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Taga Castle

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is the site of a Nara period jōsaku-style Japanese castle in what is now part of the town of Tagajō in Miyagi prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. [1]

37 relations: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Akita Castle, Cambridge University Press, Chinjufu-shōgun, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Dewa Province, Earl Miner, Emishi, Epigraphy, Harvard University Press, Hiraizumi, Iwate, Honshu, Imperial House of Japan, Important Cultural Property (Japan), Isawa Castle, Japan, Japanese castle, Kyushu, List of Historic Sites of Japan (Miyagi), List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Matsuo Bashō, Meisho, Miyagi Prefecture, Mutsu Province, Nara period, Nara, Nara, Oku no Hosomichi, Palisade, Rampart (fortification), Ritsuryō, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Stele, Tagajō, Tōhoku region, University of Michigan Press, Utamakura, 869 Sanriku earthquake.

Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Akita Castle

refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Chinjufu-shōgun

was a military post in classical and feudal Japan.

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Dazaifu, Fukuoka

is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Dewa Province

was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka.

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Earl Miner

Earl Roy Miner (February 21, 1927 – April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetry; he was also active in early modern English literature (for instance, his New York Times obituary notes that a critical edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost was in the process of being published when he died).He was a major critical authority on John Dryden.

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Emishi

The constituted an ethnic group of people who lived in northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region which was referred to as in contemporary sources.

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Epigraphy

Epigraphy (ἐπιγραφή, "inscription") is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hiraizumi, Iwate

is a town located in Nishiiwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Imperial House of Japan

The, also referred to as the Imperial Family and the Yamato Dynasty, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties.

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Important Cultural Property (Japan)

An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and judged to be of particular importance to the Japanese people.

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Isawa Castle

was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Ōshū, Iwate in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese castle

were fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Miyagi)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Miyagi.

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List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments

To protect Japan's cultural heritage, the country's government selects through the Agency for Cultural Affairs important items and designates them as Cultural Properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.

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Matsuo Bashō

, born 松尾 金作, then, was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.

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Meisho

are sites in Japan which are famous for their associations with specific poetic or literary references.

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Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

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Mutsu Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Oku no Hosomichi

, translated alternately as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period.

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Palisade

A palisade—sometimes called a stakewall or a paling—is typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes or tree trunks and used as a defensive structure or enclosure.

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Rampart (fortification)

In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of bank or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.

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Ritsuryō

is the historical law system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Japan.

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Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

was a general and shōgun of the early Heian period of Japan.

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Stele

A steleAnglicized plural steles; Greek plural stelai, from Greek στήλη, stēlē.

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Tagajō

is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Tōhoku region

The, Northeast region, or Northeast Japan consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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University of Michigan Press

The University of Michigan Press is part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library.

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Utamakura

is a rhetorical concept in Japanese poetry.

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869 Sanriku earthquake

The and associated tsunami struck the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu on 9 July 869 AD (26th day of 5th month, 11th year of Jōgan).

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Redirects here:

Fort Taga, Miyanoshiro, Site of Tagajo, Site of Tagajō, Taga Fort, 多賀城.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taga_Castle

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