Tosa Province (土佐国, Tosa-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of southern Shikoku. Tosa bordered on Awa to the northeast, and Iyo to the northwest. Its abbreviated form name was Doshū (土州).In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Tosa was one of the provinces of the Nankaidō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Tosa was ranked as one of the "middle …

Provinces of Japan (令制国, Ryōseikoku) were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868.. Provinces were established in Japan in the late 7th century under the Ritsuryō law system that formed the first central government.Each province was divided into districts (郡, gun) and grouped into one of the geographic regions or circuits known as the Gokishichidō …

The province is high-lying, with almost all land being 1,000 metres above sea level. The Drakensberg and Maluti Mountains foothills raise the terrain to over 2,000 m in the east. The Free State lies in the heart of the Karoo Sequence of rocks, containing shales , mudstones , sandstones and the Drakensberg Basalt forming the youngest capping rocks.

Izumo Province (出雲国, Izumo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called Unshū ( 雲州 ) . The province is in the Chūgoku region .

Yamato Province (大和国, Yamato no Kuni) was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. It was also called Washū (和州).Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 "Wa".At first, the name was written with one different character (大倭), but due to its offensive connotation, for about ten years after 737, this was …

May 25, 2022 · The report is the first-ever official inventory of the post-Games use of Olympic venues. It tracks the status of 817 permanent and 106 temporary venues, at 51 summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games, from Athens 1896 to PyeongChang 2018.

Iga Province (伊賀国, Iga no kuni) was a province of Japan located in what is today part of western Mie Prefecture. Its abbreviated name was Ishū (伊州).Iga is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō.Under the Engishiki classification system, Iga was ranked as an "inferior country" (下国 gekoku) and a "near country" (近国 kingoku).. Iga was bordered by Ise to the …

Firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century by the Chinese, but saw little use. [citation needed] Portuguese firearms were introduced in 1543, and intense development followed, with strong local manufacture during the period of conflicts of the late 16th century.Hōjutsu, the art of gunnery, is the Japanese martial art dedicated to firearms usage.

The Ikedaya incident (池田屋事件, Ikedaya jiken), also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo clans (), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864 at the Ikedaya Inn in Sanjō-Kawaramachi, Kyoto, Japan

Musashi Province (武蔵国, Musashi-no-kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called Bushū (武州).The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama.Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, Shimōsa, and Shimotsuke Provinces.. Musashi was the …