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Tokushima’s buildings and waterways viewed from Mount Bizan.

Tokushima

Tokushima is the prefectural capital in eastern Shikoku, where Hachisuka castle-town history connects waterways, Awa Odori, indigo and puppet theatre.

Temple buildings and grounds at Tosa Kokubunji in Nankoku.

Tosa Province

Tosa was the historical province of southern Shikoku, broadly corresponding to Kōchi Prefecture, with a history extending well beyond Chōsokabe rule.

Stone memorial at Musashi-zuka beside the Nagakute battlefield park.

Battle of Komaki and Nagakute

The 1584 Komaki–Nagakute campaign opposed Hideyoshi to Nobukatsu and Ieyasu; a Tokugawa battlefield victory was followed by a negotiated political settlement.

Stone foundations and wooded surroundings at the ruins of Azuchi Castle.

Sengoku Period

The Sengoku period describes Japan’s age of competing regional powers, conventionally beginning with the Ōnin War and ending through a gradual process of unification.