Sado, Niigata
Sado (佐渡市, Sado-shi) is a Japanese city on Sado Island (佐渡島, Sadoshima) in Niigata Prefecture.[1]
History
Uesugi Kagekatsu took control of the island in the late 1580s.[2]
In the Edo period, gold was discovered on the island. The Tokugawa shogunate took direct control of it. It was administered by an official called the Sado-bugyō for gold mining. Okubo Nagayasu was appointed to this position by Tokugawa Ieyasu[1] in 1603.[3]
In the Meiji period, the island became part of Niigata Prefecture.[1]
Sado, Niigata Media
- Sado city hall.JPG
佐渡市役所
- SadoKinenhi.jpg
Nichiren Memorial at Jisso-ji Temple
- Sado gold mountain.jpg
- Sado-map.png
Approximative non to scale map of Sado
- Sado Crested Ibis Reintroduction Center.jpg
Rice fields and Crested Ibis Reintroduction Center in the background.
- 史跡佐渡金山 - panoramio.jpg
Ruins of Kitazawa Flotation Plant, Sado gold mine
- Yajima and Kyojima, Sado Island - Aerial Video.webm
Aerial video of Yajima and Kyojima, Sado Island
- Updated Japan Niigata Pref Map (1).png
Routes connecting to the mainland
- Niigata-Kotsu-Sado 1.jpg
A transit bus of Niigata Kotsu Kanko Bus
- Myosenji 5junoTou 20100710.JPG
妙宣寺 (佐渡市)の五重塔
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sado" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 803.
- ↑ Goldsmith, Brian (2008). Amassing Economies: The Medieval Origins of Early Modern Japan, 1450--1700, p. 249[dead link]; Nussbaum, "Uesugi Kagekatsu" at p. 1009.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Okubo Nagayasu" at p. 747.
Related pages
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Sado, Niigata at Wikimedia Commons
- Sado Tourism Association English language site
- Sado City website (in Japanese)
- Sado Island at JNTO.go.jp
