Iwami Province (石見国, Iwami-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called...
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Iwami may refer to: Iwami Province (石見国), an old province of Japan Iwami, Shimane (石見町), a former town in Shimane, Japan Iwami, Tottori (岩美町), a town in...
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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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Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami and Suō Provinces. Although the ancient capital of the province was Shimonoseki, Hagi was the seat of the...
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(parts of San'in region) Iwami dialect (western Shimane Prefecture, formerly known as Iwami Province) ja is also used in western Iwami region. Inshū, also...
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born to the Kakinomoto clan, based in Yamato Province, probably in the 650s, and likely died in Iwami Province around 709. He served as court poet to Empress...
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Iwami (岩美町, Iwami-chō) is a town located in Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2022[update], the town had an estimated population...
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Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and...
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657 a byakko or "white fox" was reported to have been witnessed in Iwami Province, possibly a sign of good omen. And in 659, a fox bit off the end of...
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prefecture. It is the largest of the four coastal plains in former Iwami Province. The castle is located on a strategic point controlling the junction...
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