three ridges of the mountain, the castle was one of the largest in Tanba Province, along with Yakami Castle and Yagi Castle. A fortification was originally...

so-called six old kiln sites of Japan (the others being Shigaraki, Bizen, Seto, Tanba, and Tokoname). The exact location of the provincial capital and Provincial...

National Historic Site since 2005. The castle was one of the largest in Tanba Province, along with Kuroi Castle and Yagi Castle. It was the original base of...

Hatakeyama Yoshihide – Son of Yoshitoyo. Hosokawa Katsumoto – Shugo of Settsu, Tanba, and Yamashiro among others. Also a kanrei. Hosokawa Masamoto – Son of Katsumoto...

provincial system merged the former Tango Province, Yamashiro Province and the eastern part of Tanba Province into today's Kyoto Prefecture. Although many...

dialects) Tanba dialect (southeastern part of former Tanba Province) Southern Yamashiro dialect (southern part of former Yamashiro Province) □Osaka dialect...

1582), also known as Saitō Toshizo (斎藤歳三), was lord of Ikuchiyama in Tanba Province as well as a member of the Saitō clan. Toshikazu was Saito Tatsuoki...

generations as deputy military governors of Mino province. She was born in Kuroi Castle of Tanba province (comprising modern-day Hyogo and Kyoto Prefectures)...

Prefectures; held by the Aoki clan Amagasaki (1615-1871) Sanda (1633-1871) Tanba-Kameyama (1600-1602/1619-1871) Sonobe (1619-1871) Yamaga (1600-1871) Ayabe...

in Invasion of Shikoku (1585). He was given 70,000 koku at Imabari, Iyo Province and became a daimyo. In 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, initially he...