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19-627: The Amino Chōshiyama Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun ( 前方後円墳 ) , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Fukuta River that flows through the Tango Peninsula into the Sea of Japan . It dates from the middle of the Kofun period, or the end of the 4th century to the beginning of the 5th century. The surrounding area has

38-639: A cadet branch of the Makino clan . Mineyama Domain remained with the Kyōgoku until the Meiji restoration . Territory directly controlled by the shogunate was administered by Kumihama daikanshō . During the Edo Period, Tango province was somewhat of a backwater, due to its geographical location. In the mid-Edo period, Mineyama Domain brought in craftsmen from Nishijin to introduce the technique of producing silk crepe cloth, which

57-616: A centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the temples Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi, and the Shiramizu Amidadō temple building in Iwaki . In 1189, Minamoto no Yoritomo invaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killing Fujiwara no Yasuhira and acquiring the entire domain. During the Sengoku period , clans ruled parts of the province. As a result of

76-518: A number of Yayoi period and Kofun period remains. The tumulus is orientated to the north-northeast and has an overall length of 201 meters, making it one of the largest on the Sea of Japan coast. The surface of the mound was covered in white fukiishi , and both cylindrical and figurative haniwa have been found. Among the haniwa , fragments of a type specific to the Tango region have been found. In addition,

95-579: A wise decision, as in 1666 The Kyōgoku clan was dispossessed of Miyazu Domain for bad administration, and reduced to hatamoto status. Miyazu Domain was reduced in size and passed to a number of fudai daimyō clans until 1758 when it came under the control of the Honjō-Matsudaira clan. Tango-Tanabe Domain fared better in that it remained in Kyōgoku hands until 1668, when the clan was transferred to Toyooka Domain in Tajima Province and replaced by

114-466: The Boshin War , Mutsu Province was divided by the Meiji government , on 19 January 1869, into five provinces: Iwashiro , Iwaki , Rikuzen , Rikuchū , and Rikuō ) . The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today's Aomori Prefecture , was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however, the character reading was different. Due to the similarity in characters in

133-746: The Tango Kokubun-ji (also in Miyazu) is known, and is a National Historic Site . The Engishiki records of 927 list seven major and 58 minor Shinto shrines , with Kono Jinja as the ichinomiya of the province. During the early Muromachi period , the Yamana clan were shugo of Tango province, but they were supplanted by the Isshiki clan in 1392. The Isshiki ruled until replaced by Hosokawa Fujitaka in 1579, who constructed Tanabe Castle , also known as “Maizuru Castle” under orders of Oda Nobunaga . In 1600,

152-539: The Hosokawa clan was transferred to Kyushu and all of Tango Province was awarded to Kyōgoku Takatomo , who established Miyazu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . In 1622, he divided his 123,000 koku holdings, with 35,000 koku going to his third son, Kyōgoku Takamitsu,who established a cadet branch at Tango-Tanabe Domain and 10,000 koku to a grandson, Kyōgoku Takamichi ,who established Mineyama Domain . This proved

171-867: The Takeno River basin (present-day Kyōtango city) during the Kofun period , during which time many keyhole-shaped burial mounds were constructed. As coins from the Xin dynasty of northern China have been found in the from the Hakoishihama Site in Kumihama, Kyōtango, it is clear that the area had trade connections with the Asian continent. Also, in the Nihon Shoki , when the Yamato Kingdom sent four generals in four directions to conquer

190-656: The area, and states that the area was ruled by the Tanba-no-atai clan, who were the Kuni no miyatsuko . Per the Kujiki , this clan claimed descent from the kami Amenohoakari ,who was either the younger brother or son of Ninigi-no-mikoto . The provincial capital was located in Kasa District, possibly in the Fuchū neighborhood of Miyazu , but the precise location is uncertain. The site of

209-593: The country, ancient Tanba was the only specific destination mentioned, highlighting its importance to the Yamato rulers as a transportation center towards Asia. The province of Tango was created in 713 during the reign of Empress Genmei by separating the northern five districts (Kasa District, Yoza District, Tamba District (later Naka District), Takeno District, and Kumano District) of northern Tanba Province. In Wadō 5 (712), Mutsu Province had been severed from Dewa Province . The " Wamyō Ruijushō " lists 35 townships in

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228-649: The nation's resources, the province had 409 villages with a total kokudaka of 146,724 koku . Tango Province consisted of: Although the province no longer officially existed after 1871, the name continued to be used for some purposes. For example, Tango is explicitly recognized in treaties in 1894 between Japan and the United States and between Japan and the United Kingdom . [REDACTED] Media related to Tango Province at Wikimedia Commons Mutsu Province Mutsu Province ( 陸奥国 , Mutsu no kuni )

247-410: The tumulus is surrounded by incomplete moats with a width of 17 to 25 meters on east, south and west sides. As no excavation has been conducted, the details of the burial chamber are not clear. During the Kofun period, this region of northern Kyoto prefecture had trade contacts with the Asian mainland, and the area around the mouth of the Takeno River was the center of an ancient kingdom. The tumulus

266-574: Was a province of Japan in the area of northern Kyoto Prefecture . Tango bordered on Tanba to the south, Tajima to the west, and Wakasa to the east. Its abbreviated form name was Tanshū ( 丹州 ) . It was also referred to as Hokutan ( 北丹 ) or Okutan ( 奥丹 ) . In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Tango was one of the provinces of the San'indō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Tango

285-508: Was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima , Miyagi , Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture . Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Michinoku ( 陸奥 or 道奥 ) . The term Ōu ( 奥羽 ) is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa , which together make up the entire Tōhoku region . Mutsu, on northern Honshū ,

304-515: Was named Tango chirimen . This became a regional speciality and a source of income for both Miyazu and Mineyama Domains. Following the Meiji restoration , each of the domains (Miyazu, Tango-Tanabe and Mineyama) briefly became prefectures, which were annexed to Toyooka Prefecture in November 1871 and incorporated into Kyoto Prefecture in 1876. Per the early Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō ( 旧高旧領取調帳 ) , an official government assessment of

323-447: Was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi , and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture . In 1095, the Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi , under the leadership of Fujiwara no Kiyohira . Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as

342-520: Was ranked as one of the "middle countries" (中国) in terms of importance, and one of the "near countries" (近国) in terms of distance from the capital. The provincial capital was located in what is now the city of Miyazu . The ichinomiya of the province is the Kono Shrine also located in Miyazu. The province had an area of 1,283.43 square kilometres (495.54 sq mi). The Tango region prospered around

361-718: Was situated such that its white fukiishi would be visible as a landmark for any ships approaching the harbor. However, after the middle of the 5th century, trade decreased and the political center of the region shifted inland to the Tamba region. The tumulus is about ten minutes by car from Amino Station on the Miyazu Line . The National Historic Site designation includes the smaller circular "Choshiyama Tumulus No. 1 and No. 2 Tumulus" nearby. [REDACTED] Media related to Amino Choshiyama Kofun at Wikimedia Commons Tango Peninsula Tango Province ( 丹後国 , Tango-no kuni )

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