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    Kanazawa Castle (金沢城, Kanazawa-jō) is a large, partially restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It is located adjacent to the celebrated...
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    Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi) is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. As of 1 January 2018[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    (domains) of the Japanese feudal era. Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, Nyotaimori ("body...
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    (1894–1895) and later as the headquarters for the 5th Infantry Division; Kanazawa Castle served as HQ for the 9th Infantry Division. For this reason, and as...
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    Kaga Domain (redirect from Kanazawa Domain)
    1583 to 1871. The Kaga Domain was based at Kanazawa Castle in Kaga Province, in the modern city of Kanazawa, located in the Chūbu region of the island...
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    Kanazawa University (Japanese: 金沢大学, romanized: Kanazawa Daigaku, abbreviated to Japanese: 金大, romanized: Kindai) is a Japanese national university in...
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    Kanazawa Station (金沢駅, Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private...
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    Kenroku-en (category Kanazawa)
    Kenroku-en (Japanese: 兼六園, Garden of Six Attributes), located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is a strolling style garden constructed during the Edo period...
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    one-by-one: Matsuida Castle, Minowa Castle, Maebashi Castle, Matsuyama Castle and Hachigata Castle before finally taking Hachioji Castle. In 1591, he helped...
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    annual festival taking place in Kanazawa, Japan. The festival commemorates the entry of Lord Maeda Toshiie into Kanazawa Castle in 1583. The highlight of the...
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    subsequently named Oyama Castle in 1580 but went on to become Kanazawa Castle. In 1581, he beats Uesugi Kagekatsu from Shirayama Castle at Kaga Province. Later...
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    located within the grounds of Kanazawa Castle. The division received its colors on 1 October 1898, and settled in Kanazawa Castle headquarters 29 November...
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    Myōryū-ji (category Buddhist temples in Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
    Toshiie, the founding daimyō of Kaga Domain, built a chapel within Kanazawa Castle as a prayer place of Kaga Domain. In 1643, Maeda Toshitsune, the third...
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    Maeda Toshinaga participated in the Battle of Sekigahara and built Kanazawa Castle; he also was recognised as daimyō of Kaga Domain under the Tokugawa...
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    Iozen, is a 939-metre (3,081 ft) tall mountain in Japan, on the border of Kanazawa City, Ishikawa and Nanto City, Toyama. In ancient times, the Shugendō religion...
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    Kanazawa Castle, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Kannonji Castle, Azuchi, Shiga Kanō Castle, Gifu, Gifu Karakawa Castle, Goshogawara, Aomori Karasawa Castle, Sano, Tochigi...
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    based at Yasuda Castle. After the construction of Kanazawa Castle, Yasuda Castle was abandoned. Field headquarters such as Yasuda Castle normally disappear...
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    The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history...
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    1605, and relocated from Kanazawa to Toyama Castle, setting aside 220,000 koku for his retirement expenses. When Toyama Castle burned down in 1609, he...
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    leading generals. Toshiie received his own properties and a new home, Kanazawa Castle. For the first time in his life, Toshiie possessed considerable wealth...
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    Temple Area Kanazawa – Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa Castle, Higashi Geisha District, Nagamachi Samurai District Sakai – Tōjinbō, Maruoka Castle Nagoya – Nagoya...
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  • Japanese castles stationed by French style Japanese troops includes Sakura Castle, Utsunomiya Castle, Takasaki Castle, Sendai Castle, Kanazawa Castle, Osaka...
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    Kanazawa Castle and has Toyokuni Shrine located on its slopes. The summit of Mount Utatsu is used as a secondary triangulation point (named "Kanazawa")...
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    2000. The university is named after Kanazawa Castle, which has historically been also called Kinjō (金城 "Golden Castle"). Official website (in Japanese)...
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    Tatsumi Canal (category Kanazawa)
    third daimyō of Kanazawa Domain, Maeda Toshitsune. After the Kanazawa Great Fire of 1631 destroyed the jōkamachi and most of Kanazawa Castle, he ordered the...
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    Japan. He was the 10th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Shigemichi was born in Kanazawa as Kenjiro (健次郎), the seventh son of Maeda Yoshinori...
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  • the third generation of his clan, worked at Ninomaru Palace of the Kanazawa Castle in his youth, in 1809, under Kishi Ganku. His next teacher was Matsumura...
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    Takamine Jōkichi (category People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
    As of 2009, the Takamine home in Kanazawa could still be seen. It was relocated to near the grounds of Kanazawa Castle in 2001. National Cherry Blossom...
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    Gosannen Kassen Ekotoba, a composition centered on Kanazawa Castle gradually shows the capture of the castle by the troops of Minamoto no Yoshiie, creating...
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