo Provinces. The ancient entity was located in modern Ōita...

service under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he was soon moved to the Oka Domain in Bungo Province, with an income raise from 66,000 koku to 74,000 koku. In 1597, Hidenari...

controlled Bungo, most of Buzen, Chikuzen, and Chikugo, and had influence over Hugo, Hizen and Iyo, soon became known as the "Seven-Province Host of the...

after a time that a Portuguese ship had arrived at a port in the province of Bungo in Kyushu and that the prince there would like to see him, Xavier...

The Bungo Kaidō (豊後街道) was a route built during the Edo period in Japan. It started in Kumamoto, Higo Province (modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture), and stretched...

and lower Toyo Province, called Bungo Province and Buzen Province. After the Meiji Restoration, districts from Bungo and Buzen provinces were combined...

south of Bungo province on Kyūshū's eastern coast. Meanwhile, Hideyoshi took his own forces down a more western route, in Chikuzen province. Later that...

ancient Bungo Province, and the location of the Bungo Kokubun-ji and presumably the Bungo kokufu were located in this area. According to the Bungo no Kuni...

Province, the Inaba clan of Usuki Domain in Bungo Province, the Suwa clan of Shinshū, the Tamura of Ichinoseki, and the Mōri clan of Saeki in Bungo Province...

Kyushu in 1587 (Tensho 15), at the behest of Otomo Sorin, daimyō of Bungo Province (currently Oita Prefecture). Shimazu Iehisa and Shimazu Toyohisa, joined...

covering travel expenses and so asked the feudal lord of Oka domain in Bungo province to accommodate his student. In Oka, Izō studied Jikishi-ryu [ja] school...

population of Usuki is as shown below The area of Usuki was part of ancient Bungo Province. During the Edo period it was mostly under control of Usuki Domain and...

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

entire Chūgoku region. In his later years, he crushed the Ōtomo clan of Bungo Province in Kyūshū. Motonari ruled from Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, the clan's main...

great that she was the principal leader of the anti-Christian force in Bungo province during the rule of Ōtomo Sōrin. Lady Nata married Ōtomo Sōrin around...