Site of Shakujii castle, Kamakura/Muromachi-era seat of the Toshima family's territory
Pronunciation
Toshima
Origin
Word/name
Japanese
Region of origin
Japanese
In this Japanese name, the surname is Toshima.
The Toshima clan (豊島氏 or 豊嶋氏, Toshima-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan prominent in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods of Japanese history in the northwest of what is today Tokyo. The clan was based primarily in Shakujii castle, in what is today Shakujii Park in the town of Shakujii, in Nerima-ku, until the fall of the castle in the late 1470s to Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan vassal Ōta Dōkan.
The Toshimaclan (豊島氏 or 豊嶋氏, Toshima-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan prominent in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods of Japanese history in the northwest...
lasted into the Muromachi period (1336-1467) and was controlled by the Toshimaclan. They, supported by Kanrei (Shōgun's deputy) Ashikaga Mochiuji, were...
was the residence of the Toshimaclan of samurai, who ruled over the surrounding area in the 14th–15th centuries. The clan's destruction came largely...
The hunting grounds of the Tokugawa clan were located in what is now Otomeyama Park (in present-day Mejiro, Toshima, Shimo-Ochiai, and Shinjuku), and its...
kilometres (39.13 sq mi). Administratively, the whole group belongs to Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Only seven of the islands are permanently...
of Ōshima District, Kagoshima, and from 1911 was part of the village of Toshima, Kagoshima. From 1946 to 1952, the island was administered by the United...
University (学習院大学, Gakushūin Daigaku) is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as tertiary component...
Edo-jō) is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial...
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and proceeded with tax collection in Shimo District of Settsu Province (Toshima District, Southern Kawabe District, Muko District, Ubara District, and...
of Ōshima District, Kagoshima, and from 1911 was part of the village of Toshima, Kagoshima. A lighthouse was completed in 1940, and the population at that...
the Yonsha-kai. Sakaume-gumi X 十代目酒梅組 Osaka, Osaka 1993 Kyokutō-kai 極東会 Toshima, Tokyo 1993 Kyokutō means Far East. It is a member of the Kantō-Shinnō-Doushi-kai...
National Park. The islands in order from closest to Tokyo are Izu Ōshima, Toshima, Nii-jima, Shikine-jima, Kōzu-shima, Miyake-jima, Mikurajima, Hachijō-jima...
transfer from Kanagawa in 1893, eight after the merger of East Tama and South Toshima into Toyotama in 1896). Both urban and rural districts, like everywhere...
cove at Hibiya. The land was occupied by the estates of the Mōri clan and Nabeshima clan during the Edo period. It was used for army maneuvers during the...
man elected to office in Japan, winning a seat in the local assembly of Toshima Ward. He came out publicly in his book Where Is My Boyfriend (2002), and...
was succeeded as head of the Inoue clan by his fourth son Inoue Masanao. His grave is at the Somei Cemetery in Toshima, Tokyo. Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire...