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107: 821: 1816: 861: 498: 20: 849: 837: 984: 277:. The presumed ruins of the Bizen Kokubun-niji are located 300 meters south of the monastery site. The details are not clear because no full-scale investigation has been conducted and the site is not covered by the National Historic Site designation, 98:
classification system, Bizen was ranked as one of the 35 "superior countries" (上国) 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
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have been officially designated by the government as an Okayama Prefectural Historic Site. The designation is controversial as it was largely based on the geographic name of the site, which may or may not date to the Nara period.
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Bizen, with much flat land and many rivers of reasonable size for flood control and water transportation, has been suitable for agriculture since ancient times. It has been an iron production area since the
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of its name from "Kibi" and the second from its geographic position closest to the capital. Bizen Province at this time included the territory of what would later become
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it was located in Mino District. However, ruins discovered in Joto District in what his now the Kokufuichi neighborhood of
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pottery also developed during this period, but did not reach national prominence for several centuries.
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increased, and Bizen gradually became a battlefield between the two clans and their proxies. During the
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merged with Akasaka District to become Akaiwa District on April 1, 1900; now parts of
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merged with Mino District to become Mitsu District on April 1, 1900; now parts of
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of the Sengoku period. He established Okayama as his stronghold. His successor,
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administrative reforms in the late 7th century, with "Bizen" taking the first
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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Bizen highlighted
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Index


province of Japan
Okayama Prefecture
Chūgoku region
Bitchū
Mimasaka
Harima Provinces
Gokishichidō
San'yō
Engishiki
Okayama

Hiroshige
ukiyo-e
Kingdom of Kibi
Kibi Province
Bizen
Bitchū
Bingo
Ritsuryō
kanji
Mimasaka Province
Shōdoshima
Naoshima Islands
Kofun period
Seto Inland Sea
Kinai region
Shikoku
Kyushu
kokufu

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