Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kai Province highlighted
Kai Province (甲斐国, Kai-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Yamanashi Prefecture.[1] Kai bordered on Sagami, Suruga, Shinano and Musashi Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Kōshū (甲州). The origin of its name is uncertain. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with modern Shizuoka Prefecture.
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kai" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Saruhashi, a bridge in what is now Ōtsuki, Yamanashi.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 448.
KaiProvince (甲斐国, Kai-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Yamanashi Prefecture. Kai bordered on Sagami, Suruga, Shinano...
Kajikazawa in KaiProvince (Japanese: 甲州石班澤, Hepburn: Kōshū Kajikazawa) is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was produced as...
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The Kai Ken (甲斐犬, Kai-ken, Kai-inu, also called the Tora Inu or Tiger Dog) is a breed of dog native to the Kai region, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, where...
period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in KaiProvince in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence...
1521 – May 13, 1573) was daimyo of KaiProvince during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo...
Hōjō clan also mobilized their forces to invade Shinano Province, Kōzuke Province, and KaiProvince (currently Gunma Prefecture), which ruled by the remnants...
part of KaiProvince. The descendants of Yoshikiyo settled in various places in Kaiprovince, and became the Kai-Genji. Kai is from KaiProvince, and Genji...
predominantly-blue aizuri-e style, with Kōshū Kajikazawa ("Kajikazawa in KaiProvince") being a notable example. In addition to the extensive use of Prussian...
withdrew their support for Takeda. The Oda-Tokugawa alliance advanced into KaiProvince, and laid siege to Shinpu Castle, Katsuyori was unable to hold the castle...
century, the Akiyama clan were noted relatives of the Takeda clan of Kaiprovince. Due to this relationship the Akiyama served under the Takeda until the...
territory in KaiProvince (甲斐国) through Mino Province (美濃国), and the daughter of Toyama Naokado (遠山直廉), a warlord (国人) in southeast Mino province, became the...
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Sanada clan, a regional house of Shinano Province, which became a vassal of the Takeda clan of KaiProvince. Along with his father and brothers, Masayuki...
Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen of KaiProvince and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo Province from 1553 to 1564. Shingen and Kenshin contested each...
Shingen, lord of Kai, Shinano and Suruga provinces, defeated the combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Totomi province. Shingen's heir...
the name Baba clan, a Japanese samurai family that was associated with KaiProvince Baba (goddess) or Bau, a Sumerian goddess from Lagash Baba (Egyptian...
from the Seiwa Genji of KaiProvince and were thus related to the Takeda clan. The clan moved its seat from Kai to Mutsu Province in the early Muromachi...
1582 when Oda Nobutada and Tokugawa Ieyasu forces conquered Shinano and KaiProvince. Takeda Katsuyori was defeated at the Battle of Tenmokuzan and then committed...
Japanese samurai lord during the Heian period. He served as Governor of KaiProvince. He is credited as the ancient progenitor of the Japanese martial art...
warrior of the Sengoku period. He was a retainer of the Takeda clan of KaiProvince. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen"....
Yonekura clan (米倉氏, Yonekura-shi) was a cadet branch of the Takeda clan of KaiProvince, some members of whom rose to positions of importance within the administration...