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    Bizen (備前市, Bizen-shi) is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 32,019 in...
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    of 1868, the area of present-day Okayama Prefecture was divided between Bitchū, Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces. Okayama Prefecture was formed and named in...
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    craftsmen both from inside and outside of Bizen Province. Okayama became the political and economical capital of Bizen Province. In 1600, Ukita Hideie, who...
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    Bizen Province (備前国, Bizen-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is eastern Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. Bizen...
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  • Bizen may refer to: Bizen, Okayama, a city located in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. Bizen Province, an old province...
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    period to the Edo period located in the Imbe neighborhood of the city of Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yo region of Japan. The site is divided into...
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    Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from Bizen province, presently a part of Okayama prefecture. Bizen ware was traditionally...
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  • noteworthy ceramic kilns of Japan. The six kilns are: Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki), produced in Bizen, Okayama Echizen ware (越前焼, Echizen-yaki), produced in Echizen...
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  • Yoshinaga (吉永町, Yoshinaga-chō) was a town located in Wake District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,254...
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    Tsuchiyama Ikedake Bosho) is located in the Yoshinaga-cho neighborhood of Bizen, Okayama. The impetus for constructing this cemetery was when the clan's bodaiji...
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