Izumo Province (出雲国, Izumo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture.[1] It was sometimes called Unshū (雲州). The province is in the Chūgoku region.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Izumo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 412, p. 412, at Google Books.
IzumoProvince (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...
life; born near IzumoProvince, Okuni worked as a miko (shrine maiden) for several years at the Izumo-taisha (the Grand Shrine of Izumo) until gaining...
lead ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She is the second warship to be named for IzumoProvince, with the previous...
Izumo (出雲) may refer to: IzumoProvince, an old province of Japan Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture Izumo Airport Izumo-taisha, one...
The Izumo clan is a Japanese noble family descended from Ame no Hohi who used to rule IzumoProvince and run Izumo Taisha today. The clan were originally...
region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) and ancient province (kuni/-shū, roughly comparable to modern prefectures, -to/-dō/-fu/-ken)...
Amako-go (IzumoProvince), and took the name 'Amago'. The family crest is also the one of the Kyogoku clan. They were Shugodai (vice-Governors) of Izumo and...
passing through the Amago clan's domain. He became a deputy governor of Izumoprovince in 1477 and received a letter Kei (経) from Governor Kyogoku Masatsune...
Myths of the IzumoProvince He has a notable myth recorded in the Izumo Fudoki. The myth of Omitsuno is about making Izumo bigger. He saw Izumo as a small...
(Yomo-tsu-Ōkami 黄泉大神). According to Kojiki, the entrance to Yomi lies in Izumoprovince and was sealed off by Izanagi upon his flight from Yomi, at which time...
described as drying nori in Hitachi Province fudoki (721–721), and harvesting of nori was mentioned in IzumoProvince fudoki (713–733), showing that nori...
(尼子 晴久, March 8, 1514 – January 9, 1561) was a daimyō warlord in the IzumoProvince, Chūgoku region of western Japan. He was the second son of Amago Masahisa...
Ōkuninushi was believed to live in Izumo, an old province in Shimane. Izumo Shrine, which is in the city of Izumo, honors the god. At that time, the current...
Amago Yoshihisa (尼子 義久, 1540 – October 14, 1610) was a daimyō (lord) of IzumoProvince. He was the eldest son of Haruhisa and he was given the childhood name...
En'ya Okihisa (塩冶 興久) for the domain he ruled. He received Enya of east IzumoProvince and used Mount Yōgai (要害山) for his castle. Like his elder brother Kunihisa...
near the head of the Hi River (簸川), now called the Hii River (斐伊川), in IzumoProvince. They are weeping because they were forced to give the Orochi one of...
Province (隠岐国, Oki no kuni) was a province of Japan consisted of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, located off the coast of the provinces of Izumo...
Izumo (出雲, sometimes transliterated Idzumo) was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers (Sōkō jun'yōkan) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)...