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    Etchū Province (越中国, Etchū-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered...
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    kuni) was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo. The new Echigo Province consisted of Iwafune and Nutari Districts, and was one...
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    year 741, the province was abolished, and merged into Etchū Province. Noto Province was subsequently re-established in 757. The province disappears from...
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    JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-8. "Etchū Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-9. "Kaga Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved...
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    shared by the prediction beast kudan, also known to have appeared in Etchū Province, and the hakutaku (or baize, of Chinese origin), as scholars have pointed...
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    – divided from Echizen Province in 718. Although occupied by Etchu Province in 741, divided from Etchū Province in 757 Etchū (Esshū) (越中国 (越州)) – broke...
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    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 no...
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    Yamashiro (19), Sōshū (19), Bizen (45); and blades from Etchū Province (3), Bitchū Province (5), Hōki Province (2) and Saikaidō (7). The Yamato tradition is the...
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    traditionally had strong economic and cultural ties with the neighboring Etchū Province due to the ease of transportation and poor connections to the Pacific...
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    commander of a contingent of warriors from Shinano Province, invaded Taira lands in Shinano, Echigo, Etchū, Kaga and Echizen. The war was put on hold in 1181...
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  • stipend of 7,000 koku. In 1606, looking over flooded Daimon River, in Etchū Province, he fell off a horse and died by drowning. Naoyasu was succeeded by...
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    Shinano Province (信濃国, Shinano no kuni) or Shinshū (信州) is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered Echigo, Etchū, Hida...
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    Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province. Following the abolition of the han system in 1871, Etchū Province was renamed Niikawa Prefecture, but...
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    described as having a span of 9 shaku and 5 sun (about 2.8 meters). In Etchū Province (now Toyama Prefecture), in Aizu, at Nekomatayama said to be where nekomata...
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    remained there until his death in 1937. Ashiwara was born in Takaoka, Etchū Province (present-day Takaoka, Toyama) as the third son of a samurai of Takaoka...
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    Matsukura Castle (category Etchū Province)
    major mountain-castles in Etchū Province, along with Matsuyama Castle in central Etchū and Moriyama Castle in western Etchū. Matsukura Castle is located...
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    Castle and Matsukura Castle, Kenshin governed Echigo Province, controlled Kōzuke Province, Etchū Province and some adjacent provinces, all Hokuriku seaboard...
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    variant kutabe (or kudabe, kutahe) allegedly appeared in Mount Tate, Etchū Province (Toyama Prefecture), datable to Bunsei 10 (1827). The kanji for kudan...
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    tozama daimyō of the Maeda, and covered most of Kaga Province and Etchū Province and all of Noto Province in the Hokuriku region. The Kaga Domain had an assessed...
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    late summer of August 1585, Hideyoshi launched an attack on Etchū Province and Hida Province. He dispatched Kanamori Nagachika to destroy the Anegakōji...
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    Toyama Castle (category Etchū Province)
    local Jinbō clan, who governed western Etchū Province as retainers of the Hatakeyama clan. Eastern Etchū Province was governed by their rivals, the Shiina...
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    Toyama Domain (category Etchū Province)
    (富山藩, Toyama han) was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle...
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  • Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites (category Etchū Province)
    The Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites (上市黒川遺跡群, Kamiichi Kurosawa iseki gun) is a group of archaeological sites in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture in the...
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  • clan [ja] and Shugodai of the Etchū Province. In the mid-16th century, the Jinbō clan was the most powerful clan in the Etchū province. Sometimes it feuded with...
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    Imizu Shrine (category Etchū Province)
    Etchū Province. The shrine was initially regarded as the Ni-no-miya of Etchū Province, and became the ichinomiya of the province when Noto Province was...
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    Keta Jinja (category Etchū Province)
    It one of four shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Etchū Province, and has one of the strongest claims, as it is located in close proximity...
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    Fuchu in Etchū Province (30,000 koku), and in 1581 was given Noto Province (230,000 koku), to which he added his other territories in Kaga Province to form...
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    Jōbenoma Site (category Etchū Province)
    The Jōbenoma Site (じょうべのま遺跡, Jōbenoma iseki) is an archaeological site consisting of the Heian period ruins of a shōen located in what is now the Tanaka...
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    from Toyama Prefecture In Kurobekyō valley, Shimoniikawa District, Etchū Province, 16 ōnyūdō appeared, surprising the visitors of the Kanetsuri onsen...
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    Nisseki-ji (category Etchū Province)
    Nisseki-ji (日石寺) is a Buddhist temple in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The temple belongs to the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. It...
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