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    Hizen Province (肥前国, Hizen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called Hishū (肥州)...
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    and early modern Japanese samurai family who ruled Hirado Domain in Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu. They started as a group of military families...
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    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...
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    Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Hizen Province. Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces...
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    located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. Nagoya Castle was located within Hizen Province on a peninsula near to Iki Island, and served as the base from which...
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    region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) and ancient province (kuni/-shū, roughly comparable to modern prefectures, -to/-dō/-fu/-ken)...
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    11, 1659 – November 30, 1719), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. He became a Zen Buddhist priest...
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  • Nagoya (名護屋) was the location of a castle in Matsuura District, Hizen Province, Japan. Today, the area is part of Chinzei in the city of Karatsu in Japan's...
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    Karatsu Domain in Hizen Province. Matsudaira Noriharu – Second generation Ōgyū Matsudaira daimyō of Karatsu Domain in Hizen Province. Matsudaira Norisato...
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    The letter "誾" in Ginchiyo's name was named by Masugin, a monk in Hizen province. Ginchiyo was personally named by her father, with the name more or...
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