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Akō is located in far southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture. The city is on the border of the Hyōgo and Okayama prefectures, which also divides the Kinki and Chūgoku areas. On each side of the border, ancient Harima and Bizen provinces, which are now Akō and Bizen cities, respectively (except for the former village of Fukukawa, now part of Akō but formerly belonging to Bizen Province), have ...
Pages in category "Films set in Hyōgo Prefecture" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... The Fall of Ako Castle; N.
Pages in category "Akō, Hyōgo" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Akō Castle; Akō, Hyōgo; B.
Akō (赤穂郡, Akō-gun) is a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 18,014 and a density of 119.87 persons per km 2 . The total area is 150.28 km 2 .
Akō Castle (赤穂城, Akō-jō) is a flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Built by the Asano clan in the Edo period, it was the center of Akō Domain in western Harima Province. The castle was designated a National Historic Site in 1971, with the area under protection expanded in 2003. [1]
The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. [1] It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (Chūshingura). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including Shogun's Samurai.
Akō Domain (赤穂藩, Akō-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Akō Castle, which is located in what is now the city of Akō, Hyōgo. [1] [2] [3]
Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. [3] Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 (as of 1 June 2019 [update] ) and a geographic area of 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 square miles).