Why did Kyushu become a popular Heike base?
The traditional lineage of bureaucrats who became part of the samurai feudal lords in Kyushu had two main feeder streams.
Tag: shimonoseki
The battle of Shimonseki in 1864 and the Maeda cannon battery.
On the Honshu side of the Kanmon Straits are the ruins of one of the old Choshu Han (now Shimonoseki)
Shimonoseki and Mojiko.
Hi, how is everyone? I have a bit of free time today at the shop so I had a look
Kokura Castle, Kitakyushu, Kyushu
A couple of years ago my wife and I went to Kokura for the day. From Fukuoka it is only
Takasugi Shinsaku – Choshu Han revolutionary and swordsman
On a great stone monument near a flower-strewn grave in the verdant Yamaguchi countryside is a telltale description of the
Best Year To Date!
Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Just a quick post to say thank you to my followers. Last year was
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