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Shibaura (芝浦) is a district of Minato ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The district is located between the eastern side of the Yamanote Line train and Tokyo Bay. Shibaura consists mostly of artificial islands created by the excavation of industrial canals in the early 20th century.
Shiba was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947. It was merged with Akasaka and Azabu wards to form Minato ward on March 15, 1947. The Shiba area (芝地域) is located in the eastern and southern parts of Minato ward and consisting of a number of districts including Atago, Kaigan, Kōnan, Shiba, Shiba-kōen, Shibaura, Shiba-daimon, Shirokane, Shirokanedai, Shinbashi, Daiba, Takanawa ...
Kyoto Animation arson attack: 36 people were killed in one of the deadliest massacres in post-World War II history of Japan. 21 July: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the third time. 2 August: Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on 28 ...
A ward (区, ku) is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. [1] Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city").
Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 [Nihon Shoki]. London: The Japan Society of the UK. ISBN 9780524053478. Brown, Delmer M.; Ichirō, Ishida, eds. (1979). The Future and the Past: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan written in 1219 .
Zōjō-ji is notable for its relationship with the Tokugawa clan, the rulers of Japan during the Edo period, with six of the Tokugawa shōguns being buried in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in the temple grounds. Also, the temple's Sangedatsumon (main gate) is the oldest wooden building in Tokyo, dating from 1622. The original buildings, temples ...
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, clans of Eastern Japan; Western Army Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, many clans from Western Japan; Eastern Army victory. Tokugawa clan gains nominal control of all Japan; Edo period; Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) Satsuma Domain Ryūkyū Kingdom: Satsuma victory. The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a Japanese vassal state.
Warring-States Japan Battle Dataset – 2,889 battles occurring within Japan during the Sengoku period; Sengoku Period – World History Encyclopedia; Samurai Archives Japanese History page (In Japanese) Sengoku Expo: Japanese Design, Culture in the Age of Civil Wars held in Gifu Prefecture, 2000–2001 (In Japanese) List of the Sengoku Daimyos