Higo Province information

Higo Province (肥後国, Higo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes...

Higo may refer to: Higo Province, old province in what is now Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Higo Ko-ryu, Japanese koryū martial art Higo Magalhães (born...

Hideyoshi, was made daimyō of half of the (old) administrative region of Higo in 1588. Afterwards, Kiyomasa built Kumamoto Castle. Due to its many innovative...

region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) and ancient province (kuni/-shū, roughly comparable to modern prefectures, -to/-dō/-fu/-ken)...

describe appearances in Higo Province, one report the Amabiko Nyūdo (尼彦入道, "the amahiko monk") in neighboring Hyuga Province (Miyazaki prefecture), another...

sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo. The province was included in Saikaidō. It did...

in broad daylight. He was born Komori Genjiro (小森 彦次郎) in Kumamoto, Higo Province, Japan in 1834 as the second son to Komori Sadasuke (小森 貞助), a retainer...

武房, 1245 – March 26, 1285) was the 10th head of the Kikuchi clan of Higo Province and gained fame for himself and his clan during the defense of Japan...

mikan after the place name of Nishi-Nakajima in Amakusa District of the Higo Province (later Nagashima, Kagoshima), where the species was thought to have...

gigantea and Colocasia esculenta. Higo-zuiki, made of a dried stalk and produced solely in Kumamoto Prefecture (or Higo Province), is a (mainly female) sex toy...

The Kikuchi clan (菊池氏, Kikuchi-shi) of Higo Province was a powerful daimyō family of Higo, Kyūshū. The lineage was renowned for valiant service in defense...

District and Amakusa District in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), as well as parts of Bungo Province (now Oita Prefecture), including...

himself simply states in The Book of Five Rings that he was born in Harima Province. Niten Ki (an early biography of Musashi) supports the assertion that Musashi...

led 200,000 men to conquer Kyushu, the Shimazu army retreated to the Higo Province. The Tachibana forces were eventually forced to flee during the Kyūshū...

Hizen Province and the Kusano clan (草野氏) in Chikugo Province, and the "eight sun-rays" (八つ日足紋) of the Kikuchi clan (1070–1554 CE) in Higo Province. There...

domain in Higo Province, Kumamoto region, expanded to 515,000 koku Kuroda Nagamasa was reassigned from a 180,000-koku domain in Buzen Province, Nakatsu...

fudai (inside) daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate. They were given Higo Province, with an income of 540,000 koku, as their han (fief). Hosokawa Tadatoshi...

Takezaki Suenaga (竹崎 季長, 1246–1314) was a retainer of the Higo Province, Japan who fought in both the Battle of Bun'ei and the Battle of Kōan during the...

details Born 1139 A.D. Died 23 April 1170(1170-04-23) (aged 30–31) Higo Province, Japan Parent Minamoto no Tameyoshi (father) Unknown (mother) Military...

benefices by Hideyoshi, 240,000 Koku in Owari Province, 195,000 Koku in Higo Province and 100,000 Koku in Iyo Province, respectively. The rest of the members...

Campaign, he was given a fief in Higo Province in Kyushu. In 1588, however, due to difficulties in suppressing a Higo Province local revolt, he committed suicide...

quelled the local uprising in Higo Province, he was awarded a 250.000 koku fief in the southern half of that province. Yukinaga was against invading...

Gyobu-tei, the former residence of the Hosokawa clan, the daimyō of Higo Province during the Edo period. This traditional wooden mansion has a noted Japanese...

eruption of the dome or as a result of the earthquakes. The tsunami struck Higo Province on the other side of Ariake Bay before bouncing back and hitting Shimabara...