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Harima Province: Harima or Banshu (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tamba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka provinces. Its capital was Himeji. During the Edo period

Mimasaka Province: Mimasaka (美作国 -no kuni) or Sakushu (作州 sakushū) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture. Mimasaka bordered Bitchu, Bizen, Harima, Hoki, and Inaba Provinces. Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ru

Bitchū Province: Bitchū was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture. Bitchu bordered Hoki, Mimasaka, Bizen, and Bingo provinces. The ancient capital and temples were built around Soja. For much of the

Ukita Hideie: Ukita Hideie (宇喜多秀家, 1573-December 17, 1655) was the daimyo of Bizen and Mimasaka provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is a son of Ukita Naoie, and his wife is a daughter of

Urakami clan: Urakami clan a Japanese clan that primarily consisted at Bizen Province throughout the course of the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. One major turn of events that took place for the Urakami was through the death of Urakami Norimune following the

Kobayakawa Hideaki: Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋, 1577 - December 1, 1602) was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was adopted by Hideyoshi and called himself Hashiba Hidetoshi(羽柴秀俊) and Shusen(秀栓). He was then again adopted by Kobayakawa

Akamatsu clan: The Akamatsu clan was a family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa, at which they obtained a great level of power by the beginning of the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. To justify such a claim with evidence, a certain man by the name of Akam

Mutsu Province: Mutsu Province was an old province of Japan, made up of the present-day prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. It was also known as Ōshū (奥州), although that term usually re

Dewa Province: Dewa is an old province of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka.

Tamba Province: Tamba Province was an old province of Japan that included both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyōgo Prefecture. Tamba bordered on Harima, Ōmi, Settsu, Tajima, Tango, Wakasa, and Yamashiro provinces. The ancie