Izumo Province information

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...

life; born near Izumo Province, 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 Izumo Province, with the previous...

Izumo (出雲) may refer to: Izumo Province, 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 Izumo Province 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)...

dialects are: Izumo dialect (eastern Shimane Prefecture, formerly known as Izumo Province) Yonago dialect (western Tottori Prefecture centered on Yonago) Oki...

Amako-go (Izumo Province), and took the name 'Amago'. The family crest is also the one of the Kyogoku clan. They were Shugodai (vice-Governors) of Izumo and...

Myths of the Izumo Province 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...

with "Inada" (稲田) here being understood as the name of a place in Izumo Province (part of what is now the town of Okuizumo (formerly Yokota) in Nita...

(Yomo-tsu-Ōkami 黄泉大神). According to Kojiki, the entrance to Yomi lies in Izumo province 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 Izumo Province fudoki (713–733), showing that nori...

passing through the Amago clan's domain. He became a deputy governor of Izumo province in 1477 and received a letter Kei (経) from Governor Kyogoku Masatsune...

(尼子 晴久, March 8, 1514 – January 9, 1561) was a daimyō warlord in the Izumo Province, 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...

En'ya Okihisa (塩冶 興久) for the domain he ruled. He received Enya of east Izumo Province 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 Izumo Province. They are weeping because they were forced to give the Orochi one of...

retained influence after the Taika Reforms, such as the Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko (出雲国造) of Izumo Province in present-day eastern Shimane Prefecture. After...

Amago Yoshihisa (尼子 義久, 1540 – October 14, 1610) was a daimyō (lord) of Izumo Province. He was the eldest son of Haruhisa and he was given the childhood name...

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)...