Hyūga Province
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Hyūga Province was a province of Japan in the area of southeastern Kyushu, corresponding to modern Miyazaki Prefecture Hyūga bordered on Ōsumi to the south, Higo to the west, and Bungo to the north. I
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Hyūga" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Aburatsu Port and Obi Oshima in 1856
Surviving statues from Hyūga Kokubun-ji
Shimazu clan
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The Shimazu clan were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.
Hyūga Province
…parts of the province. Bakumatsu period domains Name Clan Type kokudaka Nobeoka Naitō Fudai 70,000 koku Takanabe Akizuki Tozama 27,000 koku Sadowara Shimazu Tozama 27,000 koku Obi Itō Fudai 51,000 koku Following the Meiji restoration, each of the feudal domains briefly became prefectures. In December 1871…
Grave of Shimazu family at Mount Kōya.
Samurai of the Satsuma clan, during the Boshin War period (1868–1869)