Echizen Province
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Echizen Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces.
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Echizen" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Tsuruga Bay
Shibata Katsuie
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Shibata Katsuie or Gonroku was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely
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…for a short time, after which the three were granted larger fiefs of their own elsewhere. After the death of Nobunaga, control of Echizen passed on to Shibata Katsuie, who built his castle at Kitanosho Castle in what is now the city of Fukui. Shibata himself only held Echizen Province for a few years, after which he…
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Myōtoku-ji (birthplace of Shibata Katsuie at Meitō-ku, Nagoya)
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Grave of Shibata Katsuie