Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki (下関市, Shimonoseki-shi), also known as Amagaseki and Bakan, is a Japanese city in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.[1] The city is in the Chūgoku region.[2]
It has been recognized as a core city since 2005.[3]
History
[change | change source]Shimonoseki was the ancient capital city of the Nagato Province.[1]
Timeline
[change | change source]- 25 April 1185 (Genryaku 2, 24th day of the 3rd month): the Taira (also known as the Heike) and the Minamoto fought at the Battle of Dan-no-ura; and the Heike were defeated.[4] Emperor Antoku was drowned in the battle.[5]
- 5-6 September 1864 (Genji 1, 5th-6th day of the 8th month): Bombardment of Shimonoseki.[1]
- 1895 (Meiji 28): Treaty of Shimonoseki.[6]
Geography
[change | change source]Shimonoseki is a port on the Kamnon Strait (Shimonoseki Strait) at the Western end of Honshu.[1] The city is near to Kitakyūshū on the island of Kyushu.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shimonoseki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 862; "Bakan," p. 67.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Chūgoku," p. 127.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, p. 787.
- ↑ Kitagawa, pp. 676-677; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 安徳天皇 (81); retrieved 2012-5-23.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Shimonoseki Jōyaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 862.
Other websites
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Media related to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi at Wikimedia Commons
