Tsushima Island
Tsushima Island (対馬, Tsushima) is a Japanese island in the waters between South Korea and Japan.[1]
History
Beginning in the early 6th century, the island was a province of Japan, It was called Tsushima Province. In the Meiji period, the island and the province became part of Nagasaki Prefecture.[2]
Tsushima Island Media
A harbor in the city of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in 1990
Tsushima city, viewed from Shimizuyama.
金田城 一ノ城戸付近張り出し
Watatsumi shrine,tsusima,Nagasaki
- Part of the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, No. 69 (Saikaidō group)
7th drawing from the first roll of the Illustrated Account of the Mongol invasion of Japan, showing Samurai Takezaki Suenaga fighting back Mongolian warriors, during the
Joseon missions to Japan started in the Muromachi era for about 400 years were welcomed by the Yamato people as seen in this painting of Edo
Tsushima domain shipyard site ruins. Built in 1663 CE
Portrait of Sō Yoshitoshi in 1615
Canal constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1900
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tsushima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1002; US Department of State, "Limits in the Seas, No. 121; Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea," p. 23. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and Prefectures" at p. 780.
Other websites
Media related to Tsushima at Wikimedia Commons
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Tsu-shima. |
- Tsushima City website
- Tsushima profile Archived 10 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
Coordinates: 34°25′N 129°20′E / 34.417°N 129.333°E
