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    The Shimabara Rebellion (島原の乱, Shimabara no ran), also known as the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion (島原・天草の乱, Shimabara-Amakusa no ran) or Shimabara-Amakusa...
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    Shimabara (嶋原) (often simplified to 島原, sometimes styled 嶌原), established in 1640, was the designated red light district (yūkaku) in Kyoto. Following...
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    Shimabara Castle (島原城, Shimabara-jō), also known as Moritake Castle (森岳城, Moritake-jō) and Takaki Castle (高来城, Takaki-jō), is a Japanese castle located...
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    Shimabara (島原市, Shimabara-shi) is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. As of 30 June 2024[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    Shimabara Domain (島原藩, Shimabara-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Originally known as Hinoe Domain, its administrative center was initially...
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  • Shimabara Lullaby (Japanese: 島原の子守唄 or Shimabara no komoriuta) is a folk song-like lullaby by Kohei Miyazaki of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan...
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    The Shimabara Peninsula (島原半島, Shimabara-hantō) is a peninsula located in Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The peninsula incorporates...
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    Bio Park Shimabara Peninsula Mount Unzen Shimabara Castle JR Kyushu Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki Main Line Sasebo Line Omura Line Shimabara Railway...
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    tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) on 21 May. This caused the collapse...
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  • The Beppu-Shimabara graben (別府‐島原地溝帯, Beppu-Shimabara Chikōtai) is a geological formation that runs across the middle of Kyushu, Japan, from Beppu Bay...
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    Shimabara Castle (December 12, 1637-January 8, 1638) was an unsuccessful siege of the Shimabara Castle by rebel peasants and ronin during Shimabara Rebellion...
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    Shimabara Railway (島原鉄道, Shimabara Tetsudō) (Shimatetsu (島鉄) for short) is a third-sector railway company in Nagasaki, Japan. Shimabara Railway also operates...
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    engagement of the Shimabara Rebellion in Japan. The battle was an early rebel victory against a punitive expedition which was sent from Shimabara Castle. The...
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    volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. In...
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  • The 1922 Shimabara earthquake (Japanese: 島原地震) occurred in Kyushu, Japan on December 8, 1922. The mainshock (M6.9) was followed by a large aftershock...
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    approximately 40 tayū working in Kyoto in the Shimabara district. Tayū have survived into the modern day in Shimabara, Kyoto, having been allowed to continue...
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    Minamishimabara (Japanese: 南島原市, Hepburn: Minami-Shimabara-shi) lit. "South Shimabara City" is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 June 2024[update]...
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    was outlawed in Japan in 1957. However, the tayū remaining in Kyoto's Shimabara district were allowed to continue practising the cultural and performing...
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    Shimabara Hantō Prefectural Natural Park (島原半島県立自然公園, Shimabara Hantō kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan...
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    fought together with him in the Battle of Sekigahara, Siege of Osaka, and Shimabara Rebellion as part of the Tokugawa army. The Miyamoto Musashi Budokan training...
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    (天草 四郎), was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate...
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  • Mori Sōiken (森 宗意軒, died April 12, 1638) was one of the leaders of Shimabara Rebellion at Japan. His father was Nishimura Magobei (西村 孫兵衛, other name:...
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    The Shimabara Railway Line (島原鉄道線, Shimabara Tetsudō-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Isahaya Station, Isahaya and Shimabarakō. The line parallels...
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    the date of Oda Nobunaga's march on Kyoto, to the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638, deep into what is traditionally considered the Edo...
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    Shimabara Station (島原駅, Taira-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki. It is operated by third-sector railway...
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    Restoration was the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637. While there is no evidence that Europeans directly incited the rebellion, Shimabara Domain had been a Christian...
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  • St. Francisco Academy to the 17th century, where they take part in the Shimabara Rebellion. It was serialized in the manga magazine Petit Flower from 2000...
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  • Minamitakaki District is now equivalent to the cities of Shimabara, Unzen, and Minami-Shimabara. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of...
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    be an extremely destabilizing factor, and so decided to target it. The Shimabara Rebellion of 1637–1638, in which discontented Catholic samurai and peasants...
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